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Head Gardener’s Question Time
Got a camellia conundrum? Or a question the best vegetables to grow? Not sure how to get rid of that pesky bindweed infestation? 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.…
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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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Spring flowers: From garden blooms to botanical prints
Spring is one of the most exciting times in the garden, when our perennial plants start to poke their heads through the soil and flowers, such as snowdrops and early daffodils herald warmer weather. These gorgeous flowers are represented in our museum collections too. Archives volunteer, Claire Young, has curated a display of botanical prints…
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Stories from Winterbourne’s collection: A botanist wraps up warm
If you were the vicar of a rural parish in the early 20th century, what would you get up to? Your priorities, of course, would be performing the obligatory baptisms, marriages and funerals, visiting the sick and ministering to your flock. However, alongside your pastoral duties, you might find time for a hobby or two.…