• Newly planted trough, photograph by Maggie Bucknall, The Week That Was, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    The Week That Was: 19th – 23rd November

    Go behind the scenes, meet the team and get some great tips for your own garden at home. Join us as we look back at the week that was… Monday 19th We began the week by chopping back giant rhubarb (Gunnera manicata) plants around our pond in the Woodland Walk. Each autumn, as the leaves

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  • The Printing Press, photograph by Duncan Walker, Snapshot, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Snapshot: Duncan Walker

    Duncan Walker is soon to turn 50 and hopes to prove that age is just a number when he leaves behind a successful career as an IT Technician in order to pursue his lifelong-dream of becoming a professional photographer. Duncan is always on the hunt for new subjects to test his skills and visited Winterbourne

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  • Skunk cabbage, photograph by Maggie Bucknall, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Snapshot: Maggie Bucknall

    Maggie Bucknall was an Insurance Risk Manager for 25 years and later a Nutritional Therapist and Lecturer running an undergraduate Nutrition Degree. Now retired, Maggie is kept busy indulging her passion for nature, photography and heritage, and organising exciting shoots for her local photography group We All Shoot Photos (WASPs). “When I was a child

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  • Jeni Neale's class at Winterbourne, May 2017, Snapshot, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Snapshot: Jeni Neale

    Jeni Neale is a former knitwear designer with a passion for watercolour. Now living in Warwickshire, she tutors classes for adults on all aspects of botanical art and regularly exhibits her paintings. This year, Jeni has led a series of workshops at Winterbourne painting plant material collected from the garden. We asked Jeni to tell

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  • Mammillaria. Snapshot, Jo Gooding, Digging for Dirt, Winterbourne House and Garden
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    Snapshot: Jo Gooding

    Jo Gooding is a Birmingham-based photographer with an eye for detail, subtle shades and tones. A former exhibiter in our own Coach House Gallery, Jo is also a Project Support Officer for the University of Birmingham where, in between a busy work schedule, she makes time to indulge her passion for plants at Winterbourne. We

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