by Admin | Aug 1, 2013 | News
Heralded by the recent warm weather, the Garden’s newest cold filtered beer is now on sale. August 1st The first batch of our latest cold filtered beer made from last years crop of hand picked hops from our very own, unique Hop Yard, is now available. We are...
by Admin | Aug 1, 2013 | News
See the plants that survived the reign of the dinosaurs August 1st Walking with Dinosaur Plants As the Isle of Wight is set to go Dino-crazy this summer, Ventnor Botanic Garden is delighted to announce it will be joining in with the fun with, Walking with...
by Admin | Jul 11, 2013 | Blog
Despite the predation of rabbits and a highly unusual but nonetheless pleasantly dry June, our Olive Grove sub-flora has begun its primary colonisation. Our Heritage and Botanic Garden Bursary Scheme student, Sara, dedicated the early spring to researching the floral...
by Admin | Jun 20, 2013 | News
The annual summer blooming of our Puya collection has begun. June 20th Our application is currently being considered by Plant Heritage for the National Collection of Puya. Our plants have begun to flower again this year with Puya berteroana and P....
by Admin | Jun 10, 2013 | Blog
On 10th June we were very pleased to greet John Vanderplank at the Garden. John is the National Collection Holder of Passiflora and well recognised as the leading authority on the genus in the UK (or anywhere else for that matter!). John visited us whilst on holiday...
