点评:Powell Gardens was founded as a dairy farm in 1948, then became a Boy Scout camp and an agricultural and natural resource center before being converted into a 970-acre botanical garden in 1988. Located at 1609 Northwest US Highway 50 in Kingsville, Missouri, 30 miles east of Kansas City, it features 6,000 varieties of plants with 225,000 plants in seasonal displays. The complex includes a Visitor Center that is home to the Powell Gardens Conservatory, serves as the centerpiece for the surrounding gardens and also features a gift shop and a restaurant, Cafe Thyme. Among the noteworthy gardens is the Heartland Harvest Garden, a 12-acre garden with many fruits and vegetables, home to one of the most edible landscapes in North America; the three-mile Byran Shutz Nature Trail with native and naturalizes trees, shrubs, grasses and wildflowers; the five-acre Perennial Garden with more than 1,200 varieties of plants; Fountain Garden with its 42-foot diameter interactive water feature; Marlese Lowe Gourley Island Garden with tiered pools that offer an array of water plants in the summer; and Memorial Garden, with a trickling fountain that attracts birds and butterflies. Memorial Garden is located next to the iconic Marjorie Powell Allen Chapel, a 4,700-square-foot nondenominational wedding chapel.
翻译:鲍威尔花园始建于1948年,最初是一个奶牛场,之后先后成为童子军营地和农业自然资源中心,最终于1988年改建为占地970英亩的植物园。花园位于密苏里州金斯维尔市西北50号美国国道1609号,距堪萨斯城以东30英里,园内拥有6000种植物,其中225000株植物会根据季节进行展示。园内设有游客中心,中心内设有鲍威尔花园温室,是周边花园的中心,同时还设有礼品店和餐厅——百里香咖啡馆(Cafe Thyme)。值得一提的花园包括:占地12英亩的“中心地带丰收花园”(Heartland Harvest Garden),种植着各种水果和蔬菜,是北美最具可食用景观之一;三英里长的布莱恩·舒茨自然步道(Byran Shutz Nature Trail),沿途遍布本地和归化树木、灌木、草类和野花;以及占地五英亩的多年生植物园,种植着超过1200种植物。喷泉花园拥有直径 42 英尺的互动式水景;玛莱斯·洛·古尔利岛花园设有层叠式水池,夏季可欣赏到各种水生植物;纪念花园则拥有潺潺流水的喷泉,吸引着鸟类和蝴蝶。纪念花园毗邻标志性的玛乔丽·鲍威尔·艾伦教堂,这是一座 4,700 平方英尺的非教派婚礼教堂。