{"product_id":"the-gardens-of-bunny-mellon-9780865653511","title":"The Gardens of Bunny Mellon","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first study of the gardens and landscapes of Bunny Mellon, written by a leading specialist, illustrated with both new and archival photography.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Gardens of Bunny Mellon\u003c\/i\u003e is a tome to treasure.\" --\u003ci\u003eArchitectural Digest\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout her long and storied life, Rachel \"Bunny\" Mellon's greatest passion was garden design. She and her husband, Paul Mellon, one of the wealthiest men in America, maintained homes in New York, Cape Cod, Nantucket, Antigua, and Upperville, Virginia, and she designed the gardens at all of them. She also designed gardens for some of her dearest friends, including the Rose Garden and the East Garden at the White House, at the request of President Kennedy, and the gardens at both the Paris home and the château of couturier Hubert de Givenchy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e All of these gardens are featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Gardens of Bunny Mellon\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated with Mellon's own garden plans, sketches, and watercolors. Much like one of Mellon's landscapes, \u003ci\u003eThe Gardens of Bunny Mellon\u003c\/i\u003e slowly matured over several years, allowing the gifted landscape photographer Roger Foley to record Oak Spring, her cherished Virginia home, in all four seasons. The book also features vintage photographs by Horst, Aarons, and others of Mellon's gardens for her homes in Cape Cod, Antigua, and New York. Author Linda Jane Holden's text is based on extensive interviews with Mellon before Mellon's death at age 103 in 2014. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Gardens of Bunny Mellon\u003c\/i\u003e is part guide--with gorgeous photographs by Roger Foley that could make even the least inclined to go hunting for a trowel--part biography, and part social history. Mellon's passion is apparent throughout.\" --\u003ci\u003eVogue.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinda Holden\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003ePresidents' Gardens.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger Foley\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning garden and landscape photographer. \u003cb\u003eSir Peter Crane\u003c\/b\u003e is the inaugural president of the Oak Spring Garden Foundation and former director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vendome Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614969794834,"sku":"9780865653511","price":50.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_722dad0c-242a-4d1e-8c42-043d9c12ec0b.jpg?v=1732469810","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gardens-of-bunny-mellon-9780865653511","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}