Plants Fair

Back for 2025! Our longest running event will be on the 14th & 15th June!

Join us for a full weekend of gardening joy. We will be joined by local (and not so local) nurseries and specialists who will have a vast array of plants and garden accessories for every garden and gardener!

Plus we will have our BBQ going and our Gilbert White Brewery will be on hand.

Don’t forget that your ticket to the Plants Fair will give you access to the whole site including the house.

This is a fundraising event.

You do not need to pre-book tickets as there will be plenty on the door, but you can pre-book using the button below

Pre-Book Tickets

Date: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th June 2025

Times: 10:30- 16:30

Price: Adults (Over 16s) £12, Children Free

Venue: Gilbert Whites House

Directions: How to find us

 

    Gilbert Whites House

    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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