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Review ------ "Indispensable. . . . an impassioned plea for packing beds tightly, interlacing species lightly, choosing s that survive multiple stresses, [and] letting seed heads stand through winter." --The New York Times Book Review "Luscious photographs and meticulous explanations of techniques and methods make this an essential reference guide and constant source of inspiration." --Booklist "In ing: A New Perspective (Timber Press), written with fellow landscape architect Noel Kingsbury, Piet Oudolf details for the first time the specific ingredients that go into his horticultural alchemy, and even includes original plans and charts." --Elle Décor "This is a thoughtful, inful guide that deserves serious consideration." --Library Journal "It treads a well-pitched line in providing gritty information to the professional and the amateur alike... It is fascinating to see this pinnacle of public naturalistic ing explained and contextualized." --The Guardian "No one does ecology-based harmonies better than these two, and it's just so sweepingly, stunningly beautiful...A fascinating and technical exposition of how Piet has changed the way s are used." --The Telegraph "In ing: A New Perspective, Oudolf and Kingsbury detail what it takes to design, , and maintain the new nature-like landscapes. This is a how-to book that will leave you with the information, courage, and enthusiasm to approach your own landscape in a new way...The authors leave no doubt about the importance of natural beauty to human life, and they show how to reproduce aspects of it successfully." --Landscape Architecture Magazine "A fascinating in into Piet Oudolf's approach to design." --Gardens Illustrated "Features groundbreaking design principles that can be applied to the home garden." --Garden Design "For anyone who wants to emulate and understand what is happening in [the High Line's] naturalistic designs." --Highlands Current "The book includes an extensive directory, which covers detailed information about each mentioned in the book; from the measurements, flowering season and spreading ability to the foliage architecture (plus lots more). It is a great guide for anyone wishing to try out the style Piet Oudolf uses in his magnificent gardens." --The English Garden "A wonderful primer for the home garden." --Chicago Tribune "No one does ecology-based harmonies better than these two, and it's just so sweepingly, stunningly beautiful." --Pacific Northwest Magazine From the Back Cover ------------------- Piet Oudolf's gardens are breathtaking to observe and hard to define. They are calm yet full of surprises, apparently effortless but complex to achieve, and while reaching out to the wider natural world. His unique combinations of long-lived perennials and woody s are rich in texture, sophisticated in colour, and have an emotional resonance that humans find compelling. Oudolf's skill in combining s is legendary and in his recent work he takes it to a new level, favouring highly integrated schemes in which s intermingle and blend without overcrowding one another. An knowledge of s is essential to the success of this approach and here, Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury share their considerable understanding of ecology and performance - how s behave in different situations, what goes on underground, which species make good neighbours. From them we learn how to select the right s, how to group them, and how to combine them with other elements to make beautiful gardens that require minimal use of resources. With the help of Oudolf's original ing plans, this book is the first to show gardeners and professionals explicitly how his gardens and landscapes are made. A detailed directory that records vital information about each such as its life expectancy, the persistence of its seedheads, its tendency to spread, and propensity to self seed will prove an invaluable resource. A Piet Oudolf garden feels right on many different levels --and is so much more than the sum of its parts. This book will be essential reading for all who are interested in making -rich gardens that are in tune with their surroundings, support biodiversity, and nourish the human spirit.