by Admin | Dec 11, 2012 | Blog
The Cornish climate is very suited to the large Tree Magnolia, Magnolia campbelii. In Britain they flower early in the year at a time when frost still reigns supreme, and will turn newly open blooms brown in bright morning sunlight. Therefore the prospects for us,...
by Admin | Sep 22, 2012 | Blog
I’m back! And something exciting is happening at Ventnor Botanic Garden. Activities and visits have begun with the local school, St Francis, following the welcome news that we have obtained a grant from the AONB Partnership. Tuesday and Thursday I did a mini beast...
by Admin | Aug 17, 2012 | Blog
Too often become desensitised with the Garden at Ventnor. Seeing it every day we don’t have the opportunity to compare it with other gardens open to the public. We casually walk past our plants; nearly every month has something flowering for the first time at...
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...
