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Recipe: Brummie Bacon Cake
Planning a summer picnic at Winterbourne this month? The Brummie Bacon Cake is the perfect addition to your picnic basket. The exact history of the Brummie Bacon Cake isn’t really known, but they’re so delicious that we’ll happily claim them as one of our region’s own creations. Recipe: 6 rashers of streaky bacon (smoked or…
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Recipe: Leek and potato soup
With the true delights of spring just out of reach, we’re sharing a recipe for a warming bowl of leek and potato soup to bring you some extra comfort this February. Whether made with leeks grown in your garden or bought from the supermarket, this seasonal recipe makes the most of the sweetness of leeks…
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A new look for the Winterbourne Gift Shop
From delving into the history of the Nettlefolds and stretching the legs around the garden, to browsing the shelves in the second-hand bookshop and buying gifts in the shop, no two visits to Winterbourne ever look the same. We’re continually looking for ways to grow and evolve the visitor experience, and our latest developments have…
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Plant-hunting’s influence on British gardens
The beauty of our gardens is fully apparent at this time of year, where many colourful plants will be blooming in the next few months. However, did you know that many of this country’s most popular species are not native to Britain and were introduced in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through a method called…
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‘Reclaiming the Muse’: an interview with artist Dina Razin
If you haven’t seen Dina Razin’s fabulous exhibition in our second-floor Art Gallery yet, you are in for a treat. The exhibition features 20 portraits of artists’ muses created by Dina. They were commissioned for Muse, a book by Ruth Millington, who we caught up with last month to explore the lives of artists’ muses.…