Welcome to the enchanting world of Bunny Williams. In her new book, Bunny Williams: Life in the Garden, the interior design legend gives readers an intimate look at her beloved house and gardens in the Connecticut Berkshires that she has spent the last 40 years developing.

Through a series of personal essays and 400 pages of rich photography, Life in the Garden illustrates how closely a home and garden can be intertwined. In self-penned stories that open each chapter, Bunny recounts her earliest impressions of living among a garden and her earnest efforts to create one of her own over many decades. Walking readers through each part of her 12-acre property, Bunny traces the various iterations of her sunken, parterre, woodland, and vegetable gardens–among others–and how they change through the seasons. Replete with practical instruction, Life in the Garden also includes Bunny’s advice on planting, flower arranging, decorating, and entertaining with an expert eye.

For Bunny, what ultimately brings a house and garden to life is its inhabitants, whether it’s her two rescue dogs that are often in tow, or the aviary residents of her birdhouse village. Memories made with the family and friends that Bunny constantly welcomes into her home are what truly define life there. As Bunny recalls summer afternoons drinking lemonade on the screened porch, Christmases with roaring fires, and the magic of candlelit dinners, it is clear that her house and gardens are as much a testament to her renowned design aesthetic as they are to a life well-lived.

Let’s take a peek inside this gorgeous new book, released this week by Rizzoli, with photography by Photography by Annie Schlechter…

Bunny Williams: Life in the Garden is available for purchase via Amazon. The Glam Pad also recommends all of Bunny’s other inspirational books, available here.