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Home > Food & Drink > Festive Apple Wassailing and Mulled Wine Day at Gilbert White’s House & Garden

Festive Apple Wassailing and Mulled Wine Day at Gilbert White’s House & Garden

By Caroline King - November 15, 2013Posted in : Food & Drink, Museum

Festive Apple Wassailing & Mulled Wine Day - Gilbert White’s House & Garden

Mulled Wine Day at Gilbert White’s House

When: 1st December 2013, open from 10.30am until 4.30pm

Where: Gilbert White’s House & Garden, Selborne, Hampshire

£: Admission costs £5 for adults and £2.50 for children which includes entry to the museum and a glass of mulled wine (or soft drink).  There is free parking a short distance away in the village car park, behind the Selborne Arms.

What is it?

Sip, savour and smell the scent of an 18th century mulled wine recipe created by naturalist Gilbert White on Sunday 1st December at his former home in the village of Selborne.  Then go apple wassailing in the garden.

The mulled wine day at Gilbert White’s House & Garden marks the beginning of festive celebrations, when the house will be bedecked with decorations and greenery from across the centuries and the gift shop packed full with tempting presents for friends and family.  Some of the team will also be dressed in 18th century costume to help recreate the atmosphere of a bygone age.

Festive Apple Wassailing & Mulled Wine Day - Gilbert White’s House & Garden

Wassailing at Gilbert White’s House & Garden

Enjoy a warming glass served in the Old Kitchen, while the choir performs in the Great Parlour. Explore the house and admire the beautiful flower arrangements in keeping with each room’s period in history; quite a challenge as the rooms range from original 17th century to early 20th, with additions in each century between.

Afterwards join the gardeners as they go apple wassailing in the orchard grove.  A tradition that goes back to the Middle Ages.  There will also be seasonal activities to keep children amused.

The award-winning Tea Parlour will be serving a light lunch, delicious teas and cakes.  You can also discover the stories of three great explorers of the natural world in the unique galleries.  These include the pioneering 18th century naturalist, Gilbert White himself; Captain Lawrence Oates of the final Scott Antarctic expedition of 1911-1912, and Victorian explorer of Central America and Africa, Frank Oates.

More info: www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk

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