by Admin | Dec 19, 2011 | Blog
A lighthearted look (with pictures) behind the scenes at the Christmas Village…. You just don’t get snow in Ventnor… so we had to make our own: “Do you want onions with that?” Beryl is either making yet another wreath bow…or...
by Admin | Dec 2, 2011 | Blog
The VBG Christmas tree has arrived. Here we have Dean and Alex manouvering it into place. The tree was donated free by a colleague in another garden (you know who you are) and transported courtesy of Trevor Nobes. NDL are very kindly supplying the lighting, so...
by Admin | Nov 20, 2011 | Blog
Will 2012 be an Echium year? Some years are called Echium Years at VBG, these are when we get an unusually large number of Echium pininana in flower simultaneously. We’ve not had a good Echium Year for a while due to the dreadful winters of 2009-2011. ...
by Admin | Oct 29, 2011 | Blog
“I’ve got this plant growing in my garden…” This is quite a common question we get asked at the Garden. Sometimes its just a description, sometimes a photograph, sometimes a scrap of the plant itself. Quite often the plants are described as...
by Admin | Oct 21, 2011 | Blog
Coming soon, buy that special gift, plant or packet of VBG seeds online. Our online Gift Shop will soon be selling a range of VBG branded gifts, bottled TropicAle, the highlights from our plant sales and the full range seed collected here at the Garden. Order from the...
by Admin | Oct 20, 2011 | Blog
A letter back from our first scholarship intern, Valérie: ” I enjoyed a lot to do this scholarship during two weeks in the Ventnor Botanic garden. I was very happy to meet the staff and the other volunteers whom were very nice and helpfull; in particulary Kate...
