点评:Poor house plant selection. I’ve been going to this garden centre for years, it used to have a large selection of rare and unusual house plants which took up most of the entrance. It used to be good in a good competition with Beetham nursery’s 20 minutes down the road. This year they have downsized to a small corner of the room, I have been once a month since March in hopes they have some new varieties of house plants but leave empty handed and disappointed each time, I have asked members of staff if they have certain plants and neither of them have much knowledge of house plants (low light/ indirect light or care needs) Today I visited again, they had the same plants as they did in June and July and they all looked worse for wear. It seems they have focused entirely on the home department and cafe rather than the plants. If you are looking for house plants I’d travel a little further up the road to Beetham.
翻译:室内植物种类选择差。多年来我一直光顾这家园艺中心,过去这里有大量稀有且独特的室内植物,几乎占满了入口处的整个区域。它原本是和十几分钟车程外的Beetham苗圃相抗衡的有力竞争者。然而今年,室内植物的陈列区被缩减成了房间的一个小角落。从三月份起我每个月都去一次,指望能看到一些新引进的室内植物品种,但每次都空手而归,满怀失望。我问过店员们是否有某些室内植物,但他们俩对室内植物都不太了解(比如耐阴性、光照需求或养护方法)。今天我又去了一趟,他们店里的植物还是六月和七月时那些,而且看起来状态更差了。看来他们把全部精力都放在了家居用品区和咖啡馆上,而忽视了植物的养护。如果你想买室内植物的话,我建议往北走一点,去Beetham购买会更好。