No matter what time of year you go, the grounds and gardens are lovely. However, the Spring and Summer is when it really comes alive and you’ll be in for a treat.
Biltmore Estate’s gardens have been included the “Top 10 Botanical Gardens of the World” by Travel + Leisure magazine.
The Azalea Garden cover 15 acres and is a wonderful place to take a stroll. Inside the main garden there are 50,000 tulips, 14,000 daffodils and 1,000 hyacinths. Inside the conservatory are beautiful orchids and many other exotic plants. Biltmore also hosts a very popular Easter Egg Hunt.
Interestingly, George Vanderbilt was really ahead of his time on environmentalism, forest preservation, and conservation. He rightly hired Frederick Law Olmstead, already famous for his design work at Central Park. With 125,000 acres to work with, together they envisioned a park-like setting that would include a large rose garden, Italian formal garden, commercial timber forest, walled garden, fountains and much more. From the gardens to the views, there’s a lot to do on the property after your home tour.
Biltmore Estate is so beautiful that it makes a popular place to hold weddings and over 6,000 weddings are held here each year.
Before you leave Biltmore Estate, don’t forget to stop at one of the gift shops and pick up your Family Christmas Tree ornament! If you don’t have one yet, click HERE to read about ours and how you can start the tradition this summer.
BONUS: Biltmore Blooms April 1st – May 22nd, 2022
The Biltmore Estate looks like a really neat stop in North Carolina! The gardens there look like a lot of fun to tour around.
Once I made a road trip through the Southern States and came through Asheville as well. I wanted to visit Biltmore Estate as well but found it a bit pricy. On another occasion, I had a chance to visit the Vanderbilt Mansion in Newport, RI, which was already impressive. I guess I had, at least, a small glimpse of the life of the Vanderbilt family.
A holiday trip to Biltmore has been on our Bucket List for a while now but, really, we’ll take any opportunity to visit! Thanks for the helpful tips and info. Looking forward to putting them to use!
I have literally always wanted to go there!! Your tips were super helpful.😃
Wow this place looks like something directly out of a fairytale. Thank you for sharing.
Okay, so that may be just a summer house, but to my European eyes, it looks like a blooming castle!! What an amazing place to visit!! The Candlelight Christmas Evening at Biltmore sounds amaaaaazing!
Oh wow that looks amazing. Haven’t heard of it before. Thanks for all the info!
What a wonderfully in-depth review! Biltmore Estate looks (and sounds!) incredible 🙂
I’ve always wanted to visit the Biltmore, but haven’t had the chance yet! Love the insider tips you give – thanks for putting this place back on my travel radar 🙂
This is definitely a place that I’d visit, I love stately old homes and the histories behind them. I’ll have to do some more research on the Vanderbilt’s because they’re not familiar to me. But Biltmore Estate looks like a place I could wander through for hours!
When I first saw this post’s pictures, I thought this was in Europe, not NC! What a surprise. I’d especially love to visit the botanical gardens there. Pinning for later!
I never thought about going to North Carolina before but this looks like a really nice place! Maybe I should change my mind about it. It looks so cute!
I loved visiting the Biltmore Estate! It was so magical. I would love to visit the winery next time. Good tip on buying the tickets in advance!
Thank you for these tips! I will definitely keep them in mind for the next time I visit the Biltmore
Thanks for these amazing tips! Every time I see pictures of the Biltmore Estate I want to visit. Maybe 2020 is my year!
Thank you Marta, so glad you liked our tips! I hope 2020 is the year you get to visit Biltmore too!
Biltmore Estate is GORGEOUS! I would love to take my family there one day.
Hi Heather! Agreed, Biltmore is incredible! It’s hard to imagine building something like that for a family home, but it’s crazy how
warm and cozy it is inside.
I wish I had known about this place the last time we were in the area of Asheville!!! Definitely will check it out next time!
Wow this looks fantastic. I love old architecture. I have seen Versailles and it was beautiful, I would love to see this.
What an amazing piece of architecture. This looks like a great destination to add to a North Carolina bucket list!
Wow I never heard of this place but looks
indeed straight out of a novel. Amazing castle
and amazing gardens too.
Mark was able to travel to Asheville on business a few years ago and made sure to schedule a side trip to the mansion. The gardens and property are as incredible as the house.