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This is my post for the Our World meme. This meme is a second generation of My World Tuesday created by Klaus Peter and is hosted by five wonderful ladies. To learn more about our world or to join and share your part of the world, click HERE.
Betsy and I paid another visit to the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, last week. We went specifically to see the tulips in the Walled Garden. George Vanderbilt wanted the Walled Garden to be a ‘garden of ornament’, so the garden consists of symmetrical flower beds arranged in patterns. The picture above shows one side of the Walled Garden as seen from a hill overlooking the garden.
There were tulips of many different colors planted in the flower beds.
Even the border flower beds along the road contained beautiful tulips.
But the prettiest flower in the entire garden was my beautiful bride.
Tags: Asheville, Biltmore Estate, North Carolina, Our World
April 9, 2012 at 3:40 am |
That’s a lot of tulips! Love the purple and pink and the ones behind you and Betsy.
April 9, 2012 at 4:43 am |
Hi George
Lovely photos, but what erks me is that I stayed in Asheville, NC and never saw these gardens.
Well I guess as a tourist, you can’t win them all????
Love the “yellow mellow” T-shirt combinations!
Cheers
Colin
April 9, 2012 at 4:52 am |
What an amazing number of tulips. It must be glorious to experience this beauty, The two flowers in yelow shirts are pretty neat too.
April 9, 2012 at 8:43 am |
What a treat to visit while the tulips are blooming. Lovely photo of you two with the tulips as the backdrop!
April 9, 2012 at 8:48 am |
i enlarged the first photo and my first thought was how many gardeners will it take to care for all that beauty. wow that is a beautiful spot. so is your flower.
April 9, 2012 at 9:36 am |
Just beautiful!
April 9, 2012 at 11:13 am |
What a beautiful place and such gorgeous flowers! And you do indeed have a beautiful flower!! Hope you both have a great week, George!
Sylvia
April 9, 2012 at 11:50 am |
We were there last week too. In fact, we planned to go on Tuesday but had a change in plans and went on Thursday instead. No doubt we will one day run into you and Betsy.
April 9, 2012 at 2:03 pm |
I would love to take my camera there! I would have a field day!!! Lovely photos!
April 9, 2012 at 2:35 pm |
Note to self.I really need to visit this place some time.Until then I will visit virtually through the pictures here.Thanks,this is much less expensive for me. LOl
April 9, 2012 at 7:13 pm |
looks like a very pleasant short-sleeve day to be out and about with the beautiful tulips.
April 9, 2012 at 9:38 pm |
Absolutely beautiful. Too bad tulips didn’t bloom all spring and summer too.
April 9, 2012 at 11:52 pm |
How gorgeous with all those lovely tulips!
April 10, 2012 at 12:15 am |
Great shots, George. Love them. Love the one of you and Betty. I love the Biltmore Estates…been there several times.
April 10, 2012 at 6:58 am |
If and when I visit the Biltmore Estate, I’ll probably see all those lovely flowers but not the prettiest one – you’ll take that flower home with you for certain.
April 10, 2012 at 7:05 am |
Wow!! What a gorgeous garden! Imagine all the work involved…
April 10, 2012 at 10:04 am |
What a spectacular place. You two look so happy there. I bet you took a zillion ictures and I want to see them ALL!! MB
April 10, 2012 at 1:08 pm |
Wow! The walled garden is FULL of color! I love that picture of you and Betsy!
April 10, 2012 at 8:04 pm |
Beautiful garden with such nice symmetry. The tulips are lovely.
April 10, 2012 at 9:12 pm |
What pretty tulips!! I’ve never seen so many in one place before!
Wonderful photo of you and Betsy too. You both look very happy. 🙂
April 10, 2012 at 9:57 pm |
Wow, what a wonderful garden.
Thanks for sharing from this beautiful place.
April 13, 2012 at 4:21 am |
What a wonderful place with so many tulips! I am very glad that You presented these lovely photos!
April 13, 2012 at 10:46 am |
I bet that place really keeps the gardeners busy!