3rd July 2019 By Colin Smith

Kingston Smallholding

Rosemary has arranged for the VBG Botany Club to visit the Kingston Smallholding, the home of Simone and David Whistance at Shorwell. Simone is the inspired designer who makes our magazine Ventnorensis so colourful and attractive so I am sure we shall see this artistic talent reflected in the design of their smallholding.

Please let Rosemary know if you hope to come so that she can give Simone some idea of numbers. Bring a friend too! £5 in the hat for the Friends. email: rosemarystewart@icloud.com

A Forum to share experiences

The Friends of Botanic Gardens Forum (FBGF) of which VBGFS is a member, was set up in September 2019 to encourage information exchange between Friends groups around the UK.

Although the groups operate within different financial and management structures, there is much to be gained by sharing experiences and ideas for activities and fund-raising, and much else.

If you enjoy reading about gardens and looking at lovely pictures, and are interested in what is happening at Botanic Gardens around the country, then head to their website https://fbgf.org to see the Gallery and read the Newsletters.

Rosemary Stewart was our representative from the beginning but relinquished the role to Val Pitts in 2022. In their Summer 2022 newsletter, Rosemary writes her valedictory article about how she became involved at Ventnor. She made a number of other interesting contributions to earlier editions, including one about the hopyard in November 2020. As you can imagine with Rosemary, all are well worth reading.

You can read Rosemary’s article here.

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