After last year’s outstanding success, Toby Buckland’s Garden Festival is back at Powderham Castle on Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd May and heralds a new style of gardening show, combining expert horticultural knowledge with plenty of delicious local food, craft, live music and family fun - a great day out for everyone.
10 Things ………..
1. It’s a festival!
“I love a party,” says Toby, “for me the festival is a giant garden party where I can invite some of my favourite friends to speak and share their vast knowledge but there’s plenty more going on too, it’s a place...
Lord and Lady Courtenay (Charlie and AJ) will be attending the Re-interment of King Richard III today (Thursday 26 March 2015) at Leicester Cathedral.
Charlie will be representing his father, the 18th Earl of Devon, who has been invited to attend as a ‘Bosworth Peer’ – one of 15 representatives from the Houses of York and Lancaster descended from the principal protagonists in the Wars of the Roses.
Organisers of the Re-interment, the Dean and Chapter of Leicester Cathedral, assisted by the Garter Principal King of Arms, have researched and invited families descended from...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious collision involving two buses and a motorcycle in Kenton.
The collision happened at around 7.30pm yesterday (Tuesday 3 March) on the A379 between the Powderham turning and Kenton village.
A double-decker bus and grey Yamaha motorcycle were travelling from Exeter towards Dawlish, and a single-decker bus was travelling in the opposite direction at the time of the incident.
As a result of the collision, the 49-year-old male motorcyclist, from Exeter, suffered serious arm and leg injuries which are considered life–...
Thick As Thieves presents…Hijacked Festival 2015 || Exeter
Presenting an eclectic music lineup that showcases the UK’s most diverse underground sounds, Hijacked Festival 2015 | Exeter takes an adventure into electronic music’s rich history, delving into techno, adventuring through the many faces of house, and reliving the evolution of bass.
Unique techno-tinged talent Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs plays a DJ set, pioneering producer Artwork appears, jungle forefather Congo Natty appears, plus critically acclaimed bass explorationists Dark Sky and nu-deep house party...
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (DJ set), Artwork, Congo Natty, Dark Sky, Disciples and Mak & Pasteman, Eli & Fur, Last Magpie, Nanci and Phoebe, and more announced for Hijacked Festival 2015 Exeter… Presenting an eclectic music lineup that showcases the UK’s most diverse underground sounds, Hijacked Festival 2015 | Exeter takes an adventure into electronic music’s rich history, delving into techno, adventuring through the many faces of house, and reliving the evolution of bass. Unique techno-tinged talent Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs plays a DJ set, pioneering producer...
The amazing chocolatier returns with his tasty team from Pocketwatch Theatre who have affection for perfection in confection! There is plenty to see and you can discover the science behind sweets and chocolates. Don’t forget the castle is open on Saturday 4th April.
This event is included in a child's standard admission. (Children returning with a free return ticket or a discounted ticket may take part in our themed activity for £2.50)
Themed Activity provided by Jonty Depp and Pocketwatch Theatre.
A total of 150 exhibitors have snapped up the available space Toby Buckland’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle, four months before the event, which takes place on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd May.
The annual two-day Garden Festival was launched last year by horticulturalist, nursery owner and TV presenter Toby Buckland, and was an immediate success, drawing around 8000 visitors, with several exhibitors having to restock several times during the event to keep up with demand.
The new festival showcases many local nurseries from the Westcountry who otherwise are overshadowed...
Toby Buckland’s annual garden festival at Powderham Castle, Devon, is fast becoming recognised as one of the most important events of its kind in the South West, attracting celebrity gardening experts and providing an annual rendezvous for enthusiastic gardeners and award-winning regional nurseries.
Next year's festival on 1 and 2 May will be a bigger event with the same mixture of some of the country’s best plant specialists plus gardening craft and equipment stalls, entertainment and high quality local food producers.
Horticulturist, writer, TV presenter and new President...
This festival is now becoming an established event in every 'foodies' calendar.
Saturday 4 October 10-5pm
Heading the lineup:
Jane Baxter – ex head chef Riverford Field Kitchen Jane Baxter is a chef and food writer. She trained at the Carved Angel under Joyce Molyneux before moving to the River Café. After a stint travelling and cooking around the world, in 2005 she set up the acclaimed Riverford Field Kitchen in Devon. She is co-author of the Riverford Farm Cookbook and Recipes for Everyday and Sunday. Currently based in south Devon, her latest book, co-written...
