• Gunnera manicata and the Japanese Bridge, The Tempest, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    The Tempest

    On the 29th June we welcome back the Lord Chamberlain’s Men for another spellbinding outdoor performance. This time, it’s the ‘The Tempest’ in which the vengeful Prospero conjures a magical storm in order to thwart his jealous brother. So, in honour of one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, we’ve asked the Garden Team to pick…

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  • Candelabra primula, The Comedy of Errors, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    The Comedy of Errors

    William Shakespeare may have known a thing or two about writing a farce, but over the years the Winterbourne team have been responsible for some hilarious horticultural mishaps fit to rival anything described by the great Bard. A comedy of cultivation errors – there has even been the odd case of mistaken identity… “I started…

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  • Mine section, Black Country, Lapworth Museum of Geology, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Powered by Plants

    Before his marriage to Margaret, and the construction of their family home, Winterbourne’s John Nettlefold cut his teeth in the family firm which eventually became Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds (GKN), one of the largest manufacturing companies of its time, first forged in the heat of the industrial revolution. John began work in the firm’s Broad…

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