Fun fact! Did you know that dry stone walling has again this year topped the popularity lists when it comes to interest in rural crafts? We are delighted to bring this ancient craft to Toby’s Garden Festival for the first time in the form of demonstrations and workshops on both days at Powderham. Interest in this …
Fest host Toby Buckland, famous for his self-styled ‘non-award-winning BBC radio show’ has scooped the top honour of Gardening Columnist of the Year 2024 from the Garden Media Guild at their prestigious awards bash, at London’s Savoy Hotel. The award-winning column appears each fortnight in Amateur Gardening Magazine and was chosen for its entertainment, sound …
Brainchild of Paul Jupp from Meadow in My Garden and soil health Guru Eddie Bailey from the RhizoPhyllia School of Gardening, the Lab is a focus for all gardeners keen to look after Nature and the soil. Each day of the Fest the knowledgeable duo are running free hands-on workshops, showing how to choose the …
Scything, the ancient art of grass, crop and weed cutting using a long curving blade, is very much in fashion in gardens these days. Considered to be better than strimmers for the lawn, silent so not annoying the neighbours, the art of scything is coming to Toby’s Garden Fest at Powderham Castle for the first …
Friends of the Fest and pond, lake and water feature wizards DU Waterscapes scooped two top awards at the Aquascapes Pondomonium trade show from a field of 1500 international entrants in Chicago. Head Honcho Dan Upsher won ‘Conservationist of the Year’ for his work creating and educating others about enhancing biodiversity in our gardens, …
On a beautiful autumn evening, Toby joined the gardeners of Stoke Gabriel for the inaugural meeting of their Pocket Meadow Project. The seed was sown by Toby’s Garden Fest 2024, where the project was originally launched by Toby and Paul Jupp of Meadow in My Garden. The idea is to share seeds that will bloom …
Toby’s Garden Festival is back for our 11th year, not so much with a bang, as with a begonia (or maybe a brugmansia)! We return on the first Spring Bank Holiday of the year, Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd May 2025, at Powderham Castle in the village of Kenton, just outside Exeter. Come and join …
We are delighted to confirm Exeter firm Hawksmoor Investment Management are to sponsor our VIP offering for a fifth year at Powderham Castle in May 2025. With offices in Exeter, London, Taunton, Dorchester and Bury St Edmunds, Hawksmoor is a growing specialist investment and fund management business, specialising in providing high quality discretionary management services …
We’re over the moon to announce that online wine merchant, Wickhams, returns as a festival sponsor in 2025, popping the cork on a whole range of exciting wine from Devon England and beyond for festival visitors. Wickham’s owner Dan Farrell-Wright will once again be hosting the wine zone in the Castle Dining Room where you can …
We’re thrilled to announce that Frances Tophill, is joining us as our celeb speaker in 2025! Known for presenting on Gardeners’ World and ITV’s Love Your Garden, Frances travels all over the country to create surprise transformations to the outdoor spaces of some very deserving people. She works on a number of community gardening projects …
