Bunny Williams

Inviting us into her impressive grounds with charming personal anecdotes, expertadvice, and creative ideas for how to bring natural elements into the home, this is atestament to Bunny Williams’ love affair with the garden and woodlands surrounding hereighteenth-century manor house in Northwestern Connecticut.A popular stop on the Garden Conservancy circuit, Williams’ property boasts a parterregarden, year-round conservatory, extensive vegetable garden, orchard, woodlands, anaviary with exotic foul, and a rustic poolside Greek Revival-style folly. Each section of thegarden is accompanied by a directory of featured plants-from native ferns andsucculents to a wide variety of flowering specimens.Stunning photographs-printed on two different specialty stocks-illustrate everyaspect of the garden in different lights and seasons; during big parties and intimategatherings. Throughout, the revered designer shows us how she incorporates nature inher interiors: in stunning floral arrangements, unique tablescapes, and elaborate holidayvignettes-where a rescued bird’s nest commands as much attention as a prizedcollector’s item. Whether in the intentional juxtaposition of high and low, or the consideredplacement of a garden bench to appreciate a particular view, home and garden togetherreflect the epitome of Bunny Williams’ inimitable style