We always love to get your feedback and know what you thought of your visit to the Garden Festival, and hear back from you on what we can do to improve or what you would like to see at the next one! To that end, we are currently working on a feedback form which will be up …
We are delighted to announce our new flower farming demo’s at Toby’s Garden & Harvest Festival at Forde Abbey on 16th and 17th September with Grace Alexander Flowers. Grace Alexander is a psychologist and Somerset flower farmer and describes herself as “committed to growing happiness, one packet of British flower seed at a time”. Grace grows …
More than 6000 garden lovers flooded through the gates of Powderham Castle for Toby’s fourth Garden Festival last Friday 28th and Saturday 29th April to see the historic Castle Courtyard, Rose Lawn and Deer Park magically come into bloom with the arrival of more than 190 specialist plant nurseries, arts and crafts and artisan food …
Doors are open for the Festival from 10am to 5pm both days! We are thrilled to have Charlie and AJ, the Earl and Countess of Devon, cutting the ribbon at 10am on Friday with Toby and Pippa Greenwood leading the countdown. Be sure to arrive in good time to enjoy the fun! Just a reminder the …
Another first for Toby’s Garden Festivals – Powderkeg’s Devonly Social Bar. Selling only those drinks brewed, distilled, fermented, produced within the county, this is the ultimate Devon drinking experience! Devon now produces a wonderful range of award winning drinks and leading the way in the botanical sense are Devon gins – from Devon Distilleries …
From her workshop on the Devon/Cornwall border Gill Dubey of Potting Shed Ceramics combines her two loves, ceramics and gardening. Many years ago Gill studied ceramics at Ravensbourne College of Art & Design, near London and her life’s journey has now found her working as a gardener for several customers in the West Country as well as …
Toby’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle has been named as one of ‘23 Best Garden Shows of 2017’ by The Sunday Telegraph. Writing in the British broadsheet on Sunday 12th March, garden writer Bunny Guinness placed Toby’s Garden Festival alongside RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Chaumont near Paris and the International Garden Festival in Berlin. …
“It’s an addiction,” says Dartmoor beekeeper Peter Hunt. “One I have had since I was 12 years-old. I really liked the beekeeper’s white suit and the veiled hat and helped out my friend’s dad as his “Smoker Boy”, an important role in beekeeping.” By the time he was in his teens Peter had his own …
We look forward to welcoming professional Spanish guitarist and composer Mark Barnwell to the GardenFest at Powderham on Saturday 29th. Mark who you’d have heard at the Festival if you’ve joined us before is based in South East Cornwall and is a dynamic live performer. Mark’s repertoire includes Latin, Flamenco, contemporary and World Fusion as well as traditional Spanish guitar …
Gardening often results in a glut of produce and your freezer might become full with your family and friends refusing to eat another beetroot or parsnip. If that happens Julie Harrison of Wonderful Fermented Vegetables suggests you try fermenting some of your veg. Fermenting is one of the ways we have preserved vegetables for hundreds …
