New Perennial movement

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The New Perennial movement is a contemporary naturalistic planting style in garden and landscape design that emphasizes perennial plants arranged in ecologically inspired, meadow-like compositions, popularized by Dutch designer Piet Oudolf.

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instanceOf garden design movement
landscape design approach
planting style
associatedDesigner Piet Oudolf NERFINISHED
associatedPublication Planting: A New Perspective NERFINISHED
associatedPublicationAuthor Noel Kingsbury GENERATED
Piet Oudolf GENERATED
associatedWork High Line in New York City NERFINISHED
Lurie Garden in Chicago NERFINISHED
Millennium Garden at Pensthorpe NERFINISHED
becameProminentInDecade 1990s
designGoal biodiversity support
ecologically inspired planting
low-maintenance planting
meadow-like compositions
naturalistic appearance
designPrinciple drifts and blocks of plants
layered planting
matrix planting
use of robust species
year-round visual interest
emphasizesPlantTrait ecological resilience
seasonal interest
structure
winter structure
emphasizesPlantType long-lived perennials
ornamental grasses
perennial plants
focusesOn plant communities rather than individual specimens
hasAlternativeName New Perennial planting NERFINISHED
New Perennials NERFINISHED
hasKeyProponent Henk Gerritsen NERFINISHED
Mien Ruys NERFINISHED
Noel Kingsbury NERFINISHED
Piet Oudolf NERFINISHED
influencedBy meadow ecology
naturalistic planting design
prairie-style planting
maintenanceApproach annual cutting back of dead stems
reduced soil disturbance
originatedInCountry Netherlands NERFINISHED
relatedConcept ecological planting design
meadow planting
naturalistic planting
prairie planting
timePeriod late 20th century
typicalContext landscape parks
private gardens
public gardens
urban parks

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Piet Oudolf movement New Perennial movement