🎤✨Join us for 80s by Moonlight at Gilbert White’s House & Gardens, where iconic hits, live music, and a stunning outdoor setting come together for a fantastic summer evening. gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/events/80s-b...

🌱 Plant of the Week🌱 is the Papaver somniferum (opium poppy). They are currently in bloom around the Stable Yard which is also filled with hollyhocks and lanceleaf tickseed. Its looking stunning.

We are up to Episode 10 for The Natural Podcast of Selborne! It was great to speak to Jack Diprose from Alice Holt @forestryengland.bsky.social and got talking about how we can #BeMoreGilbert

June couldn't go by without roses being 🌱plant of the week 🌱 But so many to use from in Gilbert's Garden! Here are: Rosa gallica 'Versicolor' Rose 'Rambling Rector Rosa x damascena 'Kazanlik'

Take a look at our website to see the list of who will be at this year's Plants Fair on the 13th and 14th June! 🪴 Find out more: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/plants...

🌱 Plant of the week 🌱 Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus (Byzantine Gladiolus) which grows at the back of the house outside Bell's library.

Wild Wednesday – Flower families- an introduction to wildflower identification in our garden and meadow. 🌼 Wednesday 27th May 11am-12 noon and 2pm-3pm £5 adults £3 children (no museum admission ticket required)

Plant of the Week 🌱 Found in the herb garden is Isatis tinctoria (dyer's woad) a blue dye is made from the leaves!

This is brilliant! Love to see our Seeds doing well in visitors gardens! 🌸

An Orange Tip enjoying the garden! 🦋 Captured by Volunteer Chris! 📸

May 5, 1776 – Showers all day, with hail, & wind. The ground is pretty well moistened.

Woo Hoo! It's the Bank Holiday! 🥳 Don't forget we are open Bank Holiday Monday!

Let us know if you are taking part in No Mow May this month? All those daisies, dandelions and clovers are vital for our pollinators and therefore vital for everything else! Put the lawn mower away and feel the joy as your lawn comes alive with nature!

Can you believe it is May tomorrow? 🌼 May is one of the best months to visit as our meadow starts to turn yellow with wildflowers! We also have loads going on! Find out more here: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/events-grid/

Who's going to be at Nature Day?🌱 These are just SOME of the orgs with stalls & activities on the 10th May Alton Natural History Society 🐌 Hampshire & I.O.W Wildlife Trust 🦡 Hampshire Bat Group 🦇 Hampshire & I.O.W Amphibian and Reptile Group 🦎 MARINElife 🐬 River Wey Trust 💧 The Woodland Trust 🌳

Plant of the Week 🌱 Purple crabapple Malus x purpura has been blossoming in our 6 quarters. They are a good pollinator for early flowering apples and originated at a Babier Nursery in Orleans, before 1900. This is one of the earliest crabs to flower.

Take 60 seconds of calm by our pond…

We cannot believe our first Nature day was 10 years ago! 🤯 Since then every May (bar one) we have celebrated the Nature with friends and family! Make sure you come and join us on the 10th May for our 10th birthday! 🥳

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:https://gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/plants-fair/?event_date=2026-06-13

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! 🐣

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...

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)

I've wanted to share a stage with @nicolawriting.bsky.social for so long - and at the weekend we had the opportunity to chat about nearby nature, landscape history and connections with the natural world. It was an absolute joy to spend the day @gilbertwhites.bsky.social with so many lovely people.

Early, misty start in North Herts. Heading @gilbertwhites.bsky.social -wards for a day watching narrowly with @nicolawriting.bsky.social @bsbicountries.bsky.social, Peter Marren, Tristan Gooley, Tiffany Francis-Baker & Melissa Harrison. Come join us... gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/watchi...

Tickets still available!!

On this day in 1880 Lawrence Oates was born, on he same day in 1912 he died.