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Sunset at the end of a Fall day at Biltmore. Photo credit: The Biltmore Company
The Deer Park area behind Biltmore House glows with rich colors each Fall. Biltmore was the birthplace of scientific forestry in the United States. Photo credit The Biltmore Company.
The Katsura tree - which has a scent like cotton candy - lives in the heart of Biltmore’s Azalea Garden. The Katsura was one of the trees hand-picked by Biltmore landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. This Katsura is on the NC Forest Service Registry of Champion Trees. Photo credit The Biltmore Company.
At 114 feet tall, Biltmore's Dawn Redwood towers over the Azalea Garden. This tree, at 114 feet tall, is on the NC Forest Service Registry of Champion Trees, noted for its size and historical significance. Frederick Law Olmsted selected the species for the grounds of Biltmore. Photo credit The Biltmore Company.
The Persian ironwood has a showy fall leaf color, and can be found next to Biltmore’s Conservatory. Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted hand-picked tree species including the Persian ironwood as part of a plan to reforest overworked farmland purchased by George Vanderbilt for the construction of Biltmore House. Photo credit The Biltmore Company.
Another view of the Persian ironwood tree. Photo credit The Biltmore Company.
Golden Raintree resides on the pathway through the Shrub Garden, near Biltmore House. Photo credit The Biltmore Company.
Landscape architect Fredrick Law Olmsted (seated, center) and George Vanderbilt (standing, center-right) with other key Biltmore figures, 1892.
Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture in America, designed Biltmore's gardens and grounds. This John Singer Sargent painting of Olmsted hangs in the Second Floor Living Hall in Biltmore House. Photo credit The Biltmore Company.
Frederick Law Olmsted. Photo credit The Biltmore Company.
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