Biltmore Garden Rose Collection > The Inspiration for "Biltmore For Your Home"
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An Architectural Wonder
Source: Biltmore.com • Asheville, North Carolina
The celebrated architect Richard Morris Hunt modeled the house on three châteaux built in 16th-century France. It would feature 4 acres of floor space, 250 rooms, 34 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms, and 65 fireplaces. The basement alone would house a swimming pool, gymnasium and changing rooms, bowling alley, servants' quarters, kitchens, and more.
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Superior Quality and Craftsmanship
Source: Biltmore.com • Asheville, North Carolina
Over a six-year period, an entire community of craftsmen worked to build the country's premier home. The estate boasted its own brick factory, woodworking shop, and a three-mile railway spur for transporting materials to the site.
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Grounds Created by the Father of Landscape Architecture
Source: Biltmore.com • Asheville, North Carolina
The grounds of the 125,000-acre estate were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the creator of New York's Central Park and the father of American landscape architecture. He not only developed acres of gardens and parkland, but in his efforts to protect the environment and reclaim over-farmed land, Olmsted established America's first managed forest.
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The Biltmore Rose Garden's 2000 Roses
Source: Biltmore.com • Asheville, North Carolina
Biltmore's collection of heirloom roses includes some of the same varieties George Vanderbilt originally purchased for the estate in 1895. You'll also find traditional garden structures such as a maypole and double arch surrounded by over 2,000 roses there. This garden has inspired the Biltmore International Rose Trials, which will select roses to be released to a gardeners throughout North America under the Biltmore for Your Home brand.
