Digging for Dirt
Behind the scenes with the team at 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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News from the Archives: On Holiday with the Nettlefolds
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. Everyone likes a holiday, sometimes…
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The Week That Was: 13th – 17th May
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 13th On Monday, the Garden Team were hard at work planting the outdoor Arid Bed with different species of Agave and Aloe ready for the…
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The Week That Was: 8th – 12th April
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 8th Horticultural Practitioner Jude began the week by sowing lots of different annual seeds that will eventually be planted in the garden to help create…
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The Week That Was: 18th – 22nd March
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 18th The week began with a daunting task as a huge pile of compost was moved from our service area to the new Arboretum Lawn…