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The emotion of plants and wild landscapes in 'Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf'

Think of Piet Oudolf as the plant whisperer, a man who makes things that grow interact in ways people hadn't really thought of before.

A hugely influential landscape designer, responsible for New York's High Line, Chicago's Lurie Gardens and numerous sites around the world, Oudolf was a pioneer in the notion of working hard to having

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