by Admin | Nov 20, 2013 | News
Wightlife Photography Competition Thanks to all those that entered the photography competition as featured in Wightlife magazine this year. Ventnor Botanic Garden is delighted to announce the winners are; First Prize Ron Acred – Camellia Runners up Vivienne Pickering...
by Admin | Oct 29, 2013 | News
Tropical House in urgent need of repair October 29th The October storm brought moderate damage compared to the big storm years of ’87 and ’90, but the most serious issue has been with our Tropical House where we lost a roof panel and some other damage to the cladding...
by Admin | Oct 10, 2013 | News
Plant Heritage, formerly NCCPG, has officially recognised the collections of Puya held at VBG and awarded National Collection status for the Garden’s hardy and half hardy Puya. VBG has over 80 accessions representing more than 25 taxa in 17 species of Puya. ...
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 | 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....
