Gilbert White's House & Gardens
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Home to the 18th Century Naturalist and the Oates Collections. Museum, Garden, Cafe, Brewery & Tap room.
Timothy Tots is back! 🐢
Join Timothy the Tortoise for our interactive preschool sessions connecting your child to nature and the changing seasons.
13th January- Winter Wonderland- celebrating the cold!
🐢Find out more: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/timoth...
Join Timothy the Tortoise for our interactive preschool sessions connecting your child to nature and the changing seasons.
13th January- Winter Wonderland- celebrating the cold!
🐢Find out more: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/timoth...
January 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Timothy Tots is back! 🐢
Join Timothy the Tortoise for our interactive preschool sessions connecting your child to nature and the changing seasons.
13th January- Winter Wonderland- celebrating the cold!
🐢Find out more: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/timoth...
Join Timothy the Tortoise for our interactive preschool sessions connecting your child to nature and the changing seasons.
13th January- Winter Wonderland- celebrating the cold!
🐢Find out more: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/timoth...
We are open! 🚨
Don't forget you can come in half price all of January!
T's and C's: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/january-offe...
Don't forget you can come in half price all of January!
T's and C's: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/january-offe...
January 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
We are open! 🚨
Don't forget you can come in half price all of January!
T's and C's: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/january-offe...
Don't forget you can come in half price all of January!
T's and C's: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/january-offe...
Happy New Year 🎉
Each year we begin with Gilbert's introduction to The Natural History of Selborne written on this day in 1788.
We take a closer look at the Advertisement in the first episode of our Podcast The Natural Podcast of Selborne which will go live this coming Monday!
Each year we begin with Gilbert's introduction to The Natural History of Selborne written on this day in 1788.
We take a closer look at the Advertisement in the first episode of our Podcast The Natural Podcast of Selborne which will go live this coming Monday!
January 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Happy New Year 🎉
Each year we begin with Gilbert's introduction to The Natural History of Selborne written on this day in 1788.
We take a closer look at the Advertisement in the first episode of our Podcast The Natural Podcast of Selborne which will go live this coming Monday!
Each year we begin with Gilbert's introduction to The Natural History of Selborne written on this day in 1788.
We take a closer look at the Advertisement in the first episode of our Podcast The Natural Podcast of Selborne which will go live this coming Monday!
Plant of the Week 🌱
Mistletoe
Viscum album (mistletoe) found on the apple trees around the garden.
December 16, 1780 – A plant of missel-toe grows on a bough of the medlar: it abounds on my hedges on the maple.
You can buy mistletoe from our garden in our gift shop!
Mistletoe
Viscum album (mistletoe) found on the apple trees around the garden.
December 16, 1780 – A plant of missel-toe grows on a bough of the medlar: it abounds on my hedges on the maple.
You can buy mistletoe from our garden in our gift shop!
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Plant of the Week 🌱
Mistletoe
Viscum album (mistletoe) found on the apple trees around the garden.
December 16, 1780 – A plant of missel-toe grows on a bough of the medlar: it abounds on my hedges on the maple.
You can buy mistletoe from our garden in our gift shop!
Mistletoe
Viscum album (mistletoe) found on the apple trees around the garden.
December 16, 1780 – A plant of missel-toe grows on a bough of the medlar: it abounds on my hedges on the maple.
You can buy mistletoe from our garden in our gift shop!
December 10, 1775 – This epidemic disorder falls heavier on adults than children.
December 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
December 10, 1775 – This epidemic disorder falls heavier on adults than children.
Introducing our new Podcast! 🎧
In The Natural Podcast of Selborne we take each letter of Gilbert White's book and interview a guest to take a deep dive into White's writing and what the state of nature is today! 🌱
A fortnightly relaxed discussion that will help us all 'Be More Gilbert' in 2026!
In The Natural Podcast of Selborne we take each letter of Gilbert White's book and interview a guest to take a deep dive into White's writing and what the state of nature is today! 🌱
A fortnightly relaxed discussion that will help us all 'Be More Gilbert' in 2026!
December 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Introducing our new Podcast! 🎧
In The Natural Podcast of Selborne we take each letter of Gilbert White's book and interview a guest to take a deep dive into White's writing and what the state of nature is today! 🌱
A fortnightly relaxed discussion that will help us all 'Be More Gilbert' in 2026!
In The Natural Podcast of Selborne we take each letter of Gilbert White's book and interview a guest to take a deep dive into White's writing and what the state of nature is today! 🌱
A fortnightly relaxed discussion that will help us all 'Be More Gilbert' in 2026!
We had a wonderful time at our Christmas fair today!
December 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
We had a wonderful time at our Christmas fair today!
✨ Notice anything different? 🌲 Our amazing floristry volunteers have been hard at work creating stunning festive displays throughout the 18th-century house. Today is only Day 1 of their decorating… and we still have Day 2 of magic to come! ✨
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
✨ Notice anything different? 🌲 Our amazing floristry volunteers have been hard at work creating stunning festive displays throughout the 18th-century house. Today is only Day 1 of their decorating… and we still have Day 2 of magic to come! ✨
This Saturday is our Christmas Fair... maybe our favourite day of the year? 🎄
We will be shopping, drinking mulled wine, wassailing and enjoying many more Christmas Traditions! 🍷
Come and join us!
We will be shopping, drinking mulled wine, wassailing and enjoying many more Christmas Traditions! 🍷
Come and join us!
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This Saturday is our Christmas Fair... maybe our favourite day of the year? 🎄
We will be shopping, drinking mulled wine, wassailing and enjoying many more Christmas Traditions! 🍷
Come and join us!
We will be shopping, drinking mulled wine, wassailing and enjoying many more Christmas Traditions! 🍷
Come and join us!
Plant of the week 🌱
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens' (purple sage).
Salvia officinalis was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens' (purple sage).
Salvia officinalis was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Plant of the week 🌱
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens' (purple sage).
Salvia officinalis was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens' (purple sage).
Salvia officinalis was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
Our Eco Light Festival is packed with a whole range of glowing displays… so we thought we’d play a little game of I Spy!
P.S. Head over to the link gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/.../.
Our Black Friday deal is live until 3rd. Use the promo code BlackFridayEco at the check out.
P.S. Head over to the link gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/.../.
Our Black Friday deal is live until 3rd. Use the promo code BlackFridayEco at the check out.
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Our Eco Light Festival is packed with a whole range of glowing displays… so we thought we’d play a little game of I Spy!
P.S. Head over to the link gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/.../.
Our Black Friday deal is live until 3rd. Use the promo code BlackFridayEco at the check out.
P.S. Head over to the link gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/.../.
Our Black Friday deal is live until 3rd. Use the promo code BlackFridayEco at the check out.
Our annual Christmas Fair is on the 6th December. 🎄
We have stall for all your Christmas shopping, traditional entertainment like Wassailing and a Mummers Play as well as a good helping of Mulled Wine.
Join us!
We have stall for all your Christmas shopping, traditional entertainment like Wassailing and a Mummers Play as well as a good helping of Mulled Wine.
Join us!
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Our annual Christmas Fair is on the 6th December. 🎄
We have stall for all your Christmas shopping, traditional entertainment like Wassailing and a Mummers Play as well as a good helping of Mulled Wine.
Join us!
We have stall for all your Christmas shopping, traditional entertainment like Wassailing and a Mummers Play as well as a good helping of Mulled Wine.
Join us!
Plant of the Week 🌱
Common teasel or Dipsacus fullonum.
Did you know that goldfinches can often be found on teasels in autumn to 'teasing' the seeds from the tops.
Common teasel or Dipsacus fullonum.
Did you know that goldfinches can often be found on teasels in autumn to 'teasing' the seeds from the tops.
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Plant of the Week 🌱
Common teasel or Dipsacus fullonum.
Did you know that goldfinches can often be found on teasels in autumn to 'teasing' the seeds from the tops.
Common teasel or Dipsacus fullonum.
Did you know that goldfinches can often be found on teasels in autumn to 'teasing' the seeds from the tops.
It's national tree week! 🌳
Find out what is happening near you here: treecouncil.org.uk/seasonal.../...
Find out what is happening near you here: treecouncil.org.uk/seasonal.../...
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It's national tree week! 🌳
Find out what is happening near you here: treecouncil.org.uk/seasonal.../...
Find out what is happening near you here: treecouncil.org.uk/seasonal.../...
Home Educators Day- World Explorers 🦜
From the Rainforest to the African Savannah, Frank Oates travelled the world. Find out more about his story, encounter some of the creatures he met along the way and develop your own explorer skills.
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/home-e...
From the Rainforest to the African Savannah, Frank Oates travelled the world. Find out more about his story, encounter some of the creatures he met along the way and develop your own explorer skills.
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/home-e...
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Home Educators Day- World Explorers 🦜
From the Rainforest to the African Savannah, Frank Oates travelled the world. Find out more about his story, encounter some of the creatures he met along the way and develop your own explorer skills.
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/home-e...
From the Rainforest to the African Savannah, Frank Oates travelled the world. Find out more about his story, encounter some of the creatures he met along the way and develop your own explorer skills.
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/home-e...
Timothy's Tots is back on the 25th November! 🐢
This week's theme is hibernation!
Date: Autumn Term dates are: 25th November and 9th December.
Times: Sessions run from 11am-12 noon fortnightly on Tuesdays in term time.
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/timoth...
This week's theme is hibernation!
Date: Autumn Term dates are: 25th November and 9th December.
Times: Sessions run from 11am-12 noon fortnightly on Tuesdays in term time.
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/timoth...
