Gardens Under Big Skies: Reimagining Outdoor Space, the Dutch Way

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The Netherlands is steeped in horticultural history and its gardens have long been a place for innovation and progressive thinking, exemplified by iconic figures such as Mien Ruys and Piet Oudolf. This book reveals the connections between Dutch landscape and cultural history and its gardens and introduces us to forward-looking Dutch designers who are revolutionizing outdoor space. Dr Noel Kingsbury is an acclaimed garden designer, writer and long-time collaborator of the renowned designer Piet Oudolf. With Annie Guilfoyle he runs the highly successful Garden Masterclass. Noel is a leading figure in naturalistic planting design and writes widely on this and related topics.Maayke de Ridder is a Dutch garden and landscape photographer who began her career working as a fashion and interiors stylist and then picture editor for magazines. Her early career brings a new perspective to her work as a photographer. ... a compelling vision for gardens of the future. NIGEL DUNNETT, RHS THE GARDEN ... erudite and fascinating new book GARDENISTA

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"[Gardens Under Big Skies] provides us with a design paradigm in which these plants not only align with nature, but also are good civil servants" -- The Berkshire Edge
"No one does ecology-based plant harmonies better than these two, and it's just so sweepingly, stunningly beautiful." --Pacific Northwest Magazine on Planting: A New Perspective

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Dr Noel Kingsbury is an acclaimed garden designer, best-selling author of numerous books and long-time collaborator of the renowned designer Piet Oudolf. With Annie Guilfoyle he runs the highly successful garden workshops, webinars and international study days at Garden Masterclass. In 2009, Noel earned a doctorate from the University of Sheffield for a thesis on the long-term performance of ornamental herbaceous vegetation and he continues to research in this area. Noel is a leading figure in naturalistic planting design and the New Perennial Movement and has written on gardening, plant sciences and related topics for The Daily Telegraph, Gardens Illustrated magazine and The Garden - the membership magazine of the Royal Horticultural Society. He has worked with Professor Nigel Dunnett, of the University of Sheffield on the first book in English on green roof and related 'green architecture' technologies, collaborated with Tim Richardson on Vista, the Culture and Politics of Gardens and co-chaired events at The Garden Museum in London. Maayke de Ridder originally studied fashion design at the Arnhem Academy of Art and Minerva in Groningen, followed by graphic design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. After working as a fashion and interior stylist and picture editor for a wide range of Dutch magazines she started taking photographs. Her early career brings a new perspective to her work as a photographer and she is now an acclaimed garden and landscape photographer whose work has been published in many magazines and books.