Here’s our new logo designed by the clever Garden Fest Team showing the fabulous and fascinating range of speakers for our 10 year Birthday Bash. Hope you like it too!
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Here’s our new logo designed by the clever Garden Fest Team showing the fabulous and fascinating range of speakers for our 10 year Birthday Bash. Hope you like it too!
Internationally renowned stone balancing artist, Adrian Gray, will be demonstrating the astonishing art of stone balancing at Toby’s Garden Festival on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 April. The stone balancing pioneer has spent the last 23 years of his life exploring the fine art of balance in any and all types of rock. Using carefully …
One for cider lovers! Barny, the founder of Sandford Cider is joining us on Saturday 29th April to give a history of Devon cider and its deep roots into the life and culture of our region. Barny founded Sandford Cider in 2002, having started out by making cider for his rugby mates. Since then, Sandford …
Sally Morgan, editor of the Soil Association’s Organic Farming magazine is talking at Toby’s Garden Festival on Saturday 29 April on the topic of coping with a changing climate. Sally will look at how we can make our gardens more resilient to the challenges of climate change, including how to look after our soils, coping …
When it comes to country garden flowers which take your breath away with their beauty, then visitors to the festival need look no further than returning exhibitor Amelia’s Flower Farm. The floral business is named after owner and grower Amelia Cooper- Smith whose two-acre farm at Combeinteignhead near Newton Abbot grows flowers and foliage naturally …
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 …
Speaker news! Adam Alexander, author of The Seed Detective – Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable vegetables, is joining us on Friday 28 April to share his intimate knowledge of veg from around the globe. In his talk ‘Meetings with Remarkable Vegetables’, he celebrates the special qualities of these rare and endangered varieties along with why …
More fab news! This handsome chap is our celeb garden speaker for Friday 28 April 2023. Between planting and design projects and filming for BBC Gardener’s World he’s a very busy guy so we’re thrilled to have tempted Joe Swift back to join us to talk at the festival at Powderham Castle, near Exeter, in the …
Grape news! The marvellous Daily Telegraph wine writer – and local Devon gal – Susy Atkins is joining us at Powderham Castle at Toby’s Garden Festival on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th April 2023. The BBC Saturday Kitchen expert will be hosting talks as part of our new Food & Drink Market, a showcase for our fabulous local products, on …
Exciting news for veg growers and foodies! Award-winning author and Devon grower, Mark Diacono, is joining us at the festival in 2023. Mark who has written seven books, will be hosting talks as part of our new Food & Drink Market, a showcase for our fabulous local producers, on both days of the festival – …