
His own garden at Hummelo, near Arnhem in the Netherlands, was established in 1982. Country Cork Garden, Republic of Ireland.
Millennium Garden at Pensthorpe Nature Reserve. Lurie Garden, Millennium Park (Chicago, 2003 with Kathryn Gustafson and Shannon Nichol). Trentham Estate (Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, 2004). Toronto Botanical Garden Entry Garden Walk (Toronto, 2006). Serpentine Gallery, interior garden (London, England, 2011 with Peter Zumthor). Hauser & Wirth (Bruton Somerset, England, 2013). Vlinderhof (Leidsche Rijn, Netherlands, 2014). Singer Laren Sculpture Garden (Laren, Netherlands, 2018). Meadow garden, Delaware Botanic Gardens (Dagsboro, Delaware, USA, 2019). Oudolf Garden Detroit at Belle Isle Park (Michigan, USA, 2020). Garden, near the Vitra Design Museum (2021). The approach can be seen in the New York High Line project. It was first introduced into Oudolf's public work in 2004 as part of the Lurie Garden in Chicago. The change in style has been described as a shift from a painter's perspective to one informed by ecology. Are more naturalistic, often using blends of species. More recently Oudolf's gardens has experimented with a variety of approaches. His early work with perennials consisted of block-type groupings based on structure and texture. Oudolf's overall approach to planting has evolved since the 1980s when he and his wife Anja opened their nursery, at Hummelo, in Gelderland. The result are gardens that persist in their planned state years after being planted, with little deviation from Oudolf's hand drawn maps.
The stability of perennials after planting are key to Oudolf's designs, especially the use of long-lived clump-forming species. I want to go outside and for it to be interesting in seasons, in early spring and late autumn." He explains: "A garden is exciting for me when it looks good through out the year, not just at one particular time. He focuses primarily on structural characteristics, such as leaf or seed pod shape, present before and after a plant has flowered. Taking a cue from architectural design, Oudolf prioritizes the seasonal life cycle of the plants over decorative considerations like flowers or colours. Working primarily with perennials, Oudolf practices a naturalistic approach to gardening. Segment of planting design for Hauser & Wirth Somerset garden