Above: Trompe l’oeil murals by French artist Fernand Renard adorn the walls of the greenhouse.
Bunny’s boundless curiosity about plants made her a perpetual student, and the assemblage of botanical-themed books she began collecting as a child grew to include some sixteen thousand rare volumes, manuscripts, and works of art. Today, Bunny’s collection and botanical talents are on display throughout the grounds, from the inner garden to the courtyard to the pergola formed by the interlacing limbs of Mary Potter crabapple trees.
Text Karen Callaway
Photography Marcy Black Simpson
To learn more about the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, which continues Bunny’s legacy and display’s her life’s work, see “Celebrating the Women of Botanical Art” at Victoriamag.com
