点评:We were disappointed by this garden which we visited at the end of June. The Walled Garden is structurally interesting, with tended vegetable areas but the arched walkways were mostly bare of plants. The main perennial flowerbed was a jumble of a large number of plants, apparently thrown together to live or die, with no sense of purpose, or knowledge of the horticultural needs of the various plantings.
Most of today’s visitors sought out the Rose Garden which was truly disappointing as there were few roses in flower to be seen. The roses here are old varieties which need dead heading to prolong their single flowering period. No dead heading (or indeed much weeding) had been done so they were all over by the end of June. It was a mess. There is a herb garden interestingly shaped by parterre but unfortunately not containing many herbs.
翻译:六月底我们参观了这个花园,结果令人失望。围墙花园的结构很有意思,有精心照料的菜园,但拱形步道上几乎寸草不生。主要的多年生花坛里杂乱地种着各种各样的植物,似乎只是随意地堆放在一起,任其生长,毫无章法,也看不出对不同植物的养护需求。
今天大部分游客都去了玫瑰园,结果却令人大失所望,因为几乎看不到什么盛开的玫瑰。这里的玫瑰都是老品种,需要摘除残花败叶才能延长花期。园里既没有摘除残花败叶(也没有除草),到六月底就全都凋谢了,一片狼藉。还有一个形状别致的香草园,用花坛式布局,可惜里面的香草并不多。