Ventnor Botanic Gardens

Via Maria Menendez

Ventnor Botanic Garden on the Isle of Wight, like many other council-funded facilities, has to make changes to survive these financially tough times. Government money is set to run out in 18 months, so new ways must be found to fund this world-renowned Vice Chairman of the Friends of Ventnor Botanic Garden explains how money from the Society is spent at the Garden. Readers may have seen our report yesterday about expenditure of the council repairing grant by the Ventnor Botanic Garden (VBG) Community In partnership with the Isle of Wight Youth Trust, Ventnor Botanic Garden shall be hosting a very special Easter Egg Hunt this Easter. Throughout this weekend and until Monday 21st April, families are invited to join together in solving clues and The Isle of Wight has launched a beer brewed from its own hops grown in the Ventnor Botanic Garden. The crop is the first commercial hops production on the island for decades. Head gardener, Chris Kidd, said: "The Isle of Wight used to be the country's Two law firms have completed the signing of a 125 year lease for the Ventnor Botanic Garden (VBG) by a Community Interest Company. John Curtis, Director of the CIC signing the lease with the IoW Council added, “This is one step – we have many, many John and Mylene Curtis have together taken over Ventnor Botanic Garden after Isle of Wight Council gave up running the venue, which cost it £300,000 a year. Their bid was in partnership with Susyn Andrews, who is an RHS committee member and Kew research .

The younger woman picked handfuls of Death Cap toadstools, which contain 20 toxic chemicals, while visiting ventnor botanic gardens in the Isle of Wight on Sunday. Both women ate the mushrooms after returning home on Monday. By the early hours of yesterday Signal Point Cottage, Ventnor Botanic Garden, Undercliff Drive, Ventnor, Isle of Wight PO38 1UL (01983 855397; bit.ly/StayBotanic). Three-night breaks from £276; damage deposit of £200. Dr. Susanne Etti will be at Ventnor Botanic Garden on Wednesday 3 July to present The Climate Project (TCP) educational materials, some of the best scientific and impact analysis publicly available on climate change. Dr. Etti is a PhD Biologist who earned .

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