• 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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  • Ken Nettlefold, News From the Archives: Ken Nettlefold and the First World War, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    News From the Archives: Ken Nettlefold and the First World War

    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. Ken Nettlefold, the only surviving

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  • Autumn harvest in the Old Kitchen Courtyard, photograph by Maggie Bucknall, The Week That Was, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    The Week That Was: 22nd – 26th October

    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 On Monday we began lifting turf on the Arboretum Lawn where two large new borders will be created over the winter. The project began

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