点评:We had virtually the same experience as Lydia W from March 2023. I had visited the gardens when I was a teen several times as we vacationed on Dauphin Island from Indiana throughout my high school years. The gardens back then were pristine and gorgeous. This visit was a shock. The gardens were shabby and unkempt. Several of the paths were blocked off. Very little was labeled. The gardens’ endowment and income streams appear to be no longer sufficient to support such large gardens. Entire sections and specific segments such as fountains, bridges, and sitting ornamental gardens have been abandoned to the encroaching elements. Many beds are being taken over by weeds as the pine straw mulch is insufficient and not being attended to appropriately. Most of the flowering borders are not perennials, but trucked in from Lowe’s as we saw multiple flats of them from Lowe’s or brands that Lowe’s stocks.
翻译:我们与 2023 年 3 月的 Lydia W 有着几乎相同的经历。我十几岁的时候曾多次参观过花园,高中期间我们从印第安纳州到多芬岛度假。那时的花园原始而美丽。这次参观令人震惊。花园破旧不堪。几条小路被封锁了。几乎没有贴上标签。花园的捐赠和收入来源似乎已不足以支撑如此大的花园。整个区域和特定部分,如喷泉、桥梁和观赏花园,都被遗弃在侵蚀的自然环境中。许多花坛被杂草占领,因为松针覆盖物不足且没有得到适当的照料。大多数开花边界不是多年生植物,而是从 Lowe's 用卡车运来的,因为我们看到多套来自 Lowe's 或 Lowe's 库存的品牌。