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Demo: make a living spring wreath

We’ll be celebrating spring flowers with talented florist Sarah Broom of Sarah Broom Floral Design at the festival this April. Sarah will be demonstrating how to make a living spring wreath in the Country Gardener Marquee. Sarah says: “Beautiful things come from beautiful places and being inspired by your surroundings, I consider myself lucky to …

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Meet the plant nurseries!

Spring is on its way (any day now!) and we can’t wait to meet the fabulous nurseries joining us at Powderham Castle on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 April. As always, they’ll be bringing a cornucopia of British nursery-grown shrubs, perennials, trees and house plants for sale, along with the benefit of their huge knowledge, …

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Incredible stone balancing with Adrian Gray

Adrian Gray is the pioneer of stonebalancing art – the gravity-defying practice of balancing stones one on top of the other to create garden sculptures.  The stones he uses range in size from small tactile rocks to massive granite boulders, and Adrian will be talking about his inspiration and the process of  weathering the stone, lifting them by crane into their …

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Hosta varieties galore

If you love hostas or would like to know more about them, then there’s a real treat for you at Toby’s Garden Festival when first time exhibitor Somerset specialist grower Mike Hopkins will have a selection of his 226 varieties of the popular plant on sale, and will also be sharing his growing tips in …

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