• Galanthus nivalis, photograph by Andy Gee
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    Monthly Masterclass: February

    Do it – pruning Wisteria Step 1 Tackle your Wisteria now to get the best flowering display in May. First, you must decide if you wish to remove any old or unproductive wood. Cut failing growth right back to the central framework of your plant taking care not to damage new growth you intend to…

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  • Herbs in the Walled Garden, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Monthly Masterclass: January

    Learn how to beat pesky pests, wave goodbye to the weeds and plant perfect plants with our step-by-step guides from the garden team at Winterbourne

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  • Pittosporum tenuifolium and Pittosporum 'Tom Thumb' in the Geographical Beds, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Monthly Masterclass: December

    Learn how to beat pesky pests, wave goodbye to the weeds and plant perfect plants with our step-by-step guides from the garden team at Winterbourne

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  • Sedum 'Herbstfreude', Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    A Seasonal Affair

    In March’s ‘The Opportunist’ we unveiled plans for the development of a new Winter Garden focused around ten West Himalayan birch trees planted in the spring of this year. Following a successful summer in the ground those trees have now begun to establish, and the autumn which followed presented yet another window in which to…

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  • The Nicolsons' grand-daughter Jenifer, with her nanny, in the Sunken Garden, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    The Natural Order of Things

    Horticulture is a pursuit of such breadth and all-encompassing habit, that many of those who practice it may seem as distant from one another as those of different professions altogether. Winterbourne was conceived at the height of the Arts and Crafts movement. Inspired by the movement’s chief protagonist, Gertrude Jekyll, the cult of the herbaceous…

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