点评:Wednesday 18 September 2024, My usband and I decided to visit The Courts Garden under the care of the National Trust.
The Courts Garden is full of variety; this charming garden shows the English Country Style at its best. Peaceful water gardens and herbaceous borders with organically shaped topiary, demonstrate an imaginative use of colour and planting, creating unexpected vistas. We strolled through the arboretum with its wonderful species of trees and naturally planted summer and autumn bulbs.
The Courts Garden was laid out in 1901, and covers seven acres of which half is Formal Garden enclosed by yew hedges and half Arboretum. It contains features typical of the period – high hedges divide the garden into separate areas, which are densely planted and furnished with topiary and statues.
Sir George Hastings laid out the original framework, built both the Temple and Conservatory and placed many of the statues.
Sir George Hastings designs were expanded by Lady Cecile Goff, who lived here from the 1920’s onwards. Her daughter Moyra Goff enhanced the Arboretum, which surrounds the Formal Garden in 1952.
The essential layout has not altered since the 1930’s and the garden is a marvellous example of this period in English garden history. My husband and I took lots of photographs here as every twist and turn is a wonderful vista.
My husband and I had refreshments sitting out in the grounds of the Arboretum. My husband had tea and a slice of shortbread and I had fizzy elderflower water and a large slice of rocky road, which was really scrummy.
Later we found a bench in the sun overlooking the formal water garden and sat and sunbathed. I found inspiration here and I wrote a poem called ‘Colourful Courts’. We left this wonderful garden at closing time.
翻译:2024 年 9 月 18 日星期三,我和我的丈夫决定参观由国家信托基金管理的法院花园。
法院花园种类繁多;这个迷人的花园展示了英国乡村风格的最佳风貌。宁静的水上花园和草本植物边界,有机造型的修剪过的树木,展示了对色彩和植物的富有想象力的运用,创造了意想不到的景色。我们漫步在植物园中,欣赏着这里美妙的树种和自然种植的夏季和秋季球茎植物。
法院花园建于 1901 年,占地 7 英亩,其中一半是被紫杉树篱包围的正式花园,另一半是植物园。它具有当时的典型特征——高高的树篱将花园分成不同的区域,这些区域种植着茂密的植物,并配有修剪过的树木和雕像。
乔治·黑斯廷斯爵士布置了原始框架,建造了寺庙和温室,并放置了许多雕像。
乔治·黑斯廷斯爵士的设计由塞西尔·戈夫夫人进行了扩展,她从 20 世纪 20 年代起就住在这里。她的女儿莫伊拉·戈夫于 1952 年对环绕正式花园的植物园进行了扩建。
基本布局自 20 世纪 30 年代以来一直没有改变,花园是英国花园历史上这一时期的一个绝佳典范。我丈夫和我在这里拍了很多照片,因为每一个转弯都是一个美妙的景色。
我丈夫和我坐在植物园的院子里吃点东西。我丈夫喝了茶,吃了一片酥饼,我喝了起泡的接骨木花水,吃了一大块岩石路,真是美味。
后来,我们在阳光下找到了一张俯瞰正式水上花园的长椅,坐下来晒太阳。我在这里找到了灵感,写了一首名为《色彩缤纷的庭院》的诗。我们在关门的时候离开了这个美丽的花园。