For the past 3 years now, the Biltmore Estate has featured an outdoor garden RR setup that is quite nice and has become very popular with the guests. This year they have added 6 more loops with 800' of track over in the Conservatory located to the south of the main house with the rose gardens in between. The Conservatory is a beautiful structure in itself and is pretty authentic as a period piece from the original estate. The flowers there are simply amazing!
The display opened Friday last week and runs through Labor Day again this season. Well worth a trip to see and the wife will love it. The staff did a remarkable job integrating the trains with the flowers and it's stunning as I hope you can get a feel from these images. I have more if desired but this should whet your collective whistles.
Each morning we have two LGB track cleaners that make a lap on each of the loops while we wipe down the wheels and ready the trains to run.
The miniatures are remarkable and composed of organic materials- half collected from the grounds of the estate. This model of the Biltmore House is about 11 feet wide and took 1700hrs to complete.
This is the Conservatory and is lighted with plants inside
The display is the work of Applied Imagination, a group of artists located south of Cincinnati in KY. Built at their home site, it took about a week to set up.
