Links
International
Designers /Gardens/Organizations
Most are worth following on Instagram.
Nigel Dunnett
Innovative ecological design, Sheffield University, England.
James Hitchmough
Research in the creation of naturalistic vegetation for use in urban parks and greenspace, Sheffield University, England.
Dan Pearson Studio
English landscape and garden designer/author with an international reputation for design and planting excellence. Also, visit his online magazine Dig Delve.
Piet Oudolf
Dutch garden designer/plant breeder/author, the major figure in the founding of the “New Perennial Movement”, several public projects in the U.S.
Noel Kingsbury
English garden designer/author, co-authored several books with Piet, dedicated to the promotion of naturalistic garden design through ongoing science, research, and outreach.
Schau- und Sichtungsgarten Hermannshof e.V.
A place to see successful examples of new directions in planting design, especially in naturalistic planting style, focus on high impact-low-maintenance plantings, Germany. Piet’s favorite gardens.
Tom Stuart-Smith
English designer who specializes in making gardens that combine naturalism and modernity – eye-popping!
Le Jardin Plume
Outstandingly beautiful and innovative private garden along the west coast of France.
United States
Designers/Academics
Native Plant Associates
Growers/landscapers on Martha’s Vineyard specialize in creating Sandplain Grassland ecosystems, the native grassland type of the Northeast with an inherently beautiful four-season flora similar to the shortgrass prairie of the midwest. Ecologically and regionally sensitive design.
Rick Darke
Author/photographer/lecturer and consultant focused on regional landscape design, planning, conservation, and enhancement.
Douglas Tallamy
Professor and chair of the department of entomology and wildlife ecology at the University of Delaware.
Oehme, van Sweden
Washinton D.C.-based landscape firm whose work has paralleled the New Perennials Movement of Europe, since its inception early on. Innovative naturalistic plantings throughout the U.S.
Botanical Organizations/etc.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center
Introducing the people to the beauty and diversity of wildflowers and other native plants. University of Austin, Texas.
Mt. Cuba Center
To inspire an appreciation of the beauty and value of native plants and a commitment to protect the habitats that sustain them. Hockessin, Delaware.
New England Wildflower Society
To conserve and promote the region’s native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes, Framingham, Massachusetts.
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Maine’s premier botanical destination, Boothbay.
Naturalistic Public Gardens
Garden in the Woods
A 45-acre “living museum” displaying a wide variety of common and rare native plants displayed in naturalistic settings, Framingham, Massachusetts.
The Highline
A public park built on a historic freight rail line elevated above the streets of Manhattan’s West Side. Unique Piet Oudolf planting consisting of a large proportion of natives in a mix with non-native plants, New York. Truly unique in the world of parks and planting design.
Lurie Garden
A public park located in the Loop Community area of urban Chicago consists of several attractions including Lurie Garden, a large (2.5 acre) prairie style native/non-native planting designed by Piet Oudolf.