by Kelly Holdbrooks | Jul 17, 2024 | News
With Director of Horticulture Eric Kimbrel Just as gardening is an action, gardens are dynamic. Planting designs evolve over time. This spring and early summer, we created new plantings for the Maple Entrance, Woodland Glade, and Azalea Walk. We added native...
by Kelly Holdbrooks | Jul 17, 2024 | News
The air is misty and quiet, with only birdsong and sunlight filtering through the canopy. The ground is spongy with a thick mat of spruce needles falling year after year. Lean in to smell the sap of one of the towering trees, and a flood of winter memories will engulf...
by Kelly Holdbrooks | Jul 17, 2024 | News
More than a century after creating the first American forestry management plan, Biltmore is joining forces with Southern Highlands Reserve to restore the high elevation spruce-fir forests of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The famed former residence of George...
by Kelly Holdbrooks | Apr 19, 2024 | News
With Director of Horticulture Eric Kimbrel Spring has sprung and we are buzzing around the garden trying to keep pace with Mother Nature. Preening and caretaking is important for our garden beds so we can access the health of the soil and therefore the plants. We are...
by Kelly Holdbrooks | Apr 19, 2024 | News
A wayward salamander appeared in the Lodge one recent morning. She was motionless with her head up, blinking in the sunlight. Morning tasks for two of us came to a halt as we embarked upon a swift salamander rescue and relocation mission. We scooped her into a garden...
