by Admin | Sep 15, 2014 | News
Hops Festival returns! Celebrating another successful hops harvest, Ventnor Botanic Garden is delighted to announce Hops Festival will be taking place on Sunday 21st September. This year, Hops Festival will be featuring a range of beers and real ales brewed on the...
by Admin | Sep 9, 2014 | News
We are pleased to announce the opening of our new Heritage Centre. Located above the subterranean caverns that formed the boiler rooms of the former hospital, the centre gathers together pictures and artifacts from the old hospital. Below this is our new Mushroom...
by Admin | Sep 4, 2014 | News
Free beer! Help us bring in our hop harvest September 4th Free Beer! Hop Picking 10th September 2014 Volunteers needed! The 2014 hop pick is currently Wednesday 10th September 2014, keep your eyes on this site for the final decision soon. Sign in then make...
by Admin | Jul 17, 2014 | News
High level polycarbonate cladding now replaced Built in 1986, the original polycarbonate cladding of the Tropical House was guaranteed for 14 years but survived for nearly 30years. An inspection in 2013 revealed that it had become critically degraded and the winter...
by Admin | Jul 14, 2014 | News
Flowers of the new Giant Waterlily hybrid made at the garden last summer have begun to open. Uniquely at VBG we used an un-named cultivar of V. amazonica as the father plant, so our hybrid is entirely new. A bicolour flower trait that distinguished the father plant...
by Admin | Jun 12, 2014 | News
Puya flower spikes emerge Flower spikes of 3 Puya species have emerged at Ventnor Botanic Garden. P. chilensis, with its striking yellow flowers, P. spathacea showing one spike and P. berteroana with its amazing blue flowers. This year we are hopeful that P....
