Biltmore Conservatory Winter 2023: Annette and I visit Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina often throughout the year with our annual season pass. In addition to the house...

stavros Loc: East Tennessee

Annette and I visit Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina often throughout the year with our annual season pass. In addition to the house itself, there are nice shops, galleries, a winery, and restaurants on the property, as well as a beautiful lake and numerous hiking trails. The estate also features the beautiful Walled Garden with different flowers and plants blooming throughout the year. Our favorite destination on the estate is the Conservatory which is located within the Walled Garden. These photos are from our visit to the Conservatory in December 2023.

Biltmore’s Conservatory

In addition to 8,000 acres to explore on the property, a visit to the soaring glass-ceilinged Conservatory is a must. Beautifully bedecked with poinsettias and an array of exotic orchids during the Christmas and winter seasons, this hidden gem dazzles year-round with an ever-present abundance of lush, fragrant tropical displays.

Completed in 1895, the Conservatory embodies the late 19th-century passion for horticulture. It was a collaboration between George Vanderbilt, Frederick Law Olmsted, the estate’s landscape architect, and Richard Morris Hunt, who designed Biltmore House. Hunt designed the structure while Olmsted weighed in on the location.

Like other conservatories in the early 1900s, Biltmore’s glass-enclosed building sheltered exotic and tropical plants from around the world, but it was much more than a pretty place to display rare plants; it also fulfilled Vanderbilt’s vision of Biltmore as a self-sufficient, working estate.

Beyond the primary areas that Mr. Vanderbilt’s guests would have enjoyed, there is a large Production Room for potting and growing plants and storing tools and equipment that are still in use today.

One of the highlights of the Conservatory is the Orchid Room that features more than five hundred plants in the collection. Peak bloom time is during the winter months, bringing some much-needed warmth and color to the coldest season of the year.

These photos with Topaz and Dynamic Auto Painter Pro effects were taken in December 2023. I shot in RAW with my Nikon D750 camera and used Corel AfterShot Pro to convert the files. Then I used Topaz Denoise, Corel PaintShop Pro, and Luminar AI to further adjust and enhance the files in post processing. Finally, I used Dynamic Auto Painter Pro to add the Modern painterly effects. I hope you enjoy!

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NMGal Loc: NE NM

The colors are beautiful, but intense. Could you maybe post a couple as they were originally?

SteveW8703 Loc: Las Vegas, Nv

stavros wrote:

Annette and I visit Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina often throughout the year with our annual season pass. In addition to the house itself, there are nice shops, galleries, a winery, and restaurants on the property, as well as a beautiful lake and numerous hiking trails. The estate also features the beautiful Walled Garden with different flowers and plants blooming throughout the year. Our favorite destination on the estate is the Conservatory which is located within the Walled Garden. These photos are from our visit to the Conservatory in December 2023.

Biltmore’s Conservatory

In addition to 8,000 acres to explore on the property, a visit to the soaring glass-ceilinged Conservatory is a must. Beautifully bedecked with poinsettias and an array of exotic orchids during the Christmas and winter seasons, this hidden gem dazzles year-round with an ever-present abundance of lush, fragrant tropical displays.

Completed in 1895, the Conservatory embodies the late 19th-century passion for horticulture. It was a collaboration between George Vanderbilt, Frederick Law Olmsted, the estate’s landscape architect, and Richard Morris Hunt, who designed Biltmore House. Hunt designed the structure while Olmsted weighed in on the location.

Like other conservatories in the early 1900s, Biltmore’s glass-enclosed building sheltered exotic and tropical plants from around the world, but it was much more than a pretty place to display rare plants; it also fulfilled Vanderbilt’s vision of Biltmore as a self-sufficient, working estate.

Beyond the primary areas that Mr. Vanderbilt’s guests would have enjoyed, there is a large Production Room for potting and growing plants and storing tools and equipment that are still in use today.

One of the highlights of the Conservatory is the Orchid Room that features more than five hundred plants in the collection. Peak bloom time is during the winter months, bringing some much-needed warmth and color to the coldest season of the year.

These photos with Topaz and Dynamic Auto Painter Pro effects were taken in December 2023. I shot in RAW with my Nikon D750 camera and used Corel AfterShot Pro to convert the files. Then I used Topaz Denoise, Corel PaintShop Pro, and Luminar AI to further adjust and enhance the files in post processing. Finally, I used Dynamic Auto Painter Pro to add the Modern painterly effects. I hope you enjoy!

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Oh so beautiful, I love the bright colors.
Steve

tcthome Loc: NJ

stavros Loc: East Tennessee

SteveW8703 wrote:

Oh so beautiful, I love the bright colors.
Steve

Thanks!

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very vibrant color and beautiful series, Stavros.

stavros Loc: East Tennessee

Earnest Botello wrote:

Very vibrant color and beautiful series, Stavros.

Thank You!

