by Admin | May 9, 2013 | News
The long established Wall Lizard population continues to thrive May 9th The Wall Lizards, Podarcis muralis, are a frequently seen and popular part of the Undercliff ecology. Research by the University of Oxford using the mitochondria of the animals has discovered...
by Admin | Apr 25, 2013 | News
VBG’s Rare Harvest April 25th After a long winter, everyone at VBG was delighted to see the very first harvest from one of our many rare plants and trees. South Wight TV captured the very special event for us…...
by Admin | Apr 2, 2013 | News
The Giant Waterlily, Victoria spp., is an annual plant grown every year from seed. Its prodigious growth rate takes it from a pea sized seed to a plant nearly 10m in diameter with leaves able to bear the weight of a child within a few months. In 2013 we sowed the...
by Admin | Jan 9, 2013 | News
2013 has been an early year for Acacia at VBG, in fact the Cootamundra Wattle, Acacia baileyana,(below) has been open since the last week of December This specimen (above) is from a ten year old plant seed raised from our own seed. This was collected from a...
by Admin | Nov 23, 2012 | News
A rare Buddleja cordata from Mexico has staked its claim on our Arid Garden and is filling the top of VBG with exotic scent. This is one of the largest Buddleja and in its native land is capable of attaining heights in excess of 80 feet (25m) according to its...
by Admin | Nov 21, 2012 | News
As part of our drive to operate in a sustainable way we struck up a conversation with Eco Island (another CIC) on our vision of what we can do at VBG. We hope to work with Eco Island go beyond the basics we have already tackled on packaging and water use and start...
