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Our rarest plants?
The rare plant fair is soon upon us and to celebrate, we asked our Head Gardener, Dan, all about looking after rare plants! Every year we host the Rare Plant Fair, bringing together scores of specialist plant nurseries all under one roof (or rather, on one lawn!). And every year I implore my mom to…
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The friendly spider plant
While its namesake may make us shudder and scream, the spider plant – Chlorophytum comosum ‘Variegatum’ – is far from scary. The ideal addition to any indoor space, our Visitor Service Assistant Ann shares how these little plants can make a big impact to your home and wellbeing. It is dark again and, after returning…
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Turning up the heat
For the last few years, we’ve been growing chilli plants in the lower half of our lean-to glasshouse in the Walled Garden. This is an important part of an effort to get more ‘edibles’ in Winterbourne’s only original greenhouse, dating back to the Edwardian period. The Walled Garden during that time would have been used…
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Developing our fuchsia border
Each year the garden evolves, and the Garden Team continues to seek new ways to improve areas and planting schemes in the spirit of Margaret Nettlefold herself. During the autumn of 2020, the ‘Fuchsia Border’ was identified by the team as one such area that was under-utilised and in need of dramatic improvement. This 40m…
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Bee-friendly plants
By Head Gardener, Daniel Cartwright Bees – and other pollinators – are so important to the garden and wider environment. We need bees to pollinate the plants we eat and all the other trees and flowers that make up the various habitats needed to support life. Like so many plants and animals, many bee species…