New Perennial Gardens

This page looks at the design style new perennial

What is the new perennial movement?

It started as a planting design that tries to replicate nature. The nature that we commonly see in this style isn’t necessarily something that occurs in Australia, but we can certainly take cues from this and adapt it to our planting palettes. Or we can simply use a palette of plants from other parts of the world. Often there is an absence of trees in the space

Plantings

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Session Outline

  • What is the new perennial movement?

  • Common design elements

  • Plantings

  • Principles

Presentations

Resources

Compositions - Piet Oudolf - Journal of Landscape Architecture

Planting Plan Examples - Piet Oudolf

Activities