New year, new member of the Toby GardenFest gang! Say hello to Lisa Lipman our clever new creative guru, who’s joined our small and very (very) hands-on team to bring fresh ideas and oodles of enthusiasm to the 2025 festival at Powderham Castle. Lisa has been directing and producing TV programmes for the last 30 years …
Fancy learning a new skill in 2025? We’ve teamed up with some of our favourite local craft and gardening experts to launch a brand-new programme of Craft Workshops at the Festival. Taking place both days, and with very limited tickets, there are five workshops to choose from, including botanical art, willow weaving, fermenting, floristry and …
Fun fact! Did you know that dry stone walling has again this year topped the popularity lists when it comes to interest in rural crafts? We are delighted to bring this ancient craft to Toby’s Garden Festival for the first time in the form of demonstrations and workshops on both days at Powderham. Interest in this …
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 …
On a beautiful autumn evening, Toby joined the gardeners of Stoke Gabriel for the inaugural meeting of their Pocket Meadow Project. The seed was sown by Toby’s Garden Fest 2024, where the project was originally launched by Toby and Paul Jupp of Meadow in My Garden. The idea is to share seeds that will bloom …
Toby’s Garden Festival is back for our 11th year, not so much with a bang, as with a begonia (or maybe a brugmansia)! We return on the first Spring Bank Holiday of the year, Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd May 2025, at Powderham Castle in the village of Kenton, just outside Exeter. Come and join …
We’re over the moon to announce that online wine merchant, Wickhams, returns as a festival sponsor in 2025, popping the cork on a whole range of exciting wine from Devon England and beyond for festival visitors. Wickham’s owner Dan Farrell-Wright will once again be hosting the wine zone in the Castle Dining Room where you can …
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 …
Food Drink Devon are once again running their Green Heart Trail at the Festival for one lucky festival visitor to win an amazing hamper jam-packed with the best of Devon’s food and drink! To enter, head to their stand in the Castle Courtyard where you can pick up an entry form. Then look out for …
We’re all greedy foodies at Toby’s Garden Festival, and that’s why we always go the extra millefeuille when choosing who we want cooking up the street food for our visitors. We want it to be quality, local, and of course, very tasty, while offering a range of hot and cold options – suited to whatever …
