GARDENS
MORE THAN TREES
Olmsted suggested to Vanderbilt that a managed forest was a better and more sustainable choice for areas of his land , rather than turning it into parkland , as Vanderbilt originally hoped .
That decision set the wheels in motion for Biltmore becoming the birthplace of American forestry , with a managed forest plan that Biltmore follows to this day . Forests that were once overtimbered are now majestic and mature .
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