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Creating Winterbourne’s wildflower meadow
The Stream Lawn started life at Winterbourne as an orchard, planted in 1904. Since then, it has been home to a small nursery, before later becoming a wetland with flowering shrub borders, filled with magnolia and viburnum. Most recently, our Horticultural Supervisor, Will Hunt, has been working to transform the stream lawn into a wildflower…
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Telling Winterbourne’s Story
It’s now 16 years since Winterbourne House first opened to the public as a heritage site in May 2010. In the early days, you could only visit the ground floor, and the rest of the building was used as a conference centre. As the site grew in popularity and interest in Winterbourne’s rich history grew,…
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William Withering: Plants, Medicine and Lasting Influence
William Withering (1741–1799) is best known for his work on foxglove, a plant that transformed the treatment of heart disease. Living at Edgbaston Hall (now the Golf Club), next to the plot where Winterbourne was later built, he worked at a time when the study of plants and medicine were closely connected. Through his research,…
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The Gardener’s Guides of the late 1800s
Books often contain unexpected treasures. In February this year, we received a kind donation of two sets of gardening books, which were exactly the kind of publication that the Head Gardener at Winterbourne might have been consulting back in 1904. Opening these volumes offers a burst of colour in the form of beautiful colour plates.…
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Hot cross bun bread and butter pudding
If you’ve got a pack of hot cross buns sat in the back of the cupboard beginning to go stale, then this deliciously hearty recipe is just what you need. A simple twist on the traditional bread and butter pudding, using leftover hot cross buns, provides a seasonal burst of flavour. Ingredients: Method