Come and see the full-size steam traction engine owned by Berrybrook Steam and Classics at the festival on 11 and 12 June at Powderham Castle, which will be tooting and tootling along the Castle driveway on both days. This 10-tonne iron giant still has a working life, teaching steam engine experience days at Berrybrooks, based just down …
Teign Trees are back swinging from the trees again, ready to offer advice on all things tree related. They always wow the kids with their fun mini-gardens and this year they are bringing a brand-new display, designed to give you ideas for your garden. In the lead up to the festival, the award-winning landscaping crew …
Watch out, watch out – the topiary’s about! There’s no beating about the bush at Toby’s Garden Festival in 2021. That’s because the talented Devon troupe, the Higher Beings are back to entertain visitors, disguised as topiary bushes. You can have hours of fun just watching them as they camouflage themselves among the shrubs and …
This year at Toby’s Garden Festival we have a fascinating array of craftsmen and women sharing their skills. Father and daughter duo, Robbie Ryder and Vix Hill-Ryder are an interesting pair. Vix spent her childhood in the hedgerows, fields and on the coast of south-east Cornwall with her grandfather who was an amateur …
The Country Gardener Speaker’s Tent will once again feature talks and advice from leading nursery-people and specialist growers who will be sharing their unique knowledge and skills over the two days of the festival on 11 and 12 June at Powderham Castle. Highlights so far: Stewart Pocock owner of Pococks Roses, a man with encyclopaedic knowledge of …
We know things may still look and feel a bit different at our 11-12th June show this year, but despite the restrictive measures being eased as we go through the spring and into the summer we will be doing everything to keep our visitors, exhibitors and staff safe. We will update these guidelines over the …
Spades at the ready! We have a new Toby Garden Fest date to nail into your diary! Friday 11th and Saturday 12th and June 2021! At last, the uncertainty of the ‘year that never was’ is behind us and with it the longed-for roll-back of restrictions. Our Festival’s setting within low-risk and spacious parkland mean we can …
I just saw my first bumblebee of the year feeding on the citrus-scented blooms of our winter honeysuckle. Chances are the thin sunshine encouraged her to wake from hibernation and topped with sugar she’ll be on the lookout for a new nesting site, amongst the roots of a tree or even under our shed. The …
In anticipation of the Garden Fest this spring I’ve invented a genius new word, says Toby. pLotential. adjective. 1 the possibility of something happening or being developed in a garden or outdoor space in the future 2. noun. The inherent or imagined opportunities of a garden, as in ‘Only someone with their face mask over …
If a single silver lining has shone out during the Covid-cancellations and disruption, it’s that our love for gardening has grown. Gardens and the wildlife they nurture have offered a counterpoint to the challenges faced over the garden fence and for so many have become fundamentally important. We’ve always supported growers, local food-producers, makers and …
