• Squashes in the House, photograph by Maggie Bucknall, The Week That Was, Digging for Dirt, Winterbourne House
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    The Week That Was: 28th October – 1st 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 28th On Monday garden volunteer Steve was busy working on a display change in the Alpine House again. This time, it was South African bulbs

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  • The Oak Border, photograph by Tony Bucknall, The Week That Was, Digging for Dirt, Winterbourne House and Garden
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    The Week That Was: 23rd – 27th September

    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 23rd We have been busy potting spring bulbs ready for Plant Sales next year. You can expect to see tulips, daffodils, crocus and snakes head

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  • Conditions in Birmingham, from “Housing Reform”, a lecture by John Sutton Nettlefold, March 1906, News from the Archives, Digging for Dirt, Winterbourne House and Garden
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    News from the Archives: The Political Life of John Nettlefold, 1901-6

    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 work as

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  • Chillies in the Lean-to Glasshouse, photograph by Maggie Bucknall, The Week That Was, Digging for Dirt, Winterbourne House and Garden
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    The Week That Was: 22nd – 26th July

    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 22nd The Garden Team have been working hard over the last couple of weeks installing a new display of chilli plants in the Lean-to Glasshouse

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  • Meryl and Mike mulching the new Arboretum Lawn Borders, photograph by Maggie Bucknall, The Week That Was, Digging for Dirt, Winterbourne House and Garden
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    The Week That Was: 17th – 21st June

    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 17th After some very heavy rain the Garden Team began the week by chopping back plants in the Woodland Walk that had collapsed under their

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