Bouquet

For ten years, designer, gardener, illustrator, and bestselling author of The Potted Herb, Abbie Zabar had unique early-morning access to the Great Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each week, from 1994 to 2004, she drew the magisterial bouquets that adorn the soaring neoclassical entrance to one of the world’s most visited art institutions.

Published for the first time, Abbie’s exquisite color pencil drawings of these floral masterpieces are presented in a beautifully …