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My wife and I traveled down to Asheville in 2010. So I took a ton of photographs. So I've gone through Lightroom and found ones that I really liked.
I had so many photographs I decided to break up the posts. The first post was about the main building itself. The second post was about the wonderful flowers on the grounds.
You can learn more about the estate here.
This is post is about the other wonderful touches on the grounds.
The fountains and statuary is just nothing short of amazing.
The details in the flower garden is great.
More wonderful statutes.
Other photography posts of mine:
Whale Sharks at the Georgia Aquarium