From her workshop on the Devon/Cornwall border Gill Dubey of Potting Shed Ceramics combines her two loves, ceramics and gardening. Many years ago Gill studied ceramics at Ravensbourne College of Art & Design, near London and her life’s journey has now found her working as a gardener for several customers in the West Country as well as …
Toby’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle has been named as one of ‘23 Best Garden Shows of 2017’ by The Sunday Telegraph. Writing in the British broadsheet on Sunday 12th March, garden writer Bunny Guinness placed Toby’s Garden Festival alongside RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Chaumont near Paris and the International Garden Festival in Berlin. …
“It’s an addiction,” says Dartmoor beekeeper Peter Hunt. “One I have had since I was 12 years-old. I really liked the beekeeper’s white suit and the veiled hat and helped out my friend’s dad as his “Smoker Boy”, an important role in beekeeping.” By the time he was in his teens Peter had his own …
We look forward to welcoming professional Spanish guitarist and composer Mark Barnwell to the GardenFest at Powderham on Saturday 29th. Mark who you’d have heard at the Festival if you’ve joined us before is based in South East Cornwall and is a dynamic live performer. Mark’s repertoire includes Latin, Flamenco, contemporary and World Fusion as well as traditional Spanish guitar …
Gardening often results in a glut of produce and your freezer might become full with your family and friends refusing to eat another beetroot or parsnip. If that happens Julie Harrison of Wonderful Fermented Vegetables suggests you try fermenting some of your veg. Fermenting is one of the ways we have preserved vegetables for hundreds …
Somerset soap makers, Emma Burlingham (pictured right) and Jess Evans will be joining us at Forde Abbey on 16th and 17th September to share the art of creating home-made soaps. Jess, head gardener at nearby Knightshayes and Emma, a forest school teacher, will share their knowledge of soap-making gleaned from their own experiences of setting up …
Readers of Country Gardener magazine now have even more reason to want to get their hands on a copy and that’s to be part of our £10,000 Thompson & Morgan Seed Giveaway! The April and May issues of the magazine contain a coupon giving readers who buy tickets to Toby’s Garden Festival on Saturday 29th April the chance to claim …
We are welcoming two new exhibitors to the Garden Festival at Powderham Castle this year both of whom take their inspiration from Nature : West Country artists Karen Thomas and Anne Mortimer. Karen describes herself as an artist who ‘creates contemporary, nature-inspired art to brighten your day and your home’. An up-and-coming artist based in Devon, …
Buy your tickets for Toby’s Garden & Harvest Festival today and get one-third off the gate price! Tickets for either day of the two-day harvest celebration at Forde Abbey in Chard, Somerset cost just £8.50 instead of the usual gate price of £12.50 if you buy in advance before 1st May. Entry to the Festival includes an opportunity …
We are delighted to announce a new and exclusive VIP experience is now available at Toby’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle this spring where you can relax and soak up the Festival atmosphere with friends, family or work colleagues. Located at the heart of the Garden Festival in the grounds of the historic castle, the …
