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

    Peter Toolan is a retired High School Teacher from Redditch and has been an active member of his local U3A Digital Photography group since joining about 6 months ago. Peter and the group visited Winterbourne for the first time in July and found plenty that caught the eye. “I have always enjoyed taking photos on…

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  • Christmas party, RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Garden Planning, photograph by Darren Rudge, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt, Lolly Gautier-Ollerenshaw
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    Snapshot: Lolly Gautier-Ollerenshaw

    Lolly is 34 years old and lives in Bournville with her husband and 3-year-old son. After a lifetime spent collecting clippings from garden magazines, Lolly finally felt inspired to begin her own journey into horticulture and jumped at the chance to enrol on our own RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Garden Planning.…

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  • Pergola in snow, December 2010, photograph by Jenny Lilly, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Snapshot: Jenny Lilly

    Jenny Lilly developed a passion for photography whilst studying for a degree in textiles and photographing plants for inspiration. Now a professional garden photographer, Jenny regularly returns to Winterbourne to photograph a garden filled with personal memories. “I was bought a pro camera when I was in my 20’s by my late husband, Peter Lilly.…

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  • The Walled Garden, photograph by Marie Belfort

    Snapshot: Marie Belfort

    Marie Belfort had worked in events, marketing, and fundraising for many years before joining Winterbourne in 2014 as a Finance Administrator. In-between taking care of our daily income and expenditure, and much else besides, Marie makes time to walk around the garden, always with camera in hand poised ready to take a picture. We asked…

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