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Plant Spotlight – Marigolds
Marigolds are great fun. They are easy to grow from seed, colourful and free flowering. A perfect introduction to gardening for children and garden novices, marigolds ask a little and give a lot. There are lots of different types of marigolds available but the key distinction is between pot marigolds (Calendula officinalis) and French and…
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Plant spotlight – Anthemis
National Collections are vital. Without them untold numbers of cultivars, and the skills required to grow them, would disappear every year as different trends fall in and out of favour with the gardening public and commercial growers cease production of certain plants. Here at Winterbourne, supported by Plant Heritage, we hope to save some of…
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Take a guided meditative well-being walk around our beautiful garden
Two of our Members and supporters run a fantastic company that offers well-being coaching for everyone and academic coaching for young people, their parents and teachers to empower them to raise aspirations and achieve goals through compassionate and holistic learning. They know how much people are missing Winterbourne and have very generously put together a…
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Plant spotlight – Foxglove
Our new borders on the Arboretum Lawn are now into their second full summer and really starting to fill out and mature. Tall spires of pink and white foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea) planted last year are now beginning to flower for the first time and look fantastic in combination with the giant exploded star shaped flowers…
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Plant spotlight – Selenicereus grandiflorus, ‘Queen of the night’ Copy
The first cultivated species of Selenicereus grandiflorus is mentioned by Carl von Linne (Linnaeus) in 1753, where he described it as the largest flowered species of cacti known at the time. However, it was introduced to Europe well before this, with historical records at Hampton Court Gardens mentioning it growing there prior to 1700. Native…