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Read our latest updates, stories from the house and garden, and get to know the people who bring Winterbourne to life.
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Winterbourne Gift Guide
Every year we share a few of our favourite items from the shop with you in the hope that it makes your Christmas shopping a little easier. With Christmas just around the corner, now is the perfect time to get started thinking about what to get your loved ones this year. We’ve a new range
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The White Garden
The past year has seen many changes in the garden, one of the biggest changes comes from our White Garden which has been transformed with the introduction of new focal points in the form of a beautiful, hardwood obelisk and high-backed bench. To compliment these new structures the garden team have planted floriferous, white flowered
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Artisan Article – Milan Designs
Milan is a Bournville-based illustrator and art tutor and a selection of his Birmingham-themed greeting cards have been available in our gift shop for the last year now. His cards are proving very popular and this year he has even released a new “Winterbourne” design that has thoroughly charmed the Winterbourne staff and will hopefully,
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A Day in the Life of Our Learning Officer
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work at Winterbourne? Our Learning Officer, Eleanor, shares what a typical day is like for her in her role. A large part of my job is to schedule and administer the RHS and short courses we run on site. The role involves a lot of emails, quite
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The Last Gardener
The Nicolsons and the Garden The advent of Family History Month prompted me to take a look through the archives for old family photos taken here in the garden. There aren’t too many of Winterbourne’s first family – the Nettlefolds – but plenty from John Nicolson’s era in the 1920s and 30s. Regular visitors will