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# Piet Oudolf

(1944)   Landscape Architect   Kingdom of the Netherlands

 **4** quotes in **21** categories

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Piet Oudolf is a landscape architect from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, best known for *Dream plants for the natural garden*.

## Quick Facts About Piet Oudolf

Born October 27, 1944

Nationality Kingdom of the Netherlands

Profession Landscape Architect

Notable works Dream plants for the natural garden

## About Piet Oudolf

Piet Oudolf is a Dutch garden designer, nurseryman and author. He is a leading figure of the "New Perennial" movement – his designs and plant compositions using bold drifts of herbaceous perennials and grasses which are chosen at least as much for their structure as for their flower color.

## Awards & Honors

Veitch Memorial Medal Rotterdam-Maaskant Prize Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds award

##  Quotes by Piet Oudolf

> [The idea is not to copy nature, but to give a feeling of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-oudolf/the-idea-is-not-to-copy-nature-but-to-give-a-feeling-of-nature/)

[Piet Oudolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-oudolf/)

[Copies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/copies/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/piet-oudolf-69745_copies_the-idea-is-not-to-copy-nature-but-to-gi_10641.jpg)

> [Structure is the most important component in a successful planting; colour is important too but it is a secondary consideration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-oudolf/structure-is-the-most-important-component-in-a-successful-planting/)

[Piet Oudolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-oudolf/)

[Colour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/colour/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/piet-oudolf-69745_colour_structure-is-the-most-important-componen_506636.jpg)

> [The skeletons of the plants are for me as important as the flowers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-oudolf/the-skeletons-of-the-plants-are-for-me-as-important-as-the-flowers/)

[Piet Oudolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-oudolf/)

[Flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flower/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/piet-oudolf-69745_flower_the-skeletons-of-the-plants-are-for-me-a_1683435.jpg)

> [A plant is only worth growing if it looks good when it is dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-oudolf/a-plant-is-only-worth-growing-if-it-looks-good-when-it-is-dead/)

[Piet Oudolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-oudolf/)

[Flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flower/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b7/piet-oudolf-69745_flower_a-plant-is-only-worth-growing-if-it-look_2493699.jpg)

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