• Jude collecting sausage vine fruits, The Week That Was, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    The Week That Was: 21st – 25th January

    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 21st The week began with Deputy Head Gardener Dan installing lots of newly engraved plant labels in the garden. Each new label contains vital information…

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  • Mespilus germanica 'Nottingham'3, photograph by Jenny Lily, Now and then October, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Now and Then: October

    When Margaret Nettlefold planned the garden at Winterbourne, daughter Valerie revealed that her mother ‘lived with gardening books for a year or so’. Here, the influence of Gertrude Jekyll is inescapable. Winterbourne is filled with Jekyllian detail inspired by her 1899 classic Wood and Garden. Each month, we follow in Margaret’s footsteps to see how…

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