点评:This place is located about a half hour from downtown Miami. The drive isn't bad, but I'm not sure about traffic in the area generally. We arrived here a bit after 1:30 p.m. on a Thursday. As we toured the gardens, I could see the road we came in on as it continued past some areas of the garden, and by 3 p.m. it was packed with cars at a crawl. So come early?
The facility has ample parking on site. There is a main building that houses the gift shop, ticket counter, and a very small cafe. The gardens spread out behind it. Our tickets were free thanks to a Horticultural Society membership that my wife got. If you know that you'll be visiting at least a couple of sites like this within a year, it is worth checking on this to save some money on entry fees.
There are paved paths throughout the gardens. You can walk the entire property, but they also offer hourly tram tours. We opted to do the tram first, and I think this is definitely the way to go. You can get a 1-hour overview of all the areas and then decide what to re-visit on foot afterwards.
The focus of the gardens is tropical plants, though they have some other varieties as well. Our guide on the tram tour was quite good. He provide a historical overview and highlighted specific plants and architectural design choices as we drove around.
Afterwards, we checked out the butterfly house and a few adjoining buildings. We also revisited areas with particularly nice views. My wife wanted to track down some Egyptian geese and also iguanas, both of which we'd seen on the tour. We were able to find both without too much effort.
We probably spent 2.5 - 3 hours here. I enjoyed this more than I expected, and if you have any interest in landscape design or botanical gardens, this is a very worthwhile stop near Miami.
翻译:这个地方距离迈阿密市中心大约半小时车程。开车过去不算太糟,但我不太清楚这附近的交通状况。我们周四下午一点半刚过就到了。游览花园的时候,我看到我们来时的那条路一直延伸到花园的某些区域,到了下午三点,路上就挤满了车,寸步难行。所以,最好早点来。
园内有充足的停车位。主楼里有礼品店、售票处和一个很小的咖啡馆。花园就在主楼后面。因为我妻子办了园艺协会的会员卡,所以我们的门票是免费的。如果你知道一年内至少会去几个类似的景点,那么办一张会员卡就能省下不少门票钱。
花园里铺设了步道。你可以步行游览整个园区,他们也提供每小时一班的电车游览。我们先选择了乘坐电车,我觉得这绝对是个不错的选择。您可以花一个小时快速浏览所有区域,然后再决定之后步行重游哪些地方。
花园以热带植物为主,但也种植了一些其他品种。我们的电车导游非常棒。他为我们讲解了花园的历史概况,并在游览过程中重点介绍了特定的植物和建筑设计。
之后,我们参观了蝴蝶馆和几座相邻的建筑。我们还重游了一些景色特别优美的地方。我妻子想找找埃及鹅和鬣蜥,我们在游览中都看到了它们。我们很轻松地就找到了。
我们大概在这里待了2.5到3个小时。我比预期更喜欢这里,如果您对景观设计或植物园感兴趣,那么迈阿密附近这个景点非常值得一去。