Books & Blooms 2019

Country Gardens

Friday, June 14, 2019, at The Library 6 PM ~ Talk & Cocktail Reception with Bunny Williams

We are pleased to welcome acclaimed interior decorator and landscape designer Bunny Williams to discuss her newest book, Love Affairs with Houses, at the annual Books and Blooms kickoff lecture. Having trained and worked at Parrish Hadley, Bunny launched her own design firm in 1988 and soon after established Treillage, a garden design store in Manhattan. Her 2005 book, An Affair with a House, describes her affection for her home and gardens in Falls Village, CT. Released this April, Love Affairs with Houses chronicles her experience decorating fifteen homes, each one offering unique challenges and requiring particular design strategies, to create luxurious and livable spaces with character and purpose.

Cocktail reception and book signing with Bunny following the talk.

Saturday, June 15, 2019, 10 AM – 4 PM, Tour of 4 country gardens

Page Dickey ~ Falls Village

Debby and Bart Jones ~ Cornwall Bridge

Roxana Robinson ~ West Cornwall

Bunny Williams ~ Falls Village

On Sale at The Cornwall Library:

New and out-of-print gardening books.

Native flowering plants and shrubs from Falls Village Flower Farm.

Delightful note cards and whimsical socks with the Books & Blooms Signature Design by Debby Jones.

About Our Guest

Considered one of the most talented names in design, Bunny Williams is also an accomplished businesswoman, entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. A lover of dogs, gardens, and china, Bunny’s knowledge and expertise is on par with her enjoyment of life. Her eponymous firm — launched in 1988 following a 22-year apprenticeship with the esteemed Parish-Hadley Associates — has wrought its own indelible imprint and legacy.

Bunny Williams Associates is renowned for balancing refined beauty, welcoming livable appeal, and attention to detail. While the creation of delightful rooms is Bunny’s passion, her firm’s success above all, is anchored in long-lasting and valued relationships with its clientele. The resulting commissions over three decades — many for repeat homeowners — are found across the United States and abroad, in city apartments, country estates and cottages; in the mountains and by the water. Bunny’s own houses and her long career have provided ample material and inspiration for six books to date, and she is a sought-after speaker and mentor on design, decoration, gardening, and entertaining.