{"id":127395,"date":"2022-06-27T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/balmy-britain-why-you-should-visit-ventnor-botanic-garden\/"},"modified":"2022-06-27T20:10:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T13:10:38","slug":"balmy-britain-why-you-should-visit-ventnor-botanic-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/balmy-britain-why-you-should-visit-ventnor-botanic-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Balmy Britain: why you should visit Ventnor Botanic Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTucked away on the Isle of Wight\u2019s south coast, this haven really can boast a balmy UK microclimate \u2013 and has the lizards to prove itI feel like I\u2019ve been to a lot of places in Britain that have boasted of a microclimate. And, as any self-respecting pedant will tell you, they are probably correct: \u201cThere is a distinctive microclimate for every type of environment on the Earth\u2019s surface,\u201d says the Met Office. But while we all love a windy upland, the areas that really get the juices going are those pockets of Britain where it feels unnaturally balmy.It was when my daughter was so shocked by a wall lizard darting out from a rock that she stumbled backwards and sat on a cactus that I knew that Ventnor Botanic Garden (VBG) was the real deal. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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