点评:We spent a wonderful 3 hours visiting this amazing garden on a warm sunny day in May. The backdrop of Loch Melfort and its islands is staggeringly beautiful and there is a great vantage point over the bay in the upper part of the garden. Like the National Trust for Scotland’s Inverewe Gardens, Arduaine benefits from the Gulf Stream so tender plants flourish here, including a small plantation of tree ferns and New Zealand’s daisy bush. The upper part of the garden is in transition, having sadly had to remove its canopy of Japanese larch due to Phytophthera, but there is still much to see as the gardeners were able to protect the shrubby understory, which is also re-colonising with foxgloves and other seedlings. We weren’t sure about the large number of fallen logs being left, but presumably they will form part of the new designs for this area. Some wonderful rhododendrons, azaleas and other shrubs flourishing in a terrane which felt like a Mediterranean hillside, such was the warmth and intensity of the sun! Much of the lower garden, perhaps our preference, was a charming and cooling water garden of cascading streams and pools. There are some fine herbaceous borders and mixed shrubberies though which will provide welcome summer colour. For cafe and shop, including a small plant centre, and, yes, highland cows, visit the next door Loch Melfort Hotel with its gorgeous sundeck looking out onto the loch. Very relaxing and best carrot cake I’ve had for a long time!
翻译:在五月一个阳光明媚、温暖的日子里,我们花了三个小时参观了这座迷人的花园。梅尔福特湖及其岛屿的映衬美得令人窒息,花园上部有一个俯瞰海湾的绝佳位置。与苏格兰国民信托的因弗鲁花园一样,阿杜安花园也受益于墨西哥湾暖流,因此这里生长着许多娇嫩的植物,包括一小片树蕨种植园和新西兰雏菊灌木丛。花园上部正在转型,令人遗憾的是,由于疫霉菌的侵袭,不得不移除了日本落叶松的树冠。但由于园丁们成功地保护了灌木林下,这里仍然有很多值得一看的地方,毛地黄和其他幼苗也正在重新生长。我们不确定留下的大量倒下的原木数量,但想必它们将成为该地区新设计的一部分。一些美丽的杜鹃花、映山红和其他灌木在地中海山坡般的地形上繁茂生长,阳光如此温暖而强烈!下层花园的大部分,或许是我们偏爱的,是一个迷人而清凉的水上花园,有层叠的溪流和水池。不过,这里也有一些漂亮的草本花坛和混合灌木,将为夏日增添一抹亮色。想要咖啡馆和商店,包括一个小型植物中心,当然还有高地奶牛,那就去隔壁的梅尔福特湖酒店吧,那里有美丽的日光浴平台,可以俯瞰湖景。非常放松,而且我很久以来吃过的胡萝卜蛋糕最好吃!