• Plan of 'The Wild Side' by Charlotte Allen, Snapshot, Digging for Dirt, Winterbourne House and Garden
    , , , ,

    Snapshot: Charlotte Allen

    In June Winterbourne Centre for Horticulture graduate Charlotte Allen won Gold at BBC Gardeners’ World Live for a design evoking childhood memories of the past….  “I have been a self-employed gardener since 2010 and in 2017 I started looking into professional qualifications to help me to drive my business forward and future-proof myself. Ultimately I…

    Read more

  • Polygonum vacciniifolium in the Sandstone Rock Garden, photograph by Victoria Buchanan, Snapshot, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
    , ,

    Snapshot: Victoria Buchanan

    Victoria Buchanan is a talented amateur photographer with a passion for macro and the therapeutic potential of gardening and the outdoors. We asked Victoria to tell us all about it and share some of her favourite pictures of Winterbourne along the way… “My background up until recently has been within the student accommodation sector managing…

    Read more

  • The Printing Press, photograph by Duncan Walker, Snapshot, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
    , , ,

    Snapshot: Duncan Walker

    Duncan Walker is soon to turn 50 and hopes to prove that age is just a number when he leaves behind a successful career as an IT Technician in order to pursue his lifelong-dream of becoming a professional photographer. Duncan is always on the hunt for new subjects to test his skills and visited Winterbourne…

    Read more

  • Cyclamen hederifolium, photograph by Victoria Beddoes, Snapshot So Victoria, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
    ,

    Snapshot: So Victoria

    Victoria Beddoes is a Digital Marketing and Communications Officer, professional photographer and author of the award-winning home and lifestyle blog called So Victoria. It was 26 years before the Bromsgrove-based blogger first discovered Winterbourne – and now she can’t stop coming back. “My progression to professional photography was a long journey. I studied photography at…

    Read more

  • Winterbourne House, photograph by Peter Toolan, Snapshot Peter Toolan,, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
    ,

    Snapshot: Peter Toolan

    Peter Toolan is a retired High School Teacher from Redditch and has been an active member of his local U3A Digital Photography group since joining about 6 months ago. Peter and the group visited Winterbourne for the first time in July and found plenty that caught the eye. “I have always enjoyed taking photos on…

    Read more