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All rather Strange!
Minterne Gardens的点评
点评：All rather strange! Our visit to Minterne gardens was on the penultimate day of their season ( 8th November ) and so we didn’t expect a lot horticulturally. Many trees had obviously dropped their leaves and the Rhodo’s ( with a couple of notable exceptions) weren’t in flower which was much as we’d expected. We went to see the “bones” of the garden, the landscape, the views, the water gardens etc and we intended to have a light lunch in their Terrace Cafe.
We arrived, parked in their car park opposite the church, and walked over to the gardens. There had been more than a dozen cars in the car park but when we arrived the place was deserted …… the cafe door was open but the food display had covers over and……there was no one around. No one to sell entry tickets, just an honesty box - but…. who carries cash to pay for garden entry? and it’s a partner garden of RHS , of which we are members, so our entry would have been free …. but there was no one to look at our cards!
The gardens were …… untended! It’s a woodland garden so an element of “wildness” is expected but we found no evidence of a gardeners recent work anywhere in the garden . The grass lawns were mown but, they aren’t in the woodland garden. I would have expected some pruning ( with saw and secateurs) …..nothing! No weeding around plants, no evidence of invasive weed control ( and there were lots ), some plants were labelled ( ✅) but the writing on many had washed off (❌), apart from a tree planted for the Kings Coronation (by Kate Adie 🫡) we saw no evidence of recent planting.
So ….. the website said the garden was open…..the cafe was open, …… the garden was the object of the visit …. But, although very attractive, and we enjoyed our stroll around the “Garden” we found absolutely no sign of life ….. apart from half a dozen other passengers in this Marie Celeste of a property.
We arrived, parked in their car park opposite the church, and walked over to the gardens. There had been more than a dozen cars in the car park but when we arrived the place was deserted …… the cafe door was open but the food display had covers over and……there was no one around. No one to sell entry tickets, just an honesty box - but…. who carries cash to pay for garden entry? and it’s a partner garden of RHS , of which we are members, so our entry would have been free …. but there was no one to look at our cards!
The gardens were …… untended! It’s a woodland garden so an element of “wildness” is expected but we found no evidence of a gardeners recent work anywhere in the garden . The grass lawns were mown but, they aren’t in the woodland garden. I would have expected some pruning ( with saw and secateurs) …..nothing! No weeding around plants, no evidence of invasive weed control ( and there were lots ), some plants were labelled ( ✅) but the writing on many had washed off (❌), apart from a tree planted for the Kings Coronation (by Kate Adie 🫡) we saw no evidence of recent planting.
So ….. the website said the garden was open…..the cafe was open, …… the garden was the object of the visit …. But, although very attractive, and we enjoyed our stroll around the “Garden” we found absolutely no sign of life ….. apart from half a dozen other passengers in this Marie Celeste of a property.
翻译：真是奇怪！我们去明特恩花园的那天是他们开放季的倒数第二天（11月8日），所以我们对园艺方面并没有抱太大期望。很多树显然都落叶了，杜鹃花（除了少数几株比较出名的）也没开花，这也在我们的预料之中。我们去那里主要是为了看看花园的“骨架”——景观、景色、水景等等，还打算在他们的露台咖啡馆吃个便餐。
我们到了之后，把车停在教堂对面的停车场，然后步行前往花园。停车场里停了十几辆车，但我们到的时候，花园里空无一人……咖啡馆的门开着，但食物展示柜都盖上了盖子……周围一个人也没有。没有人卖门票，只有一个自助投币箱——但是……谁会带现金去付花园门票呢？而且它是英国皇家园艺学会的合作花园，我们又是会员，所以我们本来是可以免费入场的……但是根本没人看我们的卡片！
花园……无人照管！既然是林地花园，保留一些“野趣”是意料之中的，但我们在花园里完全找不到园丁近期工作的痕迹。草坪修剪过，但它们并不在林地花园里。我原本以为会有人修剪一下（用锯子和修枝剪）……结果什么都没有！植物周围没有除草，也没有清除入侵性杂草的痕迹（而且杂草很多），有些植物贴了标签（✅），但很多标签上的字迹都褪色了（❌），除了为国王加冕礼种的一棵树（凯特·阿迪种的🫡）之外，我们没有看到任何近期种植的痕迹。
所以……网站上说花园开放……咖啡馆也开放……我们此行的目的就是参观花园……虽然这里非常漂亮，我们也享受了在“花园”里漫步的乐趣，但除了这栋宛如玛丽·塞莱斯特号游艇般的房子里的其他六位乘客之外，我们完全没有发现任何生命迹象……
我们到了之后，把车停在教堂对面的停车场，然后步行前往花园。停车场里停了十几辆车，但我们到的时候，花园里空无一人……咖啡馆的门开着，但食物展示柜都盖上了盖子……周围一个人也没有。没有人卖门票，只有一个自助投币箱——但是……谁会带现金去付花园门票呢？而且它是英国皇家园艺学会的合作花园，我们又是会员，所以我们本来是可以免费入场的……但是根本没人看我们的卡片！
花园……无人照管！既然是林地花园，保留一些“野趣”是意料之中的，但我们在花园里完全找不到园丁近期工作的痕迹。草坪修剪过，但它们并不在林地花园里。我原本以为会有人修剪一下（用锯子和修枝剪）……结果什么都没有！植物周围没有除草，也没有清除入侵性杂草的痕迹（而且杂草很多），有些植物贴了标签（✅），但很多标签上的字迹都褪色了（❌），除了为国王加冕礼种的一棵树（凯特·阿迪种的🫡）之外，我们没有看到任何近期种植的痕迹。
所以……网站上说花园开放……咖啡馆也开放……我们此行的目的就是参观花园……虽然这里非常漂亮，我们也享受了在“花园”里漫步的乐趣，但除了这栋宛如玛丽·塞莱斯特号游艇般的房子里的其他六位乘客之外，我们完全没有发现任何生命迹象……
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