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In October 2023, museum director Mike Pringle embarked on an epic 175-mile cycle ride, visiting every single location that Richard Jefferies called home during his short life. He hoped to raise enough funds to cover the fees for planning, engineering, and archaeological reports required to get the initial stages of our new build under way.

(Spoiler alert: he succeeded, we are eternally grateful for everyone's generosity!)

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Richard Jefferies Museum 1d ago

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Richard Jefferies Museum 3d ago

April showers (and hail, and bright sunshine) bring, er, April flowers?

Some of our fruit trees are letting us know they're awake (just look at those gorgeous white blooms)... thanks to the wassail the Swindon Folk Club brings through our gardens every January!

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Richard Jefferies Museum 4d ago

It turns out today is International Plant Appreciation Day!

While lots of work is still going on in the gardens, nature still lets us know that it's springtime, and everything is waking up!

"A hundred years of cowslips, blue-bells, violets; purple spring and golden autumn; sunshine, shower, and dewy mornings; the night immortal; all the rhythm of Time unrolling."
The Open Air

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Richard Jefferies Museum Apr 1

Well, a centre-piece for our new garden design has been gifted to us by an anonymous donor in America. All we have to do in thanks is change our name to 'The Donald Trump and Richard Jefferies Museum'.

Richard Jefferies Museum Mar 30

A few more shots of Prime Theatre's day at the Richard Jefferies Museum. Many thanks to the team for doing such stellar work!

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Richard Jefferies Museum Mar 30

Our volunteers were making the most of the drier weather and getting lots of work done during the cottage garden overhaul - our fabulous new greenhouse is just about ready for business!

Richard Jefferies Museum Mar 25

Many thanks to Asda for their very kind donation of gardening items - they will really come in handy this year!

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Richard Jefferies Museum Mar 25

We had the crew from Prime Theatre at the museum today, filming pieces for a project involving primary schools. These will be used prior to students coming to the museum on a trip!

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Richard Jefferies Museum Mar 24

The Richard Jefferies Society has planned a public walk and talk around Coate on 18th April, starting at the museum at 10.45am - come along for a pleasant constitutional!

The AGM follows at 1pm (members only), and then a public talk on Jefferies' post-apocalyptic novel After London (2.30pm). All are welcome to attend the talk.

https://www.richardjefferiessociety.org/2026/03/richard-jefferies-society-agm-and.html

Richard Jefferies Society AGM and Spring Lecture

Richard Jefferies Society promotes study of the life and works of the Victorian author Richard Jefferies 1848-1887