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 | Jan 30, 2023 | News
Anthropogenic climate change is visible at Ventnor Botanic Garden in many ways. Our comparatively cold winter in 2022/23 seems at odds with our allegorical claim to be Britain’s Hottest Garden, but it actually highlights the anticipated consequences of global...
by Antony Baxter | Jan 26, 2023 | News
Intrigued by last years national press interest, the Guardian sent Mark O’Connell to investigate the story behind the headlines. Read the article here...
by Marketing | Dec 23, 2022 | News
Frost damage in the Garden A high pressure system over Greenland and Iceland combined with a second system over Russia have squeezed Arctic cold air south, creating a cold snap here in the U.K. during December this year. We push the boundaries of half-hardiness at...
