Jump on a train to Starcross and visit this year’s Festival on Fri 2 and Sat 3 May at Powderham Castle to grab a free packet of wild meadow seeds at the Meadow in My Garden stand. The seed giveaway is sponsored by Official Travel Sponsors GWR. What you might not know is that GWR has been greening up …
Sometimes things come together in perfect harmony. We were delighted to receive a really lovely gift of 200 lovely old terracotta pots from local Cornish resident Susie Williams. Susie loves the festival and the RNLI, so we have come up with a wonderful way to raise money with them. Come and visit the RNLI stand …
We really couldn’t be happier that Great Western Railway is all aboard as sponsors of the festival! GWR serves the South West and beyond, including Devon, Dorset, South Wales, the Cotswolds, reaching as far as London and Cornwall with some of the prettiest lines in Britain-we think. So, it’s a marriage made in heaven, because GWR takes you right up to Starcross, …
Few plants are as easy to fall in love with as streptocarpus.These endearing pot-plants look every bit as glamorous as orchids, but they are so easy to grow. We are delighted to welcome to the festival Dibleys, the company and Welsh nursery acknowledged to have done more than possibly any other to popularise the plant …
There’s nothing better than being able to go to your kitchen window or step outside your door and find an array of tastes to inspire you and to add flavour to any dish. New to the garden festival this year are Neil and Niamh Jones who own and run the Kitchen Garden Centre and they will be …
As part of our Food Drink Devon collab, Barny Butterfield, the apple tree and cider champ-founder of Sandford Orchards (Cider done Right) is joining us at the Festival on Friday 2 May. For someone with such a vast knowledge of cider, he’s a remarkable raconteur! Not only that he’s very busy – mapping and preserving …
In a first for Toby’s Garden Festival, visitors will have access to legal advice on a whole range of garden and land issues in 2025. We’ve teamed up with local legal eagles, WBW Solicitors, our festival sponsors and well-established legal and financial services firm who will be on hand with knowledgable experts who can help. …
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 …
