If you’ve never enjoyed an autumn visit to Forde Abbey, the venue of our new Toby’s Garden and Harvest Festival next September, then our preview video offers just a glimpse of what you’ve been missing.

The 30 acres of award winning gardens tucked away in the Dorset countryside have been praised as being one of the greatest gardens in the West Country.

As you’ll see from the video Toby made on a visit to the abbey, the gardens are a delight in autumn, full of stunning late season colour and beauty.

These outstanding gardens will provide the setting for the new garden and harvest festival on September 16th and 17th next year.

Festival host Toby Buckland visited the former the Cistercian monastery to show just what the venue will have to offer for visitors to what promises to be one of the gardening highlights of next year.

The video can be found on the homepage of our website www.tobygardenfest.co.uk