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News from the Archives: The Political Life of John Nettlefold, 1901-6
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. John Sutton Nettlefold’s work as…
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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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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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Snapshot: Carien van Boxtel
Carien van Boxtel is a self employed garden and landscape designer from Zaltbommel, The Netherlands. In November, whilst attending a meeting in the city centre, Carien longed for somewhere quiet and green. Happily she found Winterbourne and plenty of inspiration too. We asked her to tell us all about it.
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The Natural Order of Things
Horticulture is a pursuit of such breadth and all-encompassing habit, that many of those who practice it may seem as distant from one another as those of different professions altogether. Winterbourne was conceived at the height of the Arts and Crafts movement. Inspired by the movement’s chief protagonist, Gertrude Jekyll, the cult of the herbaceous…