点评:On the top-5 of official botanical gardens sadly this comes close to the bottom; above the dismal Hambantota one but below the much newer Seethawaka one (Avissawella). Despite the historic value, with e.g. the first rubber trees, maintenance and staff attitude is underwhelming hence not much fun in visiting:
* Two of the greenhouses, for orchids and larger trees, were locked at 11 AM and it took us 15 minutes to mobilise staff that would unlock them, despite the office being a stone's throw away!
* The historic rubber tree section has heavy storm damage from 10 years back but was never repaired/modernised
* Many of the other sections are underwhelming; yes the palm-fringed entree is great (similar to Peradeniya) but as cars park in the back of the gardens you hardly see it on a usual walking route. Hibiscus section is tiny, the nextdoor fern section is better.
* The pond at the back with swan boats is just a nice leisure extension mainly for locals; unlike Seethawaka not integrated in the garden landscape.
Hence only recommended for diehard botanical lovers, other tourists better skip these in favour of more time for Peradeniya/Hakgala/Seethawaka.
翻译:在官方植物园排名前五的植物园中,这家植物园却惨淡地垫底;它位于惨淡的汉班托塔植物园之上,但落后于更新得多的西萨瓦卡植物园(阿维萨韦拉植物园)。尽管它具有历史价值,例如最早的橡胶树,但维护和工作人员的态度却令人失望,因此参观起来乐趣不大:
* 两个温室,分别用于种植兰花和大型树木,上午11点就锁上了,我们花了15分钟才叫工作人员来开锁,尽管办公室就在不远处!
* 历史悠久的橡胶树区在10年前遭受了严重的风暴破坏,但从未修复或现代化改造
* 其他许多区域也令人失望;棕榈树环绕的主菜很棒(和佩拉德尼亚的类似),但由于汽车停在花园的后方,在通常的步行路线上几乎看不到它。芙蓉花区很小,隔壁的蕨类植物区更好一些。
* 后方的池塘里停着天鹅船,主要供当地人休闲娱乐;不像西塔瓦卡那样,它没有融入到花园景观中。
因此,只推荐给植物爱好者,其他游客最好跳过这些,留出更多时间游览佩拉德尼亚/哈克加拉/西塔瓦卡。