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Bee-friendly gardening
As we celebrate all things ‘bee’ at Winterbourne this summer here are some fun facts and how to help the bees in your garden. Did you know? Bees in danger… Climate change is putting bees at risk. 25% of species have disappeared in recent decades and 65% face potential loss of their geographical habitats as…
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Head Gardener’s Question Time
Got a camellia conundrum? Or a question about your quince tree? Not sure what to do with a gooseberry glut? Step this way! Following our visit from BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time panel, our own Head Gardener Paul Cook has agreed to answer your gardening questions in this new regular feature. Have you got…
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Botanical prints on display for summer
A few months ago, we featured images of Spring flowers from our botanical prints collection. Now that summer is upon us, there is a new selection of botanical illustrations by James Sowerby in the Herbarium exhibition, curated by archives volunteer Claire Young. All these summer flowers are also represented in our Herbarium collection, so we’ve…
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Creating Winterbourne’s wildflower meadow
The Stream Lawn started life at Winterbourne as an orchard, planted in 1904. Since then, it has been home to a small nursery, before later becoming a wetland with flowering shrub borders, filled with magnolia and viburnum. Most recently, our Horticultural Supervisor, Will Hunt, has been working to transform the stream lawn into a wildflower…
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The Gardener’s Guides of the late 1800s
Books often contain unexpected treasures. In February this year, we received a kind donation of two sets of gardening books, which were exactly the kind of publication that the Head Gardener at Winterbourne might have been consulting back in 1904. Opening these volumes offers a burst of colour in the form of beautiful colour plates.…