Small community run museum and gardens at the birthplace of Victorian naturalist and author Richard Jefferies in Swindon, Wiltshire.
Official Mastodon account from the Richard Jefferies Museum, run by the Richard Jefferies Museum Trust. Moved from museum.community.
Playing live this Sunday... Canute's Plastic Army!
Their musical style is rooted in folk but has influences from ambient soundscapes and the blues, building immersive environments that hold audiences’ attention and evoke strong emotional connections. Canute’s production is a unique twist on folk, not to be missed.
Live music is scheduled to start at 2pm. Entry is FREE to all!
"My heart is fixed firm and stable in the belief that ultimately the sunshine and the summer, the flowers and the azure sky, shall become, as it were, interwoven into man’s existence."
The Pageant of Summer
A few photos from the gardens - thanks, Rosie!
#WildlifeWednesday #WildlifePhotography #photography #flowers #leaves #nature
"A huge thank you to all the volunteers that make all this possible, without them we would have nothing."
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"The sward on the path on which Bevis used to lie and gaze up in the summer evening, was real, and tangible; the earth under was real; and so too the elms, the oak, the ash-trees, were real and tangible—things to be touched, and known to be."
Bevis: The Story of a Boy
"Then when the garden make over project was being conceived, I realised that a second hand glass house held all sorts of problems for the team but a new one solved them all so once again I was able to help in my own little way.
I take a great deal of pleasure in going to the Sunday music events and taking pictures of each performer knowing that the museum is giving many young players a leg up the ladder whilst bringing joy to those that sit in the garden with their cream teas in the sunshine.
"Since then I have spent many hundreds of days helping out or reading about the museum and all the great things that it does from holding local events to helping children to learn about nature.
I was proud to be allowed to pay for the blue plaque that was deservedly warranted after all those years to the World's greatest nature writer, a man from Swindon.
We are grateful to all our #volunteers for the time and effort they put into helping the museum. This is Roy, in his own words:
"I first read Bevis at Sanford Street School back in the 1950s and was enchanted by it.
Then around 20 years ago on a rainy day in winter I found the museum was open and went in and bought another copy of Bevis.
The museum is very pleased to welcome The Ivy Green on Sunday 14th June from 2pm.
The Ivy Green is a creative project from Swindon-based folk singers and musicians Chantelle Smith and Jessie Thompson, where they have been arranging, recording and performing the songs collected by Swindon's own folk song collector, Alfred Williams.
Entry is FREE to all, and we'd love it if you could support us by buying some refreshments at our tearoom, where a cream tea is only £4.
Some photos of the work going on in our gardens over the past few weeks... none of this would happen without the support of volunteers giving their time, expertise, and dedication.
We'd also like to thank the following who have generously provided funds and/or materials - Royston Cartwright, Terry Penn (more on them later), South Swindon Parish Council, John Lewis Partnership, Southern Co-Op via Neighbourly, Old Town Rotary, and Asda.
"Sweet roses—buds yet unrolled, white and conical; roses half open and pink tinted; roses widespread, the petals curling backwards on the hedge, abandoning their beauty to the sun."
Nature Near London
Just look at these beautiful, welcoming blooms. 😍
