GARDENS OF BILTMORE

  

INFORMAL GARDENS

of

Biltmore

Water Gardens 

L'Orangirie

Orchids

Formal Gardens

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Cars are allowed to proceed from the Grand Entrance on through the trees of the informal garden and into the Formal Garden, around this corner at the right and proceed left along the wall and out the back gate. 

Rose Garden 

Trees
by
Sara Coleridge

                       The Oak is called the king of Trees

                       The Aspen quivers in the Breeze

The Poplar grows up straight and Tall
The Pear* tree spreads along the Wall
The Sycamore gives pleasant Shade
The Willow droops in watery Glade
The Fir tree useful timber Gives
The Beech amid the Forest Lives 

                                         

                                          * When  checking the poem for accuracy in two different anthologies,
                                           I found that the fruit is actually a peach tree.  Thirty years of children

                                           memorized this poem and replaced the peach with the pear on my

                                           watch.  Sorry Sara..........

A pear tree is espaliered along this wall.  Apples, pears, peaches, and many other fruit trees can be grown in this manner.  The tree takes up less area in the garden and each piece of fruit recieves more sunlight than in the traditional way of growing a pear or peach tree, thereby allowing more fruit to mature.

The Gardens are beautiful.  Mr. Olmsted's legacy is the millions of people who visit Biltmore Estate each year and enjoy the peace and beauty that the Vanderbilt family enjoyed 100 years ago.