{"id":105,"date":"2026-03-07T17:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/?p=105"},"modified":"2026-03-07T17:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:29:07","slug":"bountiful-bunnies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/spring\/bountiful-bunnies\/","title":{"rendered":"Bountiful Bunnies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Easter Bunny (also known as the Easter Rabbit or Easter Hare) is a folkloric figure and a major symbol of Easter, traditionally depicted as a rabbit that brings Easter eggs and treats to children. The modern Easter Bunny is often portrayed as a white rabbit with long ears, frequently wearing colourful human attire like a waistcoat or bowtie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the run up to Easter capture <strong>your very own bunny<\/strong> from the new range of Tilda&#8217;s Way creations now available in the Visit Highworth shop. Hurry before they hop away &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/twy_bunny_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/twy_bunny_001.jpg 576w, https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/twy_bunny_001-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/twy_bunny_001-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/twy_bunny_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/twy_bunny_002.jpg 576w, https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/twy_bunny_002-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/twy_bunny_002-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"583\" data-id=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/twy_bunny_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/twy_bunny_003.jpg 576w, https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/twy_bunny_003-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Fun facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Australia, because rabbits are considered pests, many celebrate with the\u00a0<strong>Easter Bilby<\/strong>, an endangered indigenous marsupial. In some Swiss traditions, a\u00a0<strong>cuckoo<\/strong>\u00a0is said to deliver the Easter eggs, whilst in Sweden folklore includes the\u00a0<strong>Easter Wizard<\/strong>\u00a0or stories of witches flying to Bl\u00e5kulla (a legendary, mythical island) on\u00a0Maundy Thursday before Easter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Easter Bunny (also known as the Easter Rabbit or Easter Hare) is a folkloric figure and a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spring","category-vhl-shop","tag-easter","tag-tildas-way"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithighworth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}