Shhhh don’t tell anyone…

Shhhh don’t tell anyone…

Bunny Mellon, the self-taught botanical and horticulture empress of gardening, had some secrets.

Bunny makes a trip down memory lane, standing outside a garden shed that was used when she gardened as a young girl at her father’s historic estate, Carter Hall, in Millwood.

© Thomas Lloyd, Gerard B. Lambert Foundation

“She was a woman ahead of her time, in a time when terms such as sustainable development, Tidy Towns, global warming, and climate change had not yet become ubiquitous and raised an international awareness. Yet, even then, Bunny was aware of the delicate harmony of a coexistence that demanded the careful balancing of human needs and aspirations in conjunction with the use and enjoyment of the natural world.”

Fruit in all its ripened forms was readily available in the orchards during the harvest.

© Thomas Lloyd, Gerard B. Lambert Foundation

The vegetable garden on the lower terrace at Oak Spring, freshly tilled and planted with vegetables in straight, orderly lines.

© Thomas Lloyd, Gerard B. Lambert Foundation