Memberships not only offer year-round entry but contribute to the provision of
equipment, plants and amenities for the house and garden to preserve it for
future generations.
We currently have vacancies in our Volunteering team for Visitor Experience
Volunteers. From helping out in the Shop to checking tickets to enter the house,
the role is varied and suits those who love working with people.
The house was built for John Nettlefold, a pioneer of early housing reform in
Birmingham at a time when the city had a serious lack of decent homes for
working people. John and his wife Margaret were from prestigious local
families who had made their living in industry. Choosing their house to be
designed in the Arts and Crafts style reflected their modern outlook.
‘Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists 25th Anniversary Exhibition’
Botanical Arts & Crafts
Twenty-five years ago, a group of graduates from the
University of Birmingham’s Certificate of Higher Education
in Botanical Illustration course (which took place at
Winterbourne) decided they wanted to continue their studies
and formed the Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists
(BSBA).
This exhibition of botanical illustrations, paintings and
crafts celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
BSBA. Like the Arts and Craft movement, so well
represented here at Winterbourne, BSBA members have taken
the natural structures and patterns of plants as their
inspiration. Pictures also allow us to study these wonders
and are a way of bringing nature into our homes to celebrate
the pleasure that it brings to our lives.