Pumpkins and gourds of all shapes sizes and colours will be placed in some unusual places around our gardens this Autumn Half Term– collect your Pumpkin Spotters guide and see how many you can find!
There will be one carved pumpkin to find- where is it and what creature does it show?
Dates: Saturday 26th October- Sunday 3rd November
Times: 10:30-16:00
Price: Free with garden entry
Venue: Gilbert Whites House
Directions: How to find us
Gilbert White was aged 7 or 8 when the White family moved from the Vicarage on Selborne’s Plestor, to this house, called ‘The Wakes’ (named after the Wake family who had lived here previously). At that time, the property would have been no more than a ‘two up, two down’ but over subsequent years several extensions and additions have been made, creating the long, sizeable house you see today.
The rooms have been restored following descriptions in White’s own correspondence and include a chair he used at Oriel College, Oxford (loaned from the College), items of contemporary furniture, family portraits and bed hangings embroidered for him by his aunts.
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