Category: Celebrity Speakers
Talks Times – Castle Speaker Hall
Talk: Rebugging the Planet
Author Vicky Hird is joining us as a Friday speaker to talk about the importance of bugs! Bugs are everywhere but people often don’t realise they live surrounded by these wild creatures. From worms to wasps and bees to beetles – bugs are beautiful, inventive and economically invaluable. They are a vital part of our …
Talk: A Healthy Veg garden
Gardener and smallholder Sally Morgan delves into a myriad of ways to create a healthy, biodiverse growing space packed with vegetables and flowers fueled by a healthy soil. She provides plenty of ideas on how to improve your soil, mix up your planting, try different rotations, attract pollinators and natural predators plus manage pests and …
Telegraph wine writer, Susy Atkins, joins us on Saturday
Grape news! The marvellous Daily Telegraph wine writer – and local Devon gal – Susy Atkins is joining us on stage at Powderham Castle at Toby’s Garden Festival on Saturday 30 April. The BBC Saturday Kitchen expert will be giving a talk alongside other celebrity experts, including garden designer and BBC Gardener’s World presenter, Arit Anderson, RHS judge Jim Buttress and festival host and TV gardener, Toby Buckland. …
Fest talk: Women’s Land Army
In 1943, over 1700 women were serving in the Women’s Land Army and the Women’s Timber Corps in Devon. Living and toiling individually on farms or as part of a gang that lodged in a hostel and worked on the land wherever they were needed, the Land Girls and Lumber Jills were crucial to maintaining …
Kitchen garden talk
Ade and Sophie AKA Agents of Field burst onto the gardening media scene in 2014 after starting an irreverent blog about their adventures on their urban allotment just outside London. They quickly garnered a loyal following of gardeners and foodies worldwide and in 2016, they won Blog of the Year at the Garden Media Awards. …
GW’s Arit Anderson to join us on Sat 30 April
ANNOUNCING! BBC Gardener’s World presenter and garden designer, Arit Anderson, is heading to Toby’s Garden Festival on Saturday 30 April 2022. Arit, known for her gorgeous garden designs – and great fashion sense! – will be giving two talks in the Castle’s Speaker Hall sharing her knowledge of garden design: 7 Design Principles for a …
Win a Butternut Bundle!
Butternut Box is a fresh new way to feed your dog. Swing by the Butternut Box stand at the end of the castle driveway at Toby’s Garden Festival on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 June to speak to a member of the Butternut Box team about trying a two-week trial box for your pup – …
Giveaway: win 6 tickets!
Who wants a fab freebie? Visit Exeter are offering a ‘Bubble Bundle’ of 6 tickets, for you and five of your favourite friends to join us for FREE on 11 or 12 June at Powderham Castle, Kenton near Exeter. Expect a fabulous day out, with specialist plant nurseries, local craft and artisan food producers, along …