In Hummelo, British garden writer Noel Kingsbury tells the story of how Oudolf and his wife managed, with hard work and her cut-flower business, to gradually create a garden that embodied the ideas of today’s New Perennials movement. “And at first we had no clients.” And no heat in the house except a wood stove. “We had money to survive one year,” remembers Oudolf.

The contest ends on May 12 at 11:59 pm and the winners will be contacted by May 15.Ībove: When garden designer Oudolf and his wife Anja moved with their two young sons to an eastern Netherlands farmhouse on a one-acre plot in 1982, there was no garden and no nursery where he could grow plants for his business.

Five winners will be selected in a random drawing and contacted through email.

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Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life goes on sale today and in partnership with The Monacelli Press, we will be giving away five copies of the book to Gardenista readers. To celebrate the 70th birthday of Dutch plantsman Piet Oudolf–whose romantic drifts of painterly grasses and perennials have made him the most copied landscape designer alive– The Monacelli Press is publishing a new book about his private garden. Icon - Check Mark A check mark for checkbox buttons. Icon - Twitter Twitters brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Pinterest Pinterests brand mark for use in social sharing icons. flipboard Icon - Instagram Instagrams brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Facebook Facebooks brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Email Used to indicate an emai action. Icon - Search Used to indicate a search action. Icon - Zoom In Used to indicate a zoom in action on a map. Icon - Zoom Out Used to indicate a zoom out action on a map.

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