Thrilling news! For the first time in the history of the festival, Amateur Gardening is joining us with a pop-advice Garden Advice & Inspiration Centre. Stuck for advice for a plant in a dark corner? Or pest that just won’t go away? Bring your questions and pics of your problem places and plants to be …
Due to popular demand we’ve expanded our bespoke willow weaving course run by award-winning artist Jo Sadler. Fest goers can now book for both Friday 2nd or Saturday 3rd of May for 2hr30 minute session of willow creation inside Powderham Castle. We’ve also teamed up with other craft and gardening experts for our brand-new programme …
Fest host Toby Buckland, famous for his self-styled ‘non-award-winning BBC radio show’ has scooped the top honour of Gardening Columnist of the Year 2024 from the Garden Media Guild at their prestigious awards bash, at London’s Savoy Hotel. The award-winning column appears each fortnight in Amateur Gardening Magazine and was chosen for its entertainment, sound …
Brainchild of Paul Jupp from Meadow in My Garden and soil health Guru Eddie Bailey from the RhizoPhyllia School of Gardening, the Lab is a focus for all gardeners keen to look after Nature and the soil. Each day of the Fest the knowledgeable duo are running free hands-on workshops, showing how to choose the …
Friends of the Fest and pond, lake and water feature wizards DU Waterscapes scooped two top awards at the Aquascapes Pondomonium trade show from a field of 1500 international entrants in Chicago. Head Honcho Dan Upsher won ‘Conservationist of the Year’ for his work creating and educating others about enhancing biodiversity in our gardens, …
We are delighted to confirm Exeter firm Hawksmoor Investment Management are to sponsor our VIP offering for a fifth year at Powderham Castle in May 2025. With offices in Exeter, London, Taunton, Dorchester and Bury St Edmunds, Hawksmoor is a growing specialist investment and fund management business, specialising in providing high quality discretionary management services …
Pack your wicker baskets, totes and shopping trolleys! You’re going to need them, because we have lined up a brilliant array of plant nurseries this year, including old favourites and fantastic newbies. New to Toby’s Garden Festival for 2024, we’re joined by the Cornish Rose Farm and pond plant specialists, DU Waterscapes. Chelsea Flowershow …
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Lisa B’s picked her favourite highlights from this year’s festival for Muddy Stilettos Devon. Read it all here: Dibbers poised for the best spring flowershow in the West! Muddy’s here with the inside track on the celebrity gardeners and prizes planned for their 10th birthday at Powderham Castle. Who’s in need of a blast of …
Some of the finest award winning roses in the west will be waiting for festival visitors – thanks to the passion of rose grower extraordinary Kevin Smith. Kevin owns and runs the Cornish Rose Farm in Mitchell just outside of Newquay on Cornwall’s north coast where he grows 100,000 roses of every type. “ We’ll …
