Scything, the ancient art of grass, crop and weed cutting using a long curving blade, is very much in fashion in gardens these days. Considered to be better than strimmers for the lawn, silent so not annoying the neighbours, the art of scything is coming to Toby’s Garden Fest at Powderham Castle for the first …
We’re thrilled to announce that Frances Tophill, is joining us as our celeb speaker in 2025! Known for presenting on Gardeners’ World and ITV’s Love Your Garden, Frances travels all over the country to create surprise transformations to the outdoor spaces of some very deserving people. She works on a number of community gardening projects …
Fabulous news for 2025! This handsome chap is our celebrity garden speaker for Saturday 3rd May 2025. Between planting and design projects, as well as writing and filming for BBC Gardeners’ World, Joe Swift is a very busy guy, so we’re over the moon to have tempted him back to join us to talk at …
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 …
