Mien Ruys Garden Design
Bench by the water ball.
Mien ruys garden design. Her gardens have such a refined sense of place and strong form always combined with sensitive planting schemes and great plant associations. An overview of garden architecture from 1924 to the present day. Oenotheras and echinaceas in mien ruys book het vaste planten boek.
Ruys was known for her use of long diagonal lines in the form of garden paths to create the illusion of a larger garden. This device earned her the name of diagonal mien i was surprised to see amongst the many garden rooms one that while on the ground focused on the issues that roof top gardens design has to encompass and all this way. To mien ruys the design was just as important as the planting.
In this garden she made use of contrasts. K mien ruys is one of the names within garden design that has always caught my interest and admiration. 30 inspirational gardens with experiments in design plants and materials.