by Admin | Aug 16, 2012 | Blog
The weekend just past saw VBG in full flight – Shakespeare in The New Zealand, Healing Festival in the Meadow, Commodore’s dinner in the cafe, and Art in the Echium. The full car park was a welcome sight. As some of you are aware, the development of a cafe...
by Admin | Jul 30, 2012 | News
Every day, tours of the Garden and behind the scenes at VBG. What’s at the end of The Tunnel? Every day we have a menu of different free tours guided by VBG staff and volunteers. Take the journey through The Tunnel to the towering cliff. Have a first hand...
by Admin | Jul 21, 2012 | Blog
It is one week since the signing of a 125 year lease for the Ventnor Botanic Garden (VBG) from the IOW Council to a Community Interest Company (C.I.C.). We burned up most of the runway negotiating the lease and the transfer, so we had to introduce our initial changes...
by Admin | Jul 18, 2012 | Blog
Two unusual half hardy shrubs from Chile are currently in flower in the Garden. Podanthus ovatifolius, or Mitique, from Camino a El Melado is one of those unusual things, a shrubby member of the Compositae family. It is very unusual in cultivation in the UK, a...
by Admin | Jul 12, 2012 | News
Last evening in a flurry of activity two law firms completed the signing of a 125 year lease for the Ventnor Botanic Garden (VBG) by a Community Interest Company. John Curtis, Director of the CIC signing the lease with the IoW Council added, “This is one step –...
