Piet Oudolf is a Dutch garden designer, nurseryman, and author. A leading figure of the “New Perennial” movement, an avant garde style of planting that mimics natural botanical communities, Oudolf has become renowned for his distinct approach to gardens. Since 1982, he has lived and worked in Hummelo, a small village in the eastern Netherlands, where he started a nursery with his wife Anja. With no formal training, Oudolf designs through instinct inspired by nature. Using the texture and form of a plant to guide much of his designs, he believes that the color of a plant will fall into place accordingly. Some of Oudolf’s most influential projects include the perennial plantings at Battery Park and The High Line in New York City, No. 5 Culture Chanel in Paris, Lurie Garden at Millennium Park in Chicago, the Serpentine Gallery in London, and the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale.