Spring is on its way (any day now!) and we can’t wait to meet the fabulous nurseries joining us at Powderham Castle on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 April. As always, they’ll be bringing a cornucopia of British nursery-grown shrubs, perennials, trees and house plants for sale, along with the benefit of their huge knowledge, …
Sally Morgan, editor of the Soil Association’s Organic Farming magazine is talking at Toby’s Garden Festival on Saturday 29 April on the topic of coping with a changing climate. Sally will look at how we can make our gardens more resilient to the challenges of climate change, including how to look after our soils, coping …
Adrian Gray is the pioneer of stonebalancing art – the gravity-defying practice of balancing stones one on top of the other to create garden sculptures. The stones he uses range in size from small tactile rocks to massive granite boulders, and Adrian will be talking about his inspiration and the process of weathering the stone, lifting them by crane into their …
When it comes to country garden flowers which take your breath away with their beauty, then visitors to the festival need look no further than returning exhibitor Amelia’s Flower Farm. The floral business is named after owner and grower Amelia Cooper- Smith whose two-acre farm at Combeinteignhead near Newton Abbot grows flowers and foliage naturally …
If you love hostas or would like to know more about them, then there’s a real treat for you at Toby’s Garden Festival when first time exhibitor Somerset specialist grower Mike Hopkins will have a selection of his 226 varieties of the popular plant on sale, and will also be sharing his growing tips in …
At last! Warmer days and the opportunity for outdoor eating are on their way. Husband and wife team Zowie and Gareth Rees will be waiting at Toby’s Garden Festival to tempt you with their designer outdoor kitchens, part of their high profile premium outdoor eating equipment which ranges from fridges and fire pits to outdoor …
Rob Vincent plans to wow visitors to the festival with a spectacular array of his specialist houseplants. Rob is owner of Hutch House Plants who runs Exeter’s only dedicated houseplant store and is a first time exhibitor at Powderham. He is an all-round houseplant expert who provides and cares for plants at shops, businesses and …
Having a few hens in the garden or on the allotment is more popular today than almost any other time in history. There is a chance to learn more about the benefits of keeping chickens at Toby’s Garden Festival where Nestera, specialists in high quality chicken coops and ‘Chickens to your Door’ will be exhibiting …
Speaker news! Adam Alexander, author of The Seed Detective – Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable vegetables, is joining us on Friday 28 April to share his intimate knowledge of veg from around the globe. In his talk ‘Meetings with Remarkable Vegetables’, he celebrates the special qualities of these rare and endangered varieties along with why …
Festival visitors will be the first to see and purchase sensational drought-resistant plants from one of the country’s newest nurseries: Primal Plants. Toby’s Garden Festival will be the first show at which plants grown by nursery owner, Christine Arlford, will be on sale – a delight to those who want to add specialist plants into …
