Digging for Dirt
Behind the scenes with the team at Winterbourne House and Garden
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Snapshot: Victoria Buchanan
Victoria Buchanan is a talented amateur photographer with a passion for macro and the therapeutic potential of gardening and the outdoors. We asked Victoria to tell us all about it and share some of her favourite pictures of Winterbourne along the way… “My background up until recently has been within the student accommodation sector managing…
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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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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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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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Snapshot: Duncan Walker
Duncan Walker is soon to turn 50 and hopes to prove that age is just a number when he leaves behind a successful career as an IT Technician in order to pursue his lifelong-dream of becoming a professional photographer. Duncan is always on the hunt for new subjects to test his skills and visited Winterbourne…