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  • Autumn harvest in the Old Kitchen Courtyard, photograph by Maggie Bucknall, The Week That Was, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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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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  • The Printing Press, photograph by Duncan Walker, Snapshot, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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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

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  • Nettlefolds Ltd Head Office, Broad Street, Birmingham, The Archivist, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    News From the Archives: Nettlefold Strike!

    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. In the History Room at

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  • Exterior photo of Winterbourne House and Garden at the beginning of Autumn
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    The Week That Was: 17th – 21st September

    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 On Monday we were visited by Linda Eggins, curator of the National Collection of Aucuba japonica – a medium sized evergreen shrub with dark

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  • Cyclamen hederifolium, photograph by Victoria Beddoes, Snapshot So Victoria, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Snapshot: So Victoria

    Victoria Beddoes is a Digital Marketing and Communications Officer, professional photographer and author of the award-winning home and lifestyle blog called So Victoria. It was 26 years before the Bromsgrove-based blogger first discovered Winterbourne – and now she can’t stop coming back. “My progression to professional photography was a long journey. I studied photography at

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