Digging for Dirt
Behind the scenes with the team at Winterbourne House and Garden
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Now and Then: January
When Margaret Nettlefold planned the garden at Winterbourne, daughter Valerie revealed that her mother ‘lived with gardening books for a year or so’. Here, the influence of Gertrude Jekyll is inescapable. Winterbourne is filled with Jekyllian detail inspired by her 1899 classic Wood and Garden. Each month, we follow in Margaret’s footsteps to see how the…
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Snapshot: Paul Martin
You may have noticed a new face in the garden over the past year. Paul Martin joined the team in March 2017 as maternity cover for one of our gardeners. He is a career-changer who previously worked as a graphic designer for a range of high-profile clients. Sadly it’s now the end of his contract,…
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Now and Then: December
When Margaret Nettlefold planned the garden at Winterbourne, daughter Valerie revealed that her mother ‘lived with gardening books for a year or so’. Here, the influence of Gertrude Jekyll is inescapable. Winterbourne is filled with Jekyllian detail inspired by her 1899 classic Wood and Garden. Each month, we follow in Margaret’s footsteps to see how the…
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Snapshot: Susan Georgiou
Susan Georgiou, 61, has lived in Birmingham all her life and worked for the Department for Work and Pensions for the past 43 years. Now semi-retired, Susan finds plenty of time to indulge her passion for photography at Winterbourne. “I have always taken photographs but it was the digital revolution that really sparked my interest.…
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Now and Then: November
When Margaret Nettlefold planned the garden at Winterbourne, daughter Valerie revealed that her mother ‘lived with gardening books for a year or so’. Here, the influence of Gertrude Jekyll is inescapable. Winterbourne is filled with Jekyllian detail inspired by her 1899 classic Wood and Garden. Each month, we follow in Margaret’s footsteps to see how the…