点评:We had one day in Alnwick (say “Ah-nick” as in “Panic”) which was NOT enough. We had a full tour of the castle in the morning & lunch, & left the second half of the afternoon for the garden.
Let me tell you it was NOT enough!
If you have a full or nearly full day it would be MUCH better!
The garden is really quite incredible!
We sat with coffee watching the fountain and admiring the giant hedge on either side, which on closer inspection is a giant curving passageway of green!
There are dozens of “porch swings”hanging in the Cherry Orchard which MUST be jam packed when they are in full bloom.
The formal garden is exquisite, an ever changing composition of color & clever use of plants (one square bed is surrounded by a living fence of interwoven crabapple trees)
We missed half of the garden (the Rose garden & the Bamboo Labyrinth sadly) but I wanted to see the Poison Garden before we left as I’d read about it years ago.
However when we arrived (nearly 4:30) we were told the last tour was at 4:00 and it wasn’t possible to walk through on you’re own as.. well.. the plants are SERIOUSLY dangerous!
I was just crushed and didn’t realize there was a limited window and we were leaving the next morning. Then the wonderful Phillip came to our rescue and gave us an abbreviated tour, enough to give us nightmares for days and suffice it to say I will NOT be working in my garden without gloves anytime soon!
(& I seem to have developed a fear of cow-parsley and hogweed!, even though they only vaguely resemble their nasty big cousin!)
If you’re going to Alnwick, make the Garden AND the Poison Garden your FIRST stop
翻译:我们在阿尼克(阿尼克的发音是“Ah-nick”,就像“恐慌”一样)待了一天,但远远不够。我们上午参观了城堡,吃了午饭,下午的后半段去了花园。
我告诉你,这根本不够!
如果你有一整天或几乎一整天的时间,那就更好了!
花园真的美极了!
我们坐在那里,一边喝着咖啡,一边欣赏喷泉,欣赏着两边巨大的树篱,仔细一看,树篱就像一条蜿蜒的绿色通道!
樱桃园里挂着几十个“门廊秋千”,樱花盛开的时候,肯定挤满了人。
这座正式的花园精美绝伦,色彩变幻莫测,植物巧妙运用(一块方形花坛周围环绕着交织的海棠树篱笆)。
我们错过了一半的花园(玫瑰园和竹林迷宫,可惜了),但我想在离开前去看看毒药花园,因为我几年前读到过关于它的介绍。
然而,当我们到达时(将近4:30),我们被告知最后一次参观是在4:00,而且我们无法独自参观,因为……嗯……这些植物真的非常危险!
我当时非常沮丧,没有意识到参观时间有限,而且我们第二天早上就要离开了。后来,好心的菲利普来帮我们解围,给我们做了一次简短的参观,这足以让我们做好几天的噩梦,而且我敢说,我以后再也不会不戴手套在花园里干活了!
(我好像开始害怕欧芹和大豕草了!虽然它们和它们讨厌的大表亲长得有点像!)
如果你要去阿尼克,一定要把花园和毒药花园作为你的第一站。