![]() Oudolf consulted Diblik's expertise on what would work here and what wouldn't. They began growing the plants - many natives, many common garden plants, but a few from seed sent from the Netherlands of cultivars that Oudolf had selected or of species common in European gardens but hardly known here. Charles, Elite Growers in Ingleside and Hoffie Nursery in Union. ![]() "It's not just how they look together, but how their qualities go together, and their requirements - so maintenance is a breeze."ĭiblik became the lead perennial grower for the Lurie Garden, aided by Midwest Groundcovers in St. "I've never seen anybody put plants together so the plants want to be together the way he does," Diblik says of Oudolf. In September 2001, Diblik says, "He and I talked for 2 1/2 hours in a Starbuck's in Crystal Lake." Diblik has been learning from Oudolf ever since. Diblik knew Oudolf by reputation: He had been impressed by one of the books that helped spread Oudolf's reputation, "Gardening with Grasses" (Timber Press, 152 pages, $34.95), written with Michael King. Northwind is a wholesale grower of perennials, including many Midwestern natives. ![]() ![]() But to Oudolf, the Dark Plate and the Light Plate presented a single planting challenge.Īfter Oudolf teamed up with Gustafson and Israel to prepare their entry for the 2000 contest that sought a design for the garden, he reached out from his home and nursery in the town of Hummelo in the Netherlands to Roy Diblik, 51, co-owner of Northwind Perennial Farm in Burlington, Wis. ![]()
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