Illustrating the Natural History of Selborne
Illustrating the Natural History of Selborne Joshua Godfrey , our Learning & Participation Manager and Curator of our first temporary exhibition in the new Discovery Room talks about Illustrating the Natural History of Selborne. The beauty of Gilbert White’s writing and conversational style of his book, The Natural History &
A Guide to The Unusual Plants Fair
Our most popular event Unusual Plants Fair is this weekend, so here’s a guide to make the most of the weekend! Saturday 16th 10:30: We open! Hold on to your hats! It’s sometimes very busy first thing, as many people come to get first dibs on plants, don’t worry though
Tips for Summer
Its summer, arguably the best season of the year and we have plenty of ideas of how to spend a summer in Selborne! 1. Have a Picnic Summer isn’t summer without a picnic; we have 25 acres of picnic spots to choose from whatever the weather! 2. Unusual Plants Fair
Oberon’s Cure
We are proud to host the The Rude Mechanical Theatre Company’s production Oberon’s Cure, on the 22nd June, in their glorious summer garden. The play inspired by the characters from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, will begin at 7:30pm and doors will open at 6pm. Oberon’s Cure is a tale
Unusual Plants Fair 2018
We can’t wait for our longest running event the Unusual Plants Fair to return on the 16th & 17th June 2018! Over the weekend you can visit our amazing summer garden and meet amazing stall holders who specialise in more unusual plants for your garden, with great advice, tours and
Tips for June
Tips for June Summer’s here and we have an awesome June planned here at Gilbert White & The Oates Collections! 1. Unusual Plants Fair June is always about getting out into the garden for us, especially with our annual Unusual Plants Fair. This year looks to be a great event
Gilbert White’s Manuscript
We’ve had a very exciting month here at Gilbert White & The Oates Collections but what with the grand opening, nature festival and everything else you might have missed one of the most exciting bits of news of all! Gilbert White’s manuscript has been digitised and is now available you
Guide to Nature Festival
Our 3rd Annual Nature Festival is just around the corner and there is SO much happening, we thought we ought to create this guide so that you can get the most out of your nature packed 24hrs!! We start at 5pm on Sunday 27th but the main events are on
Inspiring Journeys: May Blog
It’s May and we’re officially open! We can’t believe it! There’s still a while to go, our new Cafe ‘White’s’ is still under construction and we’re looking forward to announcing more about that next month. On the 12th May however we launched the Stable Yard Entrance and new galleries to
Gilbert White’s Kitchen Garden Series – An Introduction
Gilbert White’s Kitchen Garden Series – An Introduction Dr J. Grant Repshire takes us into Gilbert’s Garden in this series of blogs Gilbert White not only recorded pioneering observations of the natural world, he also gave us a valuable insight into how nature was cultivated by humans in the mid-18th