• Snowdrops, The Week That Was, Digging for Dirt, Winterbourne House and Garden
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    The Week That Was: 18th – 22nd February

    Go behind the scenes, meet the team and get some great tips for your own garden at home. Join us as we look back at the week that was… Monday 18th Horticultural Practitioner Jude kicked off the week by giving our citrus trees their final winter feed of the season. Many of the plants in…

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  • S.S. Servia ©New York Port, Ship Images, 1851-1891 via ancestry.co.uk, News from the Archives, Digging for Dirt, Winterbourne House and Garden
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    News from the Archives: John Nettlefold in New York

    Winterbourne was built in 1904 for John and Margaret Nettlefold and bequeathed to the University of Birmingham 40 years later by John Macdonald Nicolson. Follow our dedicated team of archivists as they explore Winterbourne’s past and share with you the special objects, photographs and documents contained within the Winterbourne Archives. John Sutton Nettlefold’s visit to…

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  • Jude collecting sausage vine fruits, The Week That Was, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    The Week That Was: 21st – 25th January

    Go behind the scenes, meet the team and get some great tips for your own garden at home. Join us as we look back at the week that was… Monday 21st The week began with Deputy Head Gardener Dan installing lots of newly engraved plant labels in the garden. Each new label contains vital information…

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  • Robin on the Terrace, photograph by Maggie Bucknall, The Week That Was, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    The Week That Was: 10th – 14th December

    Go behind the scenes, meet the team and get some great tips for your own garden at home. Join us as we look back at the week that was… Monday 10th On Monday we gathered for our annual Christmas Volunteer Social. These events are a great opportunity for the whole team to get together and…

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  • Newly planted trough, photograph by Maggie Bucknall, The Week That Was, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    The Week That Was: 19th – 23rd November

    Go behind the scenes, meet the team and get some great tips for your own garden at home. Join us as we look back at the week that was… Monday 19th We began the week by chopping back giant rhubarb (Gunnera manicata) plants around our pond in the Woodland Walk. Each autumn, as the leaves…

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