点评:This is a review of the gardens, not the café or other outlets.
We visited on a weekday at the start of June. There was plenty of parking (free) and dogs are allowed on leads. The rose garden, I am told, is a labour of love by the Hill family, and it shows. The layout and planting are most appealing, with lots to explore and plenty of seating. When we visited, most of the roses were already starting to flower (after an unusually warm May) and the perennials eg nepeta, phlomis, geums etc were also flowering. The roses really are a wonderful sight, particularly if you are an enthusiast of David Austin roses. There’s a useful numbered list of the 135 or so varieties in the back of the free leaflet handed out on admission. The roses all looked very healthy with no sign of black spot or wilting after the dry spring. They looked even healthier than the roses in David Austin’s own garden at Albrighton, which we’ve visited several times. We saw two or three gardeners at work, all of whom were smiley and friendly. One of them spent a considerable time patiently chatting with visitors and answering their questions about caring for roses, before resuming his work. The whole garden is full of creative ideas and inspiration for the home gardener who aspires to grow roses, and we came away with a lot of new ideas about companion plants and so on. We very much enjoyed our visit and considered the £9 each for an annual pass reasonable value for money.
Personally I feel the rose garden is a delight and I am grateful to the Hill family for the hard work and money they have put into creating such a lovely garden - and for sharing it with visitors.
翻译:这是对花园的评价,而不是对咖啡馆或其他商店的评价。
我们是在六月初的一个工作日参观的。那里有充足的停车位(免费),而且允许带狗进入,但必须拴绳。我听说,玫瑰园是希尔家族倾注爱心打造的,这一点显而易见。园内的布局和植物都非常吸引人,有很多值得探索的地方和座位。我们参观的时候,大多数玫瑰已经开始开花(在经历了一个异常温暖的五月之后),多年生植物,例如荆芥、糙苏、金鱼草等也开始开花。玫瑰真的美不胜收,尤其是如果你是大卫·奥斯汀玫瑰的爱好者。入场时发放的免费宣传单背面有一份实用的编号列表,列出了大约135个品种。所有的玫瑰看起来都非常健康,没有出现黑斑或在干旱的春天之后枯萎的迹象。它们看起来甚至比大卫·奥斯汀在奥尔布赖顿的自家花园里的玫瑰还要健康,我们已经去过那个花园好几次了。我们看到两三位园丁正在忙碌,他们都面带微笑,态度友好。其中一位耐心地与游客们交谈了很长时间,解答了他们关于玫瑰护理的问题,然后才继续工作。整个花园充满了创意和灵感,对于那些渴望种植玫瑰的家庭园丁来说,我们收获了很多关于伴生植物等方面的新想法。我们非常享受这次参观,觉得每人9英镑的年票物有所值。
我个人觉得玫瑰园令人赏心悦目,我非常感谢希尔一家为打造如此美丽的花园所付出的辛勤劳动和巨额资金,也感谢他们与游客们分享这份美好。