by Admin | Nov 16, 2015 | News
Visit more, save more and support the Garden Here at VBG we encourage our visitors to come back again and again throughout the year. Whatever the season and whatever the weather, there is always something special to see at Britain’s hottest Garden where the...
by Admin | Nov 14, 2015 | News
First scientific record for continental millipede at VBG. A visiting scientist, Tony Barber from the British Myriapod & Isopod Group, has discovered a millipede at Ventnor Botanic Garden, usually only found in Italy. This is the first definitive record from the...
by Admin | Aug 11, 2015 | News
New young Dicksonia naturalise in Australian Section August 11th Dicksonia antarctica Tree Fern Regeneration Since we planted our Dicksonia antarctica in 2005 we’ve been keeping an eye open to see of we have any natural regeneration. We had assessed the...
by Admin | Aug 3, 2015 | News
Unusual summer visitor to garden August 3rd Rare moth caterpillars discovered amongst the olives Caterpillars of a rare UK migrant moth have been discovered amongst the olive trees at Ventnor Botanic Garden. The Bordered Straw Moth caterpillars were found in the...
by Admin | Jul 30, 2015 | News
See the enigmatic night flowering lily of legend This week for the flowers of the Giant Waterlily have opened. This year we are offering special opportunities to visit at night to see the amazing nightflowering lily. After midnight the lily opens its flower,...
by Admin | Apr 28, 2015 | News
Iconic flower parade begins The “great opening” of the 2015 Echium pininana parade has begun. The picture above shows the very first dozen or so individual flowers opening on a single spike in our Mediterranean Garden. Each flower spike of these iconic...
