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Snapshot: Susan Georgiou
Susan Georgiou, 61, has lived in Birmingham all her life and worked for the Department for Work and Pensions for the past 43 years. Now semi-retired, Susan finds plenty of time to indulge her passion for photography at Winterbourne. “I have always taken photographs but it was the digital revolution that really sparked my interest.…
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Now and Then: November
When Margaret Nettlefold planned the garden at Winterbourne, daughter Valerie revealed that her mother ‘lived with gardening books for a year or so’. Here, the influence of Gertrude Jekyll is inescapable. Winterbourne is filled with Jekyllian detail inspired by her 1899 classic Wood and Garden. Each month, we follow in Margaret’s footsteps to see how the…
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Monthly Masterclass: February
Do it – pruning Wisteria Step 1 Tackle your Wisteria now to get the best flowering display in May. First, you must decide if you wish to remove any old or unproductive wood. Cut failing growth right back to the central framework of your plant taking care not to damage new growth you intend to…
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Snapshot: Snow
The first half of January was drier than average until, on Friday 13th, the first of this winter’s snow finally arrived. It wasn’t much but that didn’t stop us dashing out to get some photographs of the garden sprinkled with the white stuff. Don’t forget to let us know which is your favourite shot… There’s…
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Monthly Masterclass: January
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