Join us for this special screening of Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf hosted by the Memphis Horticultural Society in partnership with the Memphis Botanic Garden. The screening will begin at 6:00 p.m. in Sara’s Place at Memphis Botanic Garden. Attendance is free to the public.

From Gardenista:

If there’s a rock star garden designer worthy of a biopic, then Piet Oudolf is probably the one. Revered and admired, the Dutch landscaper has become famous the world over for his breathtaking projects: from New York’s High Line to Hauser & Wirth’s sublime prairie garden in Somerset, England, to his private garden and test beds at Hummelo in his native Holland.

So it was a stroke of genius for filmmaker Thomas Piper to convince Oudolf to allow him to film his creative process, and what he has created in Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf is an elegant, poignant, and unprecedented glimpse into the 73-year-old designer’s world and thoughts.

Piper’s original intention was to make a short piece about Hummelo. But the project soon grew and ended up being shot over two years with a further year for editing. For gardeners everywhere, the film is a tantalizing 75 minutes in which to lose yourself in one man’s vision and passion.