Biltmore House and Gardens (11/17/2021)

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 (continued)

Alas, by the time we reached the Biltmore House, the sun was already beyond shining on the façade.

Biltmore House entrance tower and exterior
view of the spiral Grand Staircase

View from the open loggia wisteria arbor
(also known as the Library Terrace)
toward the Blue Ridge Mountains

View of the rear of Biltmore House with
the closed loggia in the center

View across the estate toward the Blue Ridge Mountains

Gazebo on the SW corner of the South Terrace

Below the South Terrace is a wisteria pergola leading
to the Walled Garden and Conservatory

Inside the Walled Garden, now devoid of flowers, is a  center
pergola the length of the garden to the conservatory; remember
that these gardens were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted)

Everything but mistletoe hanging
from a pergola rafter

Conservatory (1895, by William Morris Hunt)

Palm House of the conservatory featured models of
buildings on the property of Biltmore Estate;
this is the Gardener's Cottage

Biltmore House with fountain (KSS)

Model of the S side of the house with
the open loggia wisteria arbor (KSS)

All Souls Church had "stained glass" windows
lighted from within

[All Souls Church (1896, by Richard Morris Hunt in
French Norman style) is blocked by a gas station]

The Conservatory

Exhibit Room has a Bromeliad Bed (KSS)

Mussaenda philippica 'Dona Luz'/Bangkok Rose

Pink variety of Euphorbia pulcherrima/Poinsettia

Unidentified flower

Schlumbergera truncata/Thanksgiving Cactus

Euphorbia pulcherrima 'Winter Rose Early Red'/Poinsettia

Begonia maculata 'Wightii' (KSS)

Euphorbia pulcherrima "Autumn Leaves'/Poinsettia

Tamiko in the Orchid Room, with a Vanda sp

Oncidium sp Orchid

Phragmipedium sp Orchid

Tillandsia cyanea/Pink Quill Bromeliad (KSS)

Aechmea fendleri cultivar Bromeliad (KSS)

For dinner (by reservation only) we went to the
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Taproom, Mills River, NC

Plenty of beer options on tap; Kent chose
Uncle Rick's Pilsener

Organic Garden and Back Porch of
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (KSS)

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company started in 1979 in Chico, CA. In 2014, a second brewing facility was opened in Mills River, NC. Making beer on both coasts ensured that fresh beer "gets everywhere faster."

Next: Asheville Urban Trail I.