点评:Luckily for me, I live very near to an entrance to the wilderness part of the Arboretum where it stops at the canal. It's like being in the country and you can walk, run or cycle through acres of space before you get to the Grange carpark, main area of the park.
Even walking through the park does not feel like Walsall.
It is wonderful most of the time. Only scummy people will detract your pleasure, from this Victorian Park.
They do not have the meticulously kept flowerbeds from my childhood, but considering how run down the rest of Walsall is, it's a relief from the litter, squalor and urban decay that has befallen the rest of this once proud, wealthy town.
There is now an open air gym facility as well as the older exercise area, the tennis courts I fo still use, I'm not sure if crown green bowls is still available and I haven't seen anyone rowing about on the lake either but Parkrun is still on every Saturday at 9.00am which again, I do utilize.
I would probably move away if it were not for the Arboretum.
Walsall has nothing else to offer anymore.
So yes the Arboretum is not only the Jewel in The Crown of Walsall. It is the only jewel.
翻译:幸运的是,我住的地方离植物园荒野区的入口很近,那里的河道终止于运河。感觉就像置身于乡村,你可以步行、跑步或骑自行车穿过数英亩的空地,然后到达公园的主要区域——格兰奇停车场。
即使是穿过公园,也感觉不像在沃尔索尔。
这里大部分时间都很棒。只有卑鄙的人才会破坏你在这个维多利亚公园的乐趣。
这里没有我童年时精心维护的花坛,但考虑到沃尔索尔其他地方的破败,这倒是让人从垃圾、肮脏和城市衰败中解脱出来,而这些都降临到了这个曾经引以为豪的富裕小镇的其他地方。
现在这里除了以前的健身区外,还有露天健身房和我仍然使用的网球场。我不确定皇冠草地滚球(Crown Green Bowls)现在是否还在,也没看到有人在湖上划船,但公园跑(Parkrun)仍然每周六上午9点开放,我也会去。
如果不是因为植物园,我可能就搬走了。
沃尔索尔已经没什么其他可玩的了。
所以,是的,植物园不仅是沃尔索尔皇冠上的明珠,更是唯一的明珠。