Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life
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"Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life" is an illustrated book that chronicles renowned garden designer Piet Oudolf’s life, work, and influential planting philosophy through essays, photographs, and garden histories.
All labels observed (1)
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| Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11525531 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life Context triple: [Piet Oudolf, coAuthorOf, Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life]
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A.
The Loves of the Plants
The Loves of the Plants is a didactic poem by Erasmus Darwin that personifies plant reproduction to popularize contemporary botanical science.
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B.
The Private Life of Plants
The Private Life of Plants is a landmark BBC nature documentary series, presented by David Attenborough, that reveals the hidden, time-lapse world of plant life and their complex behaviors.
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C.
Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants is a 1979 experimental concept album by Stevie Wonder, serving as the mostly instrumental soundtrack to the documentary film "The Secret Life of Plants."
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D.
The Horticulturist
The Horticulturist was a 19th-century American periodical focused on gardening, landscape design, and rural architecture, closely associated with the work of Andrew Jackson Downing.
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E.
Critica Botanica
Critica Botanica is a 1737 botanical treatise by Carl Linnaeus in which he sets out principles and rules for the scientific naming and classification of plants.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life Target entity description: "Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life" is an illustrated book that chronicles renowned garden designer Piet Oudolf’s life, work, and influential planting philosophy through essays, photographs, and garden histories.
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A.
The Loves of the Plants
The Loves of the Plants is a didactic poem by Erasmus Darwin that personifies plant reproduction to popularize contemporary botanical science.
-
B.
The Private Life of Plants
The Private Life of Plants is a landmark BBC nature documentary series, presented by David Attenborough, that reveals the hidden, time-lapse world of plant life and their complex behaviors.
-
C.
Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants is a 1979 experimental concept album by Stevie Wonder, serving as the mostly instrumental soundtrack to the documentary film "The Secret Life of Plants."
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D.
The Horticulturist
The Horticulturist was a 19th-century American periodical focused on gardening, landscape design, and rural architecture, closely associated with the work of Andrew Jackson Downing.
-
E.
Critica Botanica
Critica Botanica is a 1737 botanical treatise by Carl Linnaeus in which he sets out principles and rules for the scientific naming and classification of plants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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illustrated book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| about |
Hummelo garden
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New Perennial movement ⓘ Piet Oudolf’s life ⓘ Piet Oudolf’s planting philosophy ⓘ Piet Oudolf’s work ⓘ |
| author |
Noel Kingsbury
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Piet Oudolf ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| format | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical work
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garden design literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essays
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garden histories ⓘ photographs ⓘ |
| illustrates |
Piet Oudolf’s gardens
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plant combinations ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
garden designers
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garden enthusiasts ⓘ landscape architects ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Piet Oudolf
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garden design ⓘ naturalistic planting ⓘ perennial planting ⓘ planting design ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
documenting the development of Oudolf’s planting style
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influencing contemporary planting design discourse ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Monacelli Press
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linked to:
Monacelli Press
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| timeSpanCovered | several decades of Piet Oudolf’s career ⓘ |
| title | Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life Description of subject: "Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life" is an illustrated book that chronicles renowned garden designer Piet Oudolf’s life, work, and influential planting philosophy through essays, photographs, and garden histories.
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