by Admin | May 9, 2013 | News
The long established Wall Lizard population continues to thrive May 9th The Wall Lizards, Podarcis muralis, are a frequently seen and popular part of the Undercliff ecology. Research by the University of Oxford using the mitochondria of the animals has discovered...
by Admin | Apr 25, 2013 | News
VBG’s Rare Harvest April 25th After a long winter, everyone at VBG was delighted to see the very first harvest from one of our many rare plants and trees. South Wight TV captured the very special event for us…...
by Admin | Apr 2, 2013 | News
The Giant Waterlily, Victoria spp., is an annual plant grown every year from seed. Its prodigious growth rate takes it from a pea sized seed to a plant nearly 10m in diameter with leaves able to bear the weight of a child within a few months. In 2013 we sowed the...
by Admin | Mar 31, 2013 | Blog
Well it had to happen once in thirty years! Snow fell at Ventnor Botanic Garden on the 7th March 2013. The whole of the UK was snowed in with drifts as the cold air blew in from the south east. The lowest temperature we recorded here was -1ºC, so in fact this has...
by Admin | Jan 9, 2013 | News
2013 has been an early year for Acacia at VBG, in fact the Cootamundra Wattle, Acacia baileyana,(below) has been open since the last week of December This specimen (above) is from a ten year old plant seed raised from our own seed. This was collected from a...
