This is my first and last year as a member. I visi...

This is my first and last year as a member. I visited the "Gardens" today for the first time this year and what a huge disappointment. The place is usually lush with flowers and decorative plantings, but today it looked like Chernobyl. There are no flowers to welcome visitors on the drive to the parking lot. Extensive construction is taking place to the main building entrance and there is nothing to see but dirt and machinery. As for the trails through the Gardens, which are usually stocked with flowers and plantings many of which are identified with nameplates, there was virtually nothing. It looked like no one had touched the grounds this year. You can walk through many neighbors in the city and see more impressive landscaping. Admittedly, this is the first year since they've opened that it's appeared so unkempt and the quarantine obviously has had an impact, but it certainly wasn't worth the visit, especially for anyone coming in from out of town.