Previously under the control of the Isle of Wight council, in May 2012 an 125 year lease for the Ventnor Botanic Garden was signed between John Curtis for VBC CIC and the council.
As well as a feature in The Times and the Mail Online, Simon Goodenough’s criticism of the current Ventnor Botanic Garden leaseholder, John Curtis, made it onto the BBC’s prime time 6pm Radio4 news last night