点评:Free to enter yet somehow we missed the main entrance. Instead we entered the yellow parched field from Lodge Hill. We parked at the back and strolled across the cattle grids. We found a steep path up (passing the cows) to The Temple and ambled across and down to the visitors centre and Sheringham Courtyard Café. Seating was also available in the coolness of the second hand book library where we paused alone for a short video. It explained how Repton was the successor to Lancelot "Capability" Brown - who'd tell his clients that their property had "capability" for improvement. Humphry Repton, initially a jack of all trades, finally settled combining his love of sketching with his botanical knowledge. It was he who coined the term "landscape gardener". Repton's 1803 quote "the thorn is the mother of the oak" has become a tenant of rewilding, where thorny plants are used to protect young native saplings from over browsing by rabbits and deer. The well frequented café served the best cake: Victoria sponge and Coffee Walnut side-by-side! How could we choose and both were delicious. There were just a few seats empty, under parasols. Dogs were welcome and splayed in the shade. Modern toilets, bright and impeccably clean, had their own building. A high point on our return, was stumbling upon the Ling Hut, unfortunately we missed both towers - though it is good to save a few delights for a return visit. It was a truly beautiful place even out of rhododendron season!
翻译:免费入园,但不知怎的我们错过了正门。我们是从洛奇山进入那片枯黄的田野的。把车停在后面后,我们沿着牲畜通道漫步前行。我们找到了一条陡峭的小路(路过高高的牛群)通往“神庙”,随后慢悠悠地走到游客中心以及谢林汉姆庭院咖啡馆。在凉爽的二手书店里也有座位可坐,我们在那里独自驻足,观看了一段短视频。书中阐述了雷普顿是如何成为兰斯洛特·“能匠”·布朗的继承人的——后者总会告诉客户,他们的地产具有“改良潜力”。起初身兼多职的汉弗莱·雷普顿,最终将自己对素描的爱好与植物学知识相结合。正是他首创了“景观园艺师”这一称谓。雷普顿在1803年所说的“荆棘是橡树之母”如今已成为生态恢复运动的一条重要原则。那里用带刺的植物来保护刚长出的本地树苗,防止它们被兔子和鹿过度啃食。那家常有人光顾的咖啡馆供应着最美味的蛋糕:维多利亚海绵蛋糕和咖啡核桃蛋糕并列摆在橱窗里!我们实在难以抉择,因为两者都太好吃了。在遮阳伞下,只有几个座位空着。这里也欢迎狗狗入内,它们都惬意地躺在阴凉处。现代化的洗手间宽敞明亮且一尘不染,还有独立的小楼专门用作卫生间。返程时的一大乐事,就是偶然发现了凌舍。很遗憾,我们没有看到那两座塔楼——不过把一些美景留到下次再来欣赏也不错。即使在不是杜鹃花盛开的季节,那里依然是个极其美丽的地方!