by Admin | Nov 16, 2015 | News
Visit more, save more and support the Garden Here at VBG we encourage our visitors to come back again and again throughout the year. Whatever the season and whatever the weather, there is always something special to see at Britain’s hottest Garden where the...
by Admin | Nov 14, 2015 | News
First scientific record for continental millipede at VBG. A visiting scientist, Tony Barber from the British Myriapod & Isopod Group, has discovered a millipede at Ventnor Botanic Garden, usually only found in Italy. This is the first definitive record from the...
by Admin | Sep 30, 2015 | Blog
Having the Insula exhibition at VBG by Perdita Sinclair led to thoughts about seed dispersal by sea. Of all the strategies evolved by flowering plants to disperse their seed, the method with potential to spread furthest yet most treacherously, must be by sea. The...
by Admin | Aug 11, 2015 | News
New young Dicksonia naturalise in Australian Section August 11th Dicksonia antarctica Tree Fern Regeneration Since we planted our Dicksonia antarctica in 2005 we’ve been keeping an eye open to see of we have any natural regeneration. We had assessed the...
by Admin | Aug 3, 2015 | News
Unusual summer visitor to garden August 3rd Rare moth caterpillars discovered amongst the olives Caterpillars of a rare UK migrant moth have been discovered amongst the olive trees at Ventnor Botanic Garden. The Bordered Straw Moth caterpillars were found in the...
