We stopped by here while visiting Ashville to take advantage of a nice day with great weather they charge a little pricey parking fee but once you learn that it includes admission to the gardens and facilities it was all worth it. The gardens are wonderfully maintained and very colorful with both native and non native plants that are very well shown. There are also several walking/Hiking trails on the property that made for a nice walk in the woods the gift shop was nice but we could not use the snack shop as they were closed during our visit (looks like due to staffing issues) Overall a very enjoyable couple hours spent and we would visit again during other seasons to see changes to plantings.

I visited the Arboretum with my parents and daughter. It is beautiful, even in July! I highly recommend visiting if you're in the Asheville area. However, you should visit the Arboretum before visiting the Biltmore's incredible gardens and conservatory!! It's really nice that you just pay to park and everyone in your car can tour the gardens. They have the best bonsai exhibit I have ever seen. Incredible! There is a beautiful quilted garden and a really fun outdoor miniature train city with bonsai trees as well. If you want to see the trains running on the track, check ahead to see what days they'll be running. Plenty of shaded and sunny areas with wonderful views of the surrounding hills and mountains.

So much fun. The plants were beautiful. We loved the bonsai exhibit, the artwork, letting our son explore and run around, and the bistro had great food and warm beverages to help us extend our stay. The pricing was great, and we all loved it so much that we planned to go back a second time. I would recommend going on weekends to get to see the train exhibit, since apparently it wasn't running during the week.