by Marketing | Mar 2, 2018 | Blog, News, VBG in the Press
Chris Kidd talks about his very own Garden of Eden in this Island Life Magazine article. Chris Kidd, Curator at Ventnor Botanic Garden, takes us through his own garden and his vision at Ventnor Botanic Garden in this fantastic article by Island Life Magazine here on...
by Admin | Nov 18, 2016 | Blog
Although we know about the plants which are brought into the Garden, we know very much less about creatures which might be hitching a lift, transported on balls of soil roots. That is the means by which as ant, Tapinoma ibericum, native to southern Spain and...
by Admin | Nov 4, 2016 | Blog
Here are two mighty flower spikes of Agave salmiana. These desert plants are native to the dry plains of Mexico. They grow for many years as spiky tipped giant rosettes, and then once large enough, surge into flower. These huge central spikes, looking like asparagus...
by Admin | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog
Whilst repairing the roof of our Tropical House we were able to see the garden from altitudes never before reached. The picture above looks down on our Arid Bank, clearly visible are the rows of Phoenic canarienses that will very soon clearly emerge as avenues over...
by Admin | Jun 10, 2016 | Blog
There is a fine display of flowering Dragon’s Arum (Dracunculus vulgaris) to be seen currently in the Mixed Border and the Mediterranean Garden. Some of the plants are remarkably over 2 metres in height! This plant is the most dramatic and eyecatching of the...
by Admin | Mar 11, 2016 | Blog
Chris has planted out several hundred plants of the tender Geranium maderense along the roadside outside of the Gardens. They have survived two winters and by May they should be putting on a spectacular show of flowers. Nothing quite like this will have been seen in...
