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Celebrating trees
28 July saw us celebrate National Tree Day, a time to reflect on the marvels of the plant world. But which tree is a cut (or should we say leaf) above the rest? Head Gardener Dan reveals his favourite species. “What’s your favourite tree?”. If you ask me that question in early summer, I might…
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A splash of summer colour
With the holiday season upon us, we asked Head Gardener Dan to share what plant best evokes summer and reminds him of the sunny summer days of his childhood. Here’s what he had to say. Without a doubt Lantana ‘Orange Magenta’ reminds me of my summer holidays. I first remember seeing it as a child…
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“The Dry Garden: Treasures from the University Herbarium”
Pressing flowers is a popular hobby today, and it has a very long history. For centuries, people have been pressing and drying plants in order to preserve, study and classify them. A herbarium is a collection of these preserved specimens, created for the purposes of research and education. Winterbourne now looks after the University Herbarium,…
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Our rarest plants?
The rare plant fair is soon upon us and to celebrate, we asked our Head Gardener, Dan, all about looking after rare plants! Every year we host the Rare Plant Fair, bringing together scores of specialist plant nurseries all under one roof (or rather, on one lawn!). And every year I implore my mom to…
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The King of Flowers
This month the nation will come together to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III. It’s only natural then that we’ve been busy thinking about royalty ourselves, but not in the way you’d expect… Rather than focusing on well-known monarchs, Head Gardener Dan has been looking at horticultural royalty – and even crowned his very…