by Antony Baxter | Jul 14, 2023 | News
July Plant Fix In the Further East area of VBG the spring planted specimens are establishing despite the very dry conditions. The Ventnor soil is unforgiving in the first year of planting, so we support with water during this period. Amongst the rarer plants are some...
by Antony Baxter | Jun 1, 2023 | News
The Far East Collection is now the biggest development at VBG since the Australian and South African Gardens in 2004 and the Arid Garden in 2008. In November 2022 we made room for this project by clearing nineteen Holme Oaks, an invasive, alien climax tree species now...
by Antony Baxter | Apr 12, 2023 | News
The rewilding concept has gained traction in Europe over a period of years as a way of returning high volume biota to a biota depleted environment. The wording implies a return to a wild state, but the question is: what is the wild? The wild is an interesting...
by Antony Baxter | Mar 17, 2023 | News
A Month of Colour, Smell… In our car park are a group of plants often commented on at this time of year, they are seedlings of a Coronilla “Brockhill Blue” that grew nearby, planted in 2005. These seedlings are quite different to the original parent plant that...
by Antony Baxter | Feb 22, 2023 | Blog
Building Bridges at VBG At the western end of our Further East gardens, several examples of bridges can be found with Japanese influence in their design. Over time the bridge below-left, based on the “Genkai” style in Josiah Conder’s Landscape Gardening in...
