We will be joined by Peter Marren at our Natural History Book day on the 21st March! 📚🍄
We will be talking about his book The Devil's Garden
Find out more and book your tickets here: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/watchi...
We are SO looking forward to welcoming Tiffany Francis-Baker to our Natural History Book Festival on the 21st March! 📚
Don't miss out! Book your tickets! 🌱
Tickets: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/watchi...
I'm excited to be part of Watching Narrowly: A Natural History Book Day on Saturday 21 March at @gilbertwhites.bsky.social
I’ll be speaking as part of this celebration of nature writing in Selborne.
Join us in the heart of the South Downs!
Tickets available here: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk
Travelling to us sustainably? 🚲
Green Travellers (i.e. non car users) get 50% off of admission. Just ask at the desk.
We know that travelling to us without a car is difficult, see our website for hints and timetables.
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Calling all Under 25's!
South Downs National Park have kindly sponsored 6 young people to attend our Nature Writing Book Day for free!
It is first come first served, simply email: collections@gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk.
If you miss out & are under 25, use the discount code: BOOKDAY1625
Great News! Melissa Harrison will be joining us on the 21st March for our Watching Narrowly Natural History Book Day! 📚🌱
👉To book tickets to see Melissa and our other incredible Nature Writers Click here: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/watchi...
We are looking forward to welcoming @nicolawriting.bsky.social to our Watching Narrowly Book Day on the 21st March. 📚
Nicola will be in conversation with @nicwilson.bsky.social
To find out more about the Book Day and to book your tickets visit our website: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/watchi...
2/2 Listen to @nicwilson.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social @bsbicountries.bsky.social #TristanGooley #MelissaHarrison #PeterMarren #TiffanyFrancis-Baker in conversation & hear @chawtonhouse.bsky.social #JaneAusten’sHouse #EdwardThomasFellowship on natural history in their work and collections
Tickets now online for Watching Narrowly Book Day, 21 March at Gilbert White’s House
1/2 Watching Narrowly Natural History Book Day 21 March - day tickets now online @gilbertwhites.bsky.social
Come along to hear some of our best contemporary writers in beautiful Selborne, the home of British nature writing.
‘South Downs Portraits’ now open at @gilbertwhites.bsky.social , Selborne, Hampshire until April 12, Tuesday to Sunday, 10.30 – 4pm.
@southdownsnp.bsky.social #southdowns #portraits #photography
Woohoo! Can’t wait to visit this wonderful place again!
I am SO looking forward to being a part of this exciting day of #naturewriting events! Do come join us @gilbertwhites.bsky.social for the second Watching Narrowly Book Day!
I'm delighted to have been invited to have a conversation about our endemic species - those species found nowhere else in the world other than right here in Britain - as part of this event.
I also can't wait to visit the home of the great man himself!
2/2 At our Watching Narrowly Natural History Book Day in Selborne on 21 March you can meet & hear from our local friends & partners @chawtonhouse.bsky.social #JaneAustenHouse #EdwardThomasFellowship #OneTreeBooks & see the collections & gardens of the home of British nature writing #WatchingNarrowly
1/2 Fantastic line up for the second Watching Narrowly natural history book day in Selborne on 21 March. Tickets now on sale to hear @nicwilson.bsky.social @bsbicountries.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social
#TristanGooley #MelissaHarrison #PeterMarren #TiffanyFrancis-Baker
Tickets are on sale for our Watching Narrowly Book Day! 🎟
Tickets are only available from the gift shop (you can phone us during opening hours 01420 511275 to purchase) and will on the website ASAP!
gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/watchi...
Delighted that we'll have you on board!
If you enjoyed listening to Jenny Uglow on BBC R4 Start the Week, please do visit us at Gilbert White’s Hampshire home @gilbertwhites.bsky.social for your own journey of discovery in his natural world & beautiful landscape.
Did you hear Jenny Uglow, the author of 'A Year with Gilbert White' on Radio 4's Start The Week this morning?
The discussion was on Maps and Gilbert White and will be on again at 9pm tonight or available on BBC Sounds.
After a year in the making, our new bridge in the Naturalist’s Garden is open! 🌿 Volunteer Tom cut the green ribbon, welcoming visitors to get closer to the pond’s wildlife, from newts to dragonflies. 🪷 #GilbertWhite
July 22, 1775
The swifts are so fledge before they quit the nest that they are not to be distinguished from their dams on the wing; yet from the encrease of their numbers, & from their unusual manner of clinging to walls & towers one may perceive that several are now out.
View from the Boardroom..…
Staff and trustees
@gilbertwhites.bsky.social
working together to inspire more journeys of discovery in the natural world
Come and visit us!
#Selborne #Hampshire #SouthDowns #NaturalHistory
A beautiful exhibition - and a perfect time to head for Hampshire to visit the home of The Natural History of Selborne
Plant of the Week 🌱
Hollyhocks! The garden has exploded with them.
27th July, 1783
My china-holly-hocks, after standing a year or two, lose all their fine variegated appearance, & turn to good common sorts, being double, & deeply coloured.
The schedule for Nature Day has been announced!! 🍄
We cannot wait for the 11th May!
11.15 Bird/Butterfly/Flowers Meadow walk
12.15 Spider Walk
13.15 Bug Hunt
14.15 Spider Walk
15.15 Bug hunt 2
Nature Day is our annual family fun day celebrating the natural world.
A hand holds the "curious minds" exhibition catalogue in the bright sunshine, in front of the part-timber windows of Gilbert White's house and its garden lawns
A stuffed nightjar/goatsucker bird in a clear display case, next to an eighteenth-century illustration of the same bird
A great day launching our exhibition on Pennant, Gilbert White, and #C18th Natural History @gilbertwhites.bsky.social!
Open to visitors until the summer, and hosting plenty of linked events and a conference in the meantime
Writer Chloe Dalton looks at the manuscript of Gilbert White’s The Natural History of Selborne
Chloe in conversation with Tim from One Tree Books
Simon Martin, Director Pallant House Gallery signs copies of his book
Writer Roger Morgan-Grenville and his wife with trustee Dominic Jones at Gilbert White’s House in Selborne
A real pleasure to welcome @chloedalton.bsky.social to the home of British natural history writing @gilbertwhites.bsky.social to talk about #WatchingNarrowly along with other fine observers #MatthewOates #SimonMartin #RogerMorgan-Grenville #PaulRodhouse #RichardMabey @littletollerbooks.bsky.social
Just two days to go to the #WatchingNarrowly book day @gilbertwhites.bsky.social
Great #naturewriting in Selborne 8 March with @chloedalton.bsky.social Richard Mabey/Adrian Cooper, Matthew Oates, Roger Morgan-Grenville, Simon Martin
Tickets on door & here: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/watchi...
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We are really looking forward to our Book Day on Sat!
You buy tickets for the day or individually.
10:00 Matthew Oates 🦋
11:15 Simon Martin 🐦
12:30 Chloe Dalton 🐇
14:30 Richard Mabey 🌳
15:45 Roger Morgan-Grenville 🍃
17:00 Paul Rodhouse 🐋
Book here: gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/watchi...
