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Digging for Dirt

Behind the scenes with the team at Winterbourne House and Garden

  • Sculpture, photograph by Peter Leadbetter, Snapshot, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Snapshot: Peter Leadbetter

    Peter Leadbetter is a trained Psychologist having completed a Masters Degree at the University of Birmingham in 1976. He now lives in Moseley with his wife, who teaches at the University, and regularly visits Winterbourne to relax and enjoy the garden. We asked Peter to share some of his memories of the garden and the…

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  • Mespilus germanica 'Nottingham'3, photograph by Jenny Lily, Now and then October, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Now and Then: October

    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…

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  • Jeni Neale's class at Winterbourne, May 2017, Snapshot, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Snapshot: Jeni Neale

    Jeni Neale is a former knitwear designer with a passion for watercolour. Now living in Warwickshire, she tutors classes for adults on all aspects of botanical art and regularly exhibits her paintings. This year, Jeni has led a series of workshops at Winterbourne painting plant material collected from the garden. We asked Jeni to tell…

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  • Dahlia 'Amberglow', photograph by Eleanor Hill, Now and Then, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Now and Then: September

    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…

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  • The Japanese Bridge, photograph by Alice Whitehouse, Digging for Dirt, Winterbourne House and Garden
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    Snapshot: Alice Whitehouse

    Alice Whitehouse recently graduated from the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham with a BA (Hons) in Film Production. Now a freelance photographer and videographer, with a particular interest in landscapes and wildlife, she regularly visits gardens in search of inspiration. Alice couldn’t resist bringing her camera along when she visited Winterbourne for the first…

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