The sun came out and more than 6000 gardeners flooded through the gates of Powderham Castle in Kenton near Exeter on the first Spring Bank Holiday weekend for broadcaster Toby Buckland’s sixth Garden Festival. Visitors came from as far away as Australia to watch The Earl and Countess of Devon cut the ribbon assisted by …
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Share in the passion of growing great tasting, exceptional vegetables with Joy Michaud of Sea Spring Seeds Joy Michaud has a passion when it comes to growing vegetables. Her view is, ‘ Why grow an ordinary vegetable when you can grow an outstanding one?’ At Toby’s Garden Fest she will be sharing this passion through …
Tina Parkes of the British Academy of Floral Art looks back at the origins of this fashionable festival headgear The flower crown is a hugely popular design, not only trending for weddings and festivals they have been featured this year on fashion catwalks and in fashion retailers, including White Stuff. So what is the inspiration …
It’s not every newsagent that sells gin but amongst the newspapers and sweets, Moretonhampstead newsagent Larry sells Britain’s favourite spirit. Unusual perhaps but Papillon Gin is made about two minutes walk from his shop and is the first and only gin distilled within Dartmoor National Park. It is a delicious delicate gin with citrus and …
It sounds impossible but some plants are really available to live without soil and apparently on air, namely Tillandsia – a genus of plants commonly known as, well… Air Plants. Andy’s Air Plants from Newlyn in Cornwall is fast gaining a reputation for these unusual plants and nursery owner Andrew Gavin will be giving a …
We’ve teamed up with the lovely people at Whetman Pinks, renowned Devon breeders of scented dianthus, to give away a free plant when you buy an online ticket in advance today! We have 1000 to give away but don’t dilly-dally as they won’t last long! Bring your ticket along to the festival on 3rd and …
More than 400 floral crowns to be given away at Toby’s Garden Festival Want to feel like a King – or Queen – of the castle for the day and get yourself crowned into the bargain? Then get yourself down to Powderham Castle, near Exeter, for Toby’s Garden Festival on 3rd and 4th May. Here …
