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 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 | Jun 19, 2012 | Blog
On Saurday 16th June I had the great pleasure of greeting Dr John David, the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chief Scientist at VBG. We spent a highly enlightening afternoon reviewing the Puya collection. We received this email from Dr David frollowing his...
by Admin | Apr 9, 2012 | Blog
One of our continuing challenges is to get everyone who loves this garden involved; involved beyond simply enjoying their visits. Our philosophy in building the Ventnor Botanic Garden Community Company has been to develop the Garden by drawing on the ideas and wishes...
by Admin | Jan 6, 2012 | Blog
The remarkably warm weather so far this winter has allowed several species to flower at VBG that don’t usually get warm enough to fully open. Aloe arborescens, the irritatingly named Octopus Plant (uurgh!) usually gets hit by the cold before now and its flower...
