{"product_id":"the-gardens-of-bunny-mellon-the-first-study-of-the-gardens-and-landscapes-designed-by-the-famed-society-hostess-9780865653511","title":"The Gardens of Bunny Mellon: The first study of the gardens and landscapes designed by the famed society hostess","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gorgeous celebration of the gardens and landscapes of Bunny Mellon  written by a leading specialist and sumptuously illustrated with both new and archival photography.  A tome to treasure. Architectural Digest  Throughout her long and storied life  Rachel Bunny Mellons 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 chteau of couturier Hubert de Givenchy.  All of these gardens are featured in The Gardens of Bunny Mellon  illustrated with Mellons own garden plans  sketches  and watercolors. Much like one of Mellons landscapes  The Gardens of Bunny Mellon 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 Mellons gardens for her homes in Cape Cod  Antigua  and New York. Author Linda Jane Holdens text is based on extensive interviews with Mellon before Mellons death at age 103 in 2014.  The Gardens of Bunny Mellon is part guidewith gorgeous photographs by Roger Foley that could make even the least inclined to go hunting for a trowelpart biography  and part social history. Mellons passion is apparent throughout. Vogue.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665884602421,"sku":"ByrdShop_0865653518","price":80.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780865653511.jpg?v=1782412556","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-gardens-of-bunny-mellon-the-first-study-of-the-gardens-and-landscapes-designed-by-the-famed-society-hostess-9780865653511","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}