Azalea Garden
Be sure to visit the Azalea Garden this week. Overflowing with vibrant azaleas, redbuds, and dogwoods, it's the perfect spot to savor the season. Visiting on the weekend? Enjoy live music in the Azalea Garden on Saturday & Sunday from 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Largest and lowest of the Biltmore gardens, the Azalea Garden is renowned for its extensive collection of native and hybrid azaleas. This 15-acre garden was largely the work of Chauncey Beadle, a Cornell-educated horticulturist who was hired temporarily in 1890 but stayed on till his death in 1950. Beadle and his fellow "Azalea Hunters" traveled the country gathering a massive collection of native specimens. In 1940 he donated his entire collection of 3,000 plants to the estate. Now more than 1,000 azaleas grow alongside metasequoias, magnolias, dogwoods and conifers.
Learn the story behind the Azalea Garden
Your self-guided visit of the Azalea Garden is included in estate admission.