John Challis, the actor best known for playing Boycie in Only Fools & Horses, is coming to Chard this September to speak at TV gardener Toby Buckland’s Harvest Festival. Bristol-born Challis, whose mother came from Bath, takes to the stage in Forde Abbey’s magnificent Great Hall to share the trials and tribulations of restoring an …
Vigo Presses, the well-known West Country makers of apple presses and cider-making kits are coming to Toby’s Harvest Festival, staging demonstrations to help you make the most of your autumn harvest. The team from the family-run business will be on the East Lawn at Forde Abbey, offering visitors the chance to try their apple crushers, …
If the idea of never having to water your garden ever again appeals, then Joshua Sparkes, the new head gardener at Forde Abbey is the person you need to meet. Fresh from his travels around America, Josh will be in the Demo Tipi at Toby’s Harvest festival talking compost teas and the science behind soil …
Making the most of what’s in season, Catherine Nix from @Myscentedhomeonline will be in the Demo Tipi on the Upper Lawn at Toby’s Garden Festival with lots of tips and advice on how to make your own wheat and lavender wreaths. She’ll have all the essential ingredients to hand and after one session is confident …
Create a patchwork of colour through the summer months with a wildlife-friendly flower meadow that will provide a haven for butterflies, bugs and bees. The wildflower swirls at Forde Abbey are the perfect first step for inspiration in September, and Paul Jupp from Meadow in My Garden, will be on hand and giving talks in …
We have an exciting line-up of talented West Country artisans, growers and experts lined up to speak in the Demo Tipi at our second Harvest Festival this September, plus two days of talks and tours in the Kitchen Garden and around Forde Abbey’s stunning grounds. Forde Abbey’s new head gardener, Josh Sparkes, is sharing advice …
Toby’s Garden Harvest Festival is in the running to win the “UK’s Favourite Flower and Garden Show” award! Toby’s Garden Harvest Festival has been chosen by the UK’s leading holiday rentals site HolidayLettings.co.uk (owned by TripAdvisor) as one of the final 12 competitors in the running to be named the UK’s Favourite Flower and …
It was fun and games and dancing in the rain on Friday 27th April at Toby’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle at Kenton near Exeter! Children from the local primary school cut the ribbon, ably assisted by Lord and Lady Devon, Toby and Radio Devon’s David Fitzgerald to welcome more than 5000 visitors onto a …
We are thrilled to announce Anne Swithinbank as our new Friday speaker! It seems especially fitting as we celebrate our fifth anniversary, as Anne was the first speaker at our first ever Garden Festival back in 2012. Anne who is well known to fans of the long-running Radio 4 programme Gardeners’ Question Time, started growing …
We have loads to inspire and entertain children and families this year, located all around the site and on both days of the festival. Our Curious Gardener Marquee returns along with CREST (Conservation Rural Skills & Training) who are revealing the secrets of how plants can grow without soil in water – aka hydroponics. TrailArt …
