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The Daffodil Luncheon April 20, 2022
Detroit Yacht Club on Belle Isle
Maurice Salad Luncheon & Shopping Opportunties
Tickets are $45 until the end of March. From April 1 to 12, tickets are $55, if available.
Click on photo to go to Oudolf Garden Detroit website Photo: Kathleen Krasity, April 2021
What to expect on Daffodil Day in the Piet Oudolf Garden.
The April 2021 photo shows that daffodils play an important
part of the spring bulbs in bringing color to the Oudolf Garden.
Piet Oudolf chose jonquilla hybrid daffodil Narcissus "Sailboat"
with white petals and a pale yellow cup to compliment
white and green tulip Tulipa viridiflora.
The April 2021 photo shows that daffodils play an important
part of the spring bulbs in bringing color to the Oudolf Garden.
Piet Oudolf chose jonquilla hybrid daffodil Narcissus "Sailboat"
with white petals and a pale yellow cup to compliment
white and green tulip Tulipa viridiflora.
Click photo to go to Oudolf's website
Piet Oudolf
A "rock star" of landscape design, Piet Oudolf's gardens are defined by bold drifts of perennials and grasses. Using the seasonal life cycles of plants, he creates gardens of interest in all seasons. His style, both ecologically aware and artistic, is referred to as the "new perennial" garden.
Since his earliest gardens in his native Netherlands, Oudolf has designed gardens around the world. His most influential works are Chicago's Lurie Garden, opened in 2004, and New York City’s High Line which opened in 2009.
A "rock star" of landscape design, Piet Oudolf's gardens are defined by bold drifts of perennials and grasses. Using the seasonal life cycles of plants, he creates gardens of interest in all seasons. His style, both ecologically aware and artistic, is referred to as the "new perennial" garden.
Since his earliest gardens in his native Netherlands, Oudolf has designed gardens around the world. His most influential works are Chicago's Lurie Garden, opened in 2004, and New York City’s High Line which opened in 2009.
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Approached by the Garden Club of Michigan to design a garden in Detroit, Piet Oudolf visited the city in April of 2017. He selected a site on Belle Isle near the Nancy Brown Carillon. Ground was broken in February of 2020. The official opening of the garden was August 2021.
The photo shows Oudolf Garden Detroit soon after planting, fall of 2020. The Carillon and Detroit River are to the right. Anna Whitcomb Conservatory is visible to the left rear. |
For directions to Oudolf Garden Detroit click image. Photo by Ryan Southern Photography
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Photo: Oudolf Garden Detroit website
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Unlike most public gardens, this garden is run by a non-profit, Oudolf Garden Detroit, and maintained by an all volunteer ground crew.
Click the photo of the volunteer to find out how to become a ground crew volunteer or make a tax deductible donation. |
Opening of Piet Oudolf Garden Detroit, August 2021. Photo: Kathleen Krasity
The Piet Oudolf Garden Detroit officially opened on August 28, 2021. Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist, who grew up nearby, officiated at the event.
The garden's wide variety of plants, native and exotic, provide food and shelter for many animals. It is home to a multitude of pollinators, butterflies and birds. Bald eagles are frequently spotted nearby.
