Gardens at the Bank of Springfield

In 2004, BOS doubled the size of their flagship facility at 3400 West Wabash Avenue in Springfield, Illinois. Adam Woodruff, principal of Adam Woodruff + Associates was engaged to redesign the 3 acre site. The chief consideration of the design process was to boldly impact the streetscape while enhancing the architecture of the building. Woodruff designed naturalistic yet vibrant flower borders scaled to the site to accomplish his goal. The gardens cover 22,000 square feet and include a massive perennial and annual bed running the length of the Wabash Avenue façade. Several auxiliary flower beds dot the property echoing color and texture rhythms found in the main bed. Annuals, which represent 40% of the plant material found in the gardens, are woven between shrubs, roses, grasses and perennials to insure consistent bloom. The annual plantings are redesigned each year.

11/20/2009

Flickr Photostream

See my photo collections on Flickr- Gardens at the Bank of Springfield (2009), Piet Oudolf's Nursery & Garden in the Netherlands (09/2009).

11/18/2009

Horticulture's Top 20 Favorite Garden Blogs

Congratulations to Fran Sorin, Nancy Ondra and my Gardening Gone Wild colleagues for being selected as one of Horticulture Magazine's Top 20 Favorite Garden Blogs! Click on the image below and follow a link to the article.

11/03/2009

Oudolf Nursery & Garden- Hummelo, The Netherlands

One of the highlights of summer was my first trip to Europe, specifically to Piet & Anja Oudolf’s nursery and private garden in The Netherlands. I went for their Grass Days.

Much like Fran Sorin (as she noted in her fabulous three part interview last month), I am a huge fan of Oudolf’s unique style. His gardens intrigue me and his design aesthetic influences my work. I’ve enjoyed all of his books. My close proximity to the Lurie Garden at Millennium Park in Chicago provides seasonal opportunities to appreciate the development of one of his grand scale gardens and study plant combinations in person.

You might then imagine my excitement when the opportunity to travel to The Netherlands presented itself! [Read more →]

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

Adam Woodruff is classically trained as a Botanist and has been practicing landscape design since 1995. He specializes in the design and installation of modern, grand scale gardens for commercial and residential spaces. Taking cues from nature, Woodruff's gardens are less formal and include masses of flowering shrubs, roses, annuals, perennials & grasses. Designs are thoughtfully conceived and orchestrated to insure a natural and uncontrived look.

Adam Woodruff is a regular contributor to the blog Gardening Gone Wild. Check out his recent post- "What should I expect when hiring a garden designer?"

Member: Association of Professional Landscape Designers,Landscape & Nurserymen Association of Greater Saint Louis,Grow Native & Perennial Plant Association.

Sponsor: Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants of Merit & Springfield Green.

Adam Woodruff + Associates serve clients in central Illinois and the metro Saint Louis area. For more information about our services call (314) 225-7119 or email.