Soil, the backbone to any garden and the key ingredient that will either help or hinder your chances of achieving crop after bumper crop of flowers and vegetables. Fresh from his travels in America researching pioneering and innovative ideas surrounding soil management, Joshua Sparkes, the new head gardener at Forde Abbey will be sharing his …
Toby’s Garden Harvest Festival is in the running to win the “UK’s Favourite Flower and Garden Show” award! Toby’s Garden Harvest Festival has been chosen by the UK’s leading holiday rentals site HolidayLettings.co.uk (owned by TripAdvisor) as one of the final 12 competitors in the running to be named the UK’s Favourite Flower and …
It was fun and games and dancing in the rain on Friday 27th April at Toby’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle at Kenton near Exeter! Children from the local primary school cut the ribbon, ably assisted by Lord and Lady Devon, Toby and Radio Devon’s David Fitzgerald to welcome more than 5000 visitors onto a …
In these days of power tools and mass production one Devon business continues to pioneer traditional hand tool methods of makings things. Sallerton Wood is 10 acres of beautiful mixed deciduous woodland with a stream running through it near Launceston, close to the River Tamar on the Devon and Cornwall border. Owner Andy Moreton and …
Our second speaker zone this year is the new Sow, Grow & Cook Tipi. Located on the North Lawn of the Castle, overlooking the picturesque deer park and Exe estuary in the distance, this demo tipi is new for 2018 and showcases gardening experts, growers and chefs who are here to share their tips for …
All the times for both days including Terry Walton, Anne Swithinbank, Serena de la Hey, Radio Devon’s Q&A and Toby in the Speakers Marquee on the Rose Lawn are now online here All the times for both days in the Sow, Grow & Cook Tipi are now online here
Candide is off to its first UK garden event this month with an exciting exhibit at the popular Toby’s Garden Festival in Exeter, Devon held on 27th/28th April 2018. Throughout the festival, the Candide team will be hosting talks and in-app tutorials as well as sharing knowledge, know-how and experiences. Each visitor to Toby’s Garden …
We are thrilled to announce Anne Swithinbank as our new Friday speaker! It seems especially fitting as we celebrate our fifth anniversary, as Anne was the first speaker at our first ever Garden Festival back in 2012. Anne who is well known to fans of the long-running Radio 4 programme Gardeners’ Question Time, started growing …
We have loads to inspire and entertain children and families this year, located all around the site and on both days of the festival. Our Curious Gardener Marquee returns along with CREST (Conservation Rural Skills & Training) who are revealing the secrets of how plants can grow without soil in water – aka hydroponics. TrailArt …