Lucian Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio

A little too gaudy for my taste.

srg

stavros wrote:

Annette and I visit Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina often throughout the year with our annual season pass. In addition to the house itself, there are nice shops, galleries, a winery, and restaurants on the property, as well as a beautiful lake and numerous hiking trails. The estate also features the beautiful Walled Garden with different flowers and plants blooming throughout the year. Our favorite destination on the estate is the Conservatory which is located within the Walled Garden. These photos are from our visit to the Conservatory in December 2023.

Biltmore’s Conservatory

In addition to 8,000 acres to explore on the property, a visit to the soaring glass-ceilinged Conservatory is a must. Beautifully bedecked with poinsettias and an array of exotic orchids during the Christmas and winter seasons, this hidden gem dazzles year-round with an ever-present abundance of lush, fragrant tropical displays.

Completed in 1895, the Conservatory embodies the late 19th-century passion for horticulture. It was a collaboration between George Vanderbilt, Frederick Law Olmsted, the estate’s landscape architect, and Richard Morris Hunt, who designed Biltmore House. Hunt designed the structure while Olmsted weighed in on the location.

Like other conservatories in the early 1900s, Biltmore’s glass-enclosed building sheltered exotic and tropical plants from around the world, but it was much more than a pretty place to display rare plants; it also fulfilled Vanderbilt’s vision of Biltmore as a self-sufficient, working estate.

Beyond the primary areas that Mr. Vanderbilt’s guests would have enjoyed, there is a large Production Room for potting and growing plants and storing tools and equipment that are still in use today.

One of the highlights of the Conservatory is the Orchid Room that features more than five hundred plants in the collection. Peak bloom time is during the winter months, bringing some much-needed warmth and color to the coldest season of the year.

These photos with Topaz and Dynamic Auto Painter Pro effects were taken in December 2023. I shot in RAW with my Nikon D750 camera and used Corel AfterShot Pro to convert the files. Then I used Topaz Denoise, Corel PaintShop Pro, and Luminar AI to further adjust and enhance the files in post processing. Finally, I used Dynamic Auto Painter Pro to add the Modern painterly effects. I hope you enjoy!

Annette and I visit Biltmore Estate in Asheville, ... (show quote)

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

I like these. In the DAP stage, did you use one particular style preset?

stavros Loc: East Tennessee

DWU2 wrote:

I like these. In the DAP stage, did you use one particular style preset?

Thanks. Yes, I used "Modern Art". Then I retouched with two applications of the Soft Reveal Brush and then color adjusted the shadows and midtones and increased the sharpness a bit.

Finally, I adjusted the brightness and contrast is PaintShop Pro.

lbarnett25 Loc: Baldwinsville, NY

Too much post processing for my taste.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

stavros wrote:

Annette and I visit Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina often throughout the year with our annual season pass. In addition to the house itself, there are nice shops, galleries, a winery, and restaurants on the property, as well as a beautiful lake and numerous hiking trails. The estate also features the beautiful Walled Garden with different flowers and plants blooming throughout the year. Our favorite destination on the estate is the Conservatory which is located within the Walled Garden. These photos are from our visit to the Conservatory in December 2023.

Biltmore’s Conservatory

In addition to 8,000 acres to explore on the property, a visit to the soaring glass-ceilinged Conservatory is a must. Beautifully bedecked with poinsettias and an array of exotic orchids during the Christmas and winter seasons, this hidden gem dazzles year-round with an ever-present abundance of lush, fragrant tropical displays.

Completed in 1895, the Conservatory embodies the late 19th-century passion for horticulture. It was a collaboration between George Vanderbilt, Frederick Law Olmsted, the estate’s landscape architect, and Richard Morris Hunt, who designed Biltmore House. Hunt designed the structure while Olmsted weighed in on the location.

Like other conservatories in the early 1900s, Biltmore’s glass-enclosed building sheltered exotic and tropical plants from around the world, but it was much more than a pretty place to display rare plants; it also fulfilled Vanderbilt’s vision of Biltmore as a self-sufficient, working estate.

Beyond the primary areas that Mr. Vanderbilt’s guests would have enjoyed, there is a large Production Room for potting and growing plants and storing tools and equipment that are still in use today.

One of the highlights of the Conservatory is the Orchid Room that features more than five hundred plants in the collection. Peak bloom time is during the winter months, bringing some much-needed warmth and color to the coldest season of the year.

These photos with Topaz and Dynamic Auto Painter Pro effects were taken in December 2023. I shot in RAW with my Nikon D750 camera and used Corel AfterShot Pro to convert the files. Then I used Topaz Denoise, Corel PaintShop Pro, and Luminar AI to further adjust and enhance the files in post processing. Finally, I used Dynamic Auto Painter Pro to add the Modern painterly effects. I hope you enjoy!

Annette and I visit Biltmore Estate in Asheville, ... (show quote)

I agree with NMGal,