ak Spring Garden Library comprises Rachel Lambert Mellon's celebrated collection of rare books, manuscripts, works of art and artifacts relating to gardening, landscape design, horticulture, botany, natural history and travels. The library is nestled in the foothills between the Blue Ridge Mountains and Bull Run Mountains near Upperville, Virginia. It was designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes in 1980 with a new wing designed by Thomas M. Beach in 1993, both in consultation with Rachel Mellon. The collection is a unique historical archive as well as a day-to-day working resource.

Among Rachel Mellon's own contributions to the art of gardening are the Rose Garden and Jacqueline Kennedy Garden at The White House in Washington, D.C. Her honors include the Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the Royal Horticultural Society's Veitch Gold Medal, the Henry Shaw Award, and the American Horticultural Society Landscape Design Award, and recently she has been recognized for her assistance during the restoration of the Potager du Roi at Versailles.

See our Publications page where you can purchase all four of the Oak Spring Volumes.