点评:I had not been to Sunken Gardens since I was 8 years old and I just turned 69. The trip over 60 years ago was special because it was the only trip my parents took me on with just me, my mother and father. We lived in Daytona Beach which is not that far but in the 1960s in an un-air conditioned Rambler American it was quite the adventure. I returned from that trip with blurry black and white photos taken with a Brownie camera and toy sword. Fast forward 61 years and I was just as excited to see Sunken Gardens on my recent visit as I was as a third grader. Although now owned and operated by the City of St. Petersburg, the garden remains an awesome place where you will see a wide variety of palms and other native and exotic plants and trees some larger and older than anywhere else in Florida. The museum used to be the entrance to the gardens and I am sure I have a blurry black and white print of that building from years gone by. Now it tells the story of how the gardens came to be and is a wonderful dive into a part of Florida history. Most interesting, and a common theme for vintage Florida attractions, is a short video where family members of the gardens' founders explain how construction of a nearby highway diverted tourist traffic and nearly put the attraction of of business. Thankfully the gardens survived and are now well cared for by the City. Sunken Gardens is definitely worth a visit.
翻译:自从8岁那年之后,我就再也没去过沉没花园了,而我刚刚69岁。60多年前的那次旅行意义非凡,因为那是我父母唯一一次只带我和他们一起旅行。我们住在代托纳海滩,离沉没花园不算远,但在20世纪60年代,乘坐一辆没有空调的漫步者美国房车,那真是一次难忘的冒险。那次旅行回来后,我带回了一些用布朗尼相机拍的模糊黑白照片和一把玩具剑。时光荏苒,61年过去了,最近一次重游沉没花园,我依然像三年级时那样兴奋。虽然现在沉没花园归圣彼得堡市所有并运营,但它仍然是一个令人惊叹的地方,在那里你可以看到各种各样的棕榈树以及其他本土和外来植物和树木,其中一些比佛罗里达州其他任何地方的都要高大古老。博物馆曾经是花园的入口,我确信我还有一张多年前拍的关于那座建筑的模糊黑白照片。如今,它讲述了花园的由来,是一次深入了解佛罗里达历史的绝佳机会。其中最引人入胜的,也是佛罗里达老式景点常见的题材,是一段短片,花园创始人的家人在片中解释了附近高速公路的修建如何分流了游客,几乎让花园倒闭。所幸的是,花园幸存了下来,现在由市政府精心维护。沉没花园绝对值得一游。