Today is Earth Day 🌏
The theme of this years Earth Day is 'Our Power, Our Planet'.
The meaning behind it is that we hold the power to protecting our environment in our hands by small daily actions.
Save the Date! 🪴
The Plants Fair will be back on the 13th & 14th June this year!
Find out more:gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/plants-fair/
It's a wonderful book!
On Saturday we were honoured to host Jenny Uglow as she told us about Gilbert White and her new book 'A Year with Gilbert White'. 📖
We had a sold out barn, thanks to everyone who came along!
On Tuesday our new Exhibition 'Elements of Landscape' opened.
The exhibition features the work of artist John Hitchens from the 1960s to today.
John visited us to see his work in situ and sign a couple of his books for the gift shop!
According to research there has been a worrying decline in the garden bird population due to a disease called trichomonosis. This is a highly contagious disease which can spread where birds gather in large numbers like at bird feeders
To find out more you can head to www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
New paper alert! The next of our genome sequence papers has just been published on Wellcome Open Research. This is another of the specimens collected during a 'genome blitz' at @gilbertwhites.bsky.social wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/11-...
Plant of the Week: The English bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta.
Did you know that over half the world's population of Hyacinthoides non-scripta grows in the UK, making these gorgeous plants a cornerstone of ancient woodlands.
Spring Online Nature Lecture: Headwaters: our connections with chalk stream head waters
21st April 7pm
Join ecologist Tim Sykes for an insight into how chalk stream headwaters can have an impact upon our mental health.
Find out more: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/spring...
April 10, 1776 – One swallow at Wallingford.
JOHN HITCHENS – Elements of Landscape
Our new Exhibition opens next week!
The exhibition complements a book of the same title. It shows additional material not featured in the monograph, including new work, drawings and examples from the artist’s sketchbooks.
This is your last chance to see @akpurkiss.bsky.social brilliant exhibition South Downs Portraits at Gilbert White’s House and Gardens. The exhibition ends on the 12th April.
Happy Good Friday! 🌷
Just a reminder that we are open for all of Easter including today, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday! 🐣
There sure are!
Join author Jenny Uglow on a spring afternoon in Selborne, the home of Gilbert White and subject of her latest book, A Year with Gilbert White.
18th April 2pm.
Tickets: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/a-year...
Photo Credit: Faber Books
It's April! 🌷
This is no April Fools as we want to tell you about some of the great things happening this month!
As always all our events are available to see here: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/events-grid/
Tomorrow is April and our Summer opening hours begin! 🌞
The House & Garden will be open until 16:30 and the Cafe will be open until 16:00pm
Plant of the Week 🌱
Fritillaria meleagris (snake's head fritillary) found up on Baker's hill and by the pond. April 8, 1773 – Fritillaria imperialis meleagris.
Three weeks to go until Jenny Uglow is here to talk about her book 'A Year with Gilbert White'.
We are so looking forward to discussing the book in the very place it is set.
Grab your tickets: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/a-year...
🌿 Getting ready for something egg-citing… 🐣
We’ve been busy hiding eggs all around Gilbert White’s garden 👀✨ putting the final touches on our Birds, Bugs & Beasts Egg Hunt.
📅 Starts tomorrow: 28 March – 12 April
⏰ 10:30 – 16:30
💷 £3 per child (with garden admission)
Gilbert White approved! 🕯️🌾
2/2 Many thanks too to friends/partners @chawtonhouse.bsky.social #JaneAustenHouse #EdwardThomasFellowship #OneTreeBooks & friends/sponsors @southdownsnp.bsky.social #GazeBurville #HattingleyValley #Jude’sIceCream for adding inspiration,style & sparkle @gilbertwhites.bsky.social
#WatchingNarrowly
March 26, 1776 – Flocks of fieldfares remain: no red-wings are seen. No song-thrushes are heard; the seem to be destroyed by the hard weather. Some wagtails survive.
We have had an excellent day at our Natural History Book Day on Saturday. Thank you so much to our attendees and all our volunteers who made the day possible, as well as our wonderful sponsors and speakers.
Birds, Bugs and Beasts Egg Hunt 🐣
This year’s egg hunt features a range of egg-laying creatures large and small.
Hunt for 12 eggs hidden in Gilbert White’s Garden and match the creatures pictured on the eggs with clues.
Dates: Saturday 28th March - Sunday 12th April
Spring is your reminder to step outside and reconnect with nature. Now the flowers are blooming, everything is starting to feel more alive outside. It’s the perfect time to pause, breathe and reconnect with nature.
Plant of the week 🌱
Anemone blanda (windflower) can be found at the top of Baker's hill.
The 'blanda' in it's name doesn't mean boring, rather mild or charming.
Excited to be speaking @gilbertwhites.bsky.social today. Exploring Selborne right now to see how many plants I can record...
An old warm brick house behind a great lawn.
Grass fields with the wooded hangers behind.
Well that was a mighty fine day @gilbertwhites.bsky.social. Met lots of lovely people, talked about nature connection and the importance of landscape history with @nicolawriting.bsky.social and generally enjoyed myself. Plus the house, gardens and landscape were AMAZING!
Lovely Festival day @gilbertwhites.bsky.social, in the most beautiful, historic setting. Thanks team for the warm welcome! (With @nicwilson.bsky.social)
