The touch paper was lit on spring at Toby’s Garden Festival on 29 and 30 April with two days of flowery fun and inspirational talks at Powderham Castle, Kenton near Exeter. The sun shone and over 5,500 visitors flocked through the 14th century castle’s gates, home to Charlie and AJ Courtenay, Earl and Countess of …
Need a helping hand around the festival site this year? We try and make the ancient castle grounds as accessible as possible, avoiding flights of steps, and staying on hard ground, That said, the festival site does cover a large area, so we lay on two extra means of transport – the Castle tractor-train to …
We love food as much as we love plants here at Toby’s Garden Fest and take huge care to curate our street food and local food producer offering. This year many of our favourite foodies return, along with a few new ones, offering everything from sea food, to pizza, local meat, veggie goodies, along with …
Not long now until Toby’s Garden Festival pops up for two flower-filled days at Powderham Castle, and if you’re coming along for the plants, you won’t be disappointed! Here’s who is joining us on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 April… Buy your advance tickets from £12 here (Tea in the Castle tickets now sold out). …
If you’re crackers for local cheese, then don’t miss the Sharpham Cheese & Wine Pop-up, back for its second year at Toby’s Garden Festival. Greg, Nicky and the Sharpham team are reviving their gorgeous foodie offering in front of the Artisan Barn, offering a chance for visitors to buy and try their artisan, handmade cheese, …
Good news for 2022! After a hiatus last year, when we couldn’t run the Artisan Barn due to Covid, it’s back bigger and better than ever. We are delighted with our wonderful curated range of art, craft and handmade jewellery, much of it local to Devon and the West Country. Plus, we have our outdoor …
For 2022, we’ve expanded our new Heritage Wood Crafts Zone, where you can watch Devon craftspeople at work, using ancient skills and traditional tools to make household, gardenware and charcoal. John Williamson of Dartmoor Woodcraft makes stave baskets, identified by the Heritage Crafts Association (HCA) as a critically endangered craft which use pre-industrial green woodworking …
Shopping basket at the ready? We’ve got a blooming great line-up of nursery exhibitors joining us at Toby’s Garden Festival on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 April at Powderham Castle. These wonderful growers will be offering a huge array of quality, local-raised plants for your garden. Everything from cottage garden plants, to exotics, climbers, clematis, …
Gardener and smallholder Sally Morgan delves into a myriad of ways to create a healthy, biodiverse growing space packed with vegetables and flowers fueled by a healthy soil. She provides plenty of ideas on how to improve your soil, mix up your planting, try different rotations, attract pollinators and natural predators plus manage pests and …
