NEW YORK — She started gardening at age 5 and became a consummate horticulturalist and art collector, particularly of botanical art. But until now, Rachel “Bunny” Mellon’s vast collection could be seen by invitation only at her Oak Spring Garden estate and library, just outside Washington, D.C.
In what is being billed as a coming-out party for the Mellon collection, more than 50 works, most never before shown in public, are now on view at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.
