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Winterbourne joins Alan Titchmarsh’s Gardening Club
For the second time in under a year, Winterbourne was in the TV spotlight as Head Gardener Dan Cartwright was joined by presenter Camilla Bassett-Smith to give a tour of the garden for viewers of ITV’s Alan Titchmarsh’s Gardening Club. Last summer, we made our debut on BBC’s Gardeners’ World, with Dan showcasing our seven-and-a-half-acre
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No Mow May
Like many home gardeners, the team here at Winterbourne is constantly thinking about how to be more sustainable in their work, and better look after the environment that we all care so much about. Whether it’s large-scale projects which shape the ongoing development of Winterbourne’s historic botanical garden, or small adjustments in how the team
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Head Gardener’s Update
It’s been some time since I have written an article for the newsletter, so it does seem rather appropriate to look back at what has been happening since I last penned a piece. March and April are really transitional months in the garden as the plants within it really start to come to life and
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How to make a snowdrop kokedama
If you’ve visited Winterbourne this month, you may have spotted our display of 125 hanging kokedamas along the Nut Walk, blooming with snowdrops. The installation forms part of the widespread celebrations across University of Birmingham, marking 125 years since the University was established by royal charter. If the display has inspired you to get creative
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A passion for plants: women in botany
The University Herbarium contains 60,000 preserved plant specimens, collected by some 2,000 botanists and collectors over the University’s 125-year history. Most of these collectors were men, but some 260 women also worked on this valuable archive – some well documented, others entirely unknown. My name is Lottie, and I’m currently studying an MA in Art