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 …
Barny Butterfield, the charismatic founder of Sandford Orchards (Cider done Right) joins our speakers line-up on Friday 3rd of May, sharing his work on mapping Devon’s ancient and precious orchards and reviving varieties on the brink of extinction. As we all know, science, ecology and walking around a festival can be thirsty work so as …
Inspirational writer and allotmenteer Olga returns to our Fest speaker line-up, sharing her knowledge, enthusiasm and tricks for a productive and pretty allotment. As anyone who has checked out her @lovely_plot accounts on X or Insta, will know, Olga is a breath of joyous fresh air and someone who loves colour and creativity. She’s also …
We’re proud to announce that Toby Buckland Garden Festival is the first Garden show and one of just a few major events to be awarded Carbon Neutral status. We’ve always worked hard to reduce our impact on the environment, seeking out and sourcing from local sustainable suppliers but knew that there was more to do… …
We love British made things, that’s why we love our sponsor Bulldog tools! We also love give-aways and that’s why as part of our 10th anniversary Birthday Bash we’re gifting Bulldog hand tools out to a lucky audience member in each of our talks pavilions. To qualify, simply come to a talk, ask a question …
As well as lovingly grown flowers to plant in your garden, if you come to the Fest you’ll also be able to wear them on your head, thanks to the creative genius and floral millinery of the British Academy of Floral Art! The driving force behind BAFA (as the Academy is known to its friends!) …
We’ve always supported Garden clubs that come to the Fest, providing benefits including sale or return discounted tickets, close-by coach parking and more. For our 10th Birthday Bash, there’s an added incentive. Clubs and group bookings of 30 plus people will also go into a draw and the club-name that comes out of the hat …
We are going big on indoor gardening this year with terrarium creators Gardenz in a jar, wonderful Coach House Cacti, Foxy Pots and marvelous macrame magicians Jelly Knots all coming to the party. Also, indoor garden swami, purveyor of exciting plants and BBC Radio favourite, Rob Vincent of Hutch Houseplants is sharing words of wisdom …
For our tenth anniversary, Festival host Toby Buckland and Meadow in My Garden’s Paul Jupp have teamed up to launch ‘The Pocket Meadow Project’, an initiative that raises awareness of the habitat loss faced bees and other insect pollinators and gives gardeners the tools to do something about it! Everyone is invited to get involved …
Here’s our new logo designed by the clever Garden Fest Team showing the fabulous and fascinating range of speakers for our 10 year Birthday Bash. Hope you like it too!
