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| Ventnor Botanic Gardens |
Set on a 22-acre site abutting the southern coast, this is a must for garden
lovers with a head-turning collection of familiar favourites and rare
plants. It is all the more impressive when you consider that this was the
site of a hospital for respiratory diseases, home to many TB sufferers in
Victorian times and only converted to a Botanic Garden 27 years ago. The
sub-tropical Undercliff area in which the Botanic Garden is located makes it
an ideal environment for a rare collection of trees, plants and shrubs which
are hard to grow elsewhere in the UK. These include the sweet-smelling
clerodendron. There is also a temperate house with a selection of exotic
plants. The garden's newest draw is a lottery-funded visitor centre with
facilities that include interactive exhibition areas. There are plants for
sale too.
Tel: 01983 855397.
Open: year round, dawn to dusk.
Admission free.
www.botanic.co.uk |
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