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Timothy's Tots is back on the 25th November! 🐢
This week's theme is hibernation!
Date: Autumn Term dates are: 25th November and 9th December.
Times: Sessions run from 11am-12 noon fortnightly on Tuesdays in term time.
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/timoth...
This week's theme is hibernation!
Date: Autumn Term dates are: 25th November and 9th December.
Times: Sessions run from 11am-12 noon fortnightly on Tuesdays in term time.
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/timoth...
Plant of the week 🌱
On the arch going into the Naturalist's garden is the coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens. It's still flowering due to the mild weather.
May 23rd, 1775
Dutch-honeysuckles in high bloom.
On the arch going into the Naturalist's garden is the coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens. It's still flowering due to the mild weather.
May 23rd, 1775
Dutch-honeysuckles in high bloom.
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Plant of the week 🌱
On the arch going into the Naturalist's garden is the coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens. It's still flowering due to the mild weather.
May 23rd, 1775
Dutch-honeysuckles in high bloom.
On the arch going into the Naturalist's garden is the coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens. It's still flowering due to the mild weather.
May 23rd, 1775
Dutch-honeysuckles in high bloom.
Our Eco Light Festival can be a great experience for families with SEN. ✨
Go to our FB or Insta for more details or get in touch! VE@gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk
Go to our FB or Insta for more details or get in touch! VE@gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Our Eco Light Festival can be a great experience for families with SEN. ✨
Go to our FB or Insta for more details or get in touch! VE@gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk
Go to our FB or Insta for more details or get in touch! VE@gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk
A brand new addition to the Eco Light Festival 📷
Starts on the 20th November, get your tickets here:
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/eco-li...
Starts on the 20th November, get your tickets here:
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/eco-li...
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A brand new addition to the Eco Light Festival 📷
Starts on the 20th November, get your tickets here:
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/eco-li...
Starts on the 20th November, get your tickets here:
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/eco-li...
November 15, 1785 – We find several pheasants in our walks. The hills thro’ the fog appeared like vast mountains.
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
November 15, 1785 – We find several pheasants in our walks. The hills thro’ the fog appeared like vast mountains.
Plant of the week! 🌱
This week's plant of the week is our gorgeous larch on Baker's Hill.
Did you know larch trees are one of the few deciduous conifers in the UK? 🍂
This week's plant of the week is our gorgeous larch on Baker's Hill.
Did you know larch trees are one of the few deciduous conifers in the UK? 🍂
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Plant of the week! 🌱
This week's plant of the week is our gorgeous larch on Baker's Hill.
Did you know larch trees are one of the few deciduous conifers in the UK? 🍂
This week's plant of the week is our gorgeous larch on Baker's Hill.
Did you know larch trees are one of the few deciduous conifers in the UK? 🍂
Just under two weeks until our Eco Light Festival begins!
Booking is essential so if you haven't already follow the link to get your tickets!
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/eco-li...
Booking is essential so if you haven't already follow the link to get your tickets!
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/eco-li...
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Just under two weeks until our Eco Light Festival begins!
Booking is essential so if you haven't already follow the link to get your tickets!
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/eco-li...
Booking is essential so if you haven't already follow the link to get your tickets!
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/eco-li...
November 7, 1776 – The great fieldfare returns. Beetles abound every evening. Farmer Canning’s new barley-ricks smoke & ferment like hot-beds already.
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
November 7, 1776 – The great fieldfare returns. Beetles abound every evening. Farmer Canning’s new barley-ricks smoke & ferment like hot-beds already.
We are launching a seasonal series of Nature Talks in 2026!
These will be online, one for each season of the year with a fabulous speaker.
Our Winter Talk is on the 20th January and our speaker will be Dr Kevin Butt, telling all about his fascinating study of the Earthworms in Gilbert's Garden! 🪱
These will be online, one for each season of the year with a fabulous speaker.
Our Winter Talk is on the 20th January and our speaker will be Dr Kevin Butt, telling all about his fascinating study of the Earthworms in Gilbert's Garden! 🪱
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We are launching a seasonal series of Nature Talks in 2026!
These will be online, one for each season of the year with a fabulous speaker.
Our Winter Talk is on the 20th January and our speaker will be Dr Kevin Butt, telling all about his fascinating study of the Earthworms in Gilbert's Garden! 🪱
These will be online, one for each season of the year with a fabulous speaker.
Our Winter Talk is on the 20th January and our speaker will be Dr Kevin Butt, telling all about his fascinating study of the Earthworms in Gilbert's Garden! 🪱
Plant of the week 🌱
The purple crabapple Malus x purpura. Found in the Herb garden.
The purple crabapple Malus x purpura. Found in the Herb garden.
November 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Plant of the week 🌱
The purple crabapple Malus x purpura. Found in the Herb garden.
The purple crabapple Malus x purpura. Found in the Herb garden.