• 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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  • Mammillaria. Snapshot, Jo Gooding, Digging for Dirt, Winterbourne House and Garden
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    Snapshot: Jo Gooding

    Jo Gooding is a Birmingham-based photographer with an eye for detail, subtle shades and tones. A former exhibiter in our own Coach House Gallery, Jo is also a Project Support Officer for the University of Birmingham where, in between a busy work schedule, she makes time to indulge her passion for plants at Winterbourne. We…

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  • Rhododendron, photograph by Chris Howell, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Snapshot: Chris Howell

    Chris Howell spent over two decades in the retail industry before changing careers and studying for a Level 2 Diploma in Horticulture. He is now completing 75 hours of work experience here at Winterbourne before graduating in June. We asked him to tell us what he has learnt so far and share some pictures of…

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  • Pittosporum tenuifolium and Pittosporum 'Tom Thumb' in the Geographical Beds, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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    Monthly Masterclass: December

    Learn how to beat pesky pests, wave goodbye to the weeds and plant perfect plants with our step-by-step guides from the garden team at Winterbourne

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  • The Nicolsons' grand-daughter Jenifer, with her nanny, in the Sunken Garden, Winterbourne House and Garden, Digging for Dirt
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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…

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