Our annual Unusual Plants returns this year! A must for any keen gardeners and plant lovers.
We will be joined by stall holders from across the region selling a variety of plants and garden accessories. Speak to experts about your garden and enjoy the beautiful gardens around you plus access to the house all included in your ticket.
Plus a BBQ and beer tent on top of our usual refreshment offer.
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 the subsequent years lots of 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.
On display is the original manuscript of his book, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, which was purchased with generous help from English Heritage and others.
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