Join Deborah Chud on a photo tour of her dramatic Piet-Oudolf-style New Perennial garden and presentation of the design principles underlying it.
In “Not Your Mother’s Garden”, Deborah Chud takes the audience on a bed-by-bed, month-by-month photo tour of her highly unusual Piet-Oudolf-style New Perennial garden and describesthe design principles underlying it. Many of the plants are unfamiliar—even to experienced and knowledgeable gardeners. These “New Perennials” were all taken from a distinctive, non-traditional canon of plants, and they exhibit the naturalistic qualities valued by the New Perennialists. What’s new about New Perennials, and what can they do for you? Walk through her garden with her to find out.
Deborah Chud is a retired Massachusetts physician turned garden maker, consultant and educator. Her 6 years of research on New Perennial gardens, including NY’s High Line, Chicago’s Lurie Garden, the Oudolf Meadow at Deleware Botanic Gardens, and Oudolf Garden Detroit, generated the most comprehensive existing database of New Perennial plant combinations and led to the creation of her own highly unusual New Perennial garden. In the fall of 2020, she presented her work as part of “Piet Oudolf: How Does He Do It?”--an international event organized by Piet Oudolf’s co-author, Noel Kingsbury, under the aegis of gardenmasterclass.org. She lives in Chestnut Hill, MA and spends most of her time consulting and coaching home gardeners—both in person and virtually.
From the south: Go north on Green Bay Road. Turn left on Wilmette Ave. Turn right on Park Ave. Library is located on the corner of Wilmette Ave. and Park Ave. Parking lot is on the north side of the building.
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From I-94 (Edens Expressway):from the South - exit at Lake Ave. East. Go east on Lake Ave. a little over 2 miles. Turn right on Park Ave. • from the North - exit at Rt. 41/Skokie Blvd. Turn left (east) on Lake Ave. Go east on Lake Ave. a little over 2 miles. Turn right on Park Ave.
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