On 2014-05-03 21:39:23 +0000, Charlie Pridham said:

"sacha" wrote in message
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On 2014-05-03 11:50:34 +0000, Spider said:

On 03/05/2014 08:21, sacha wrote:
It looks as if the Toby Buckland Garden Festival is set to be an annual
event! It was day one yesterday, day two (and last) today. It was
extremely well attended with crowds and crowds of people, a large
variety of plant stands and others and in the extraordinarily beautiful
setting of Powderham Castle near Dawlish. When and if people are
planning next year's May Bank Holiday, I'd say this is going to be well
worth including in any garden show itinerary.



Sounds excellent. Although the show will be over when we visit later
this year, we will certainly be calling in to see TB's nursery.

How did Ray's talk go?

I think very well! Or so lots of people said afterwards. However, the
stand got so busy that I stayed there so missed the talk. ;-(
And it looks pretty certain that this will be a regular event. We saw
Toby a couple of times today and he's delighted with the way it's gone
and so is everyone involved in getting it off the ground. The entry
price is so reasonable (£5 and children under 16 go in free) that we
all think that helped pull in the crowds. For that price, people could
also tour the castle. Apparently, over 3,000 people came in yesterday
and if anything, today was busier. Originally, we had envisaged some
really small, very rural-type fair but this was sizeable but with
plenty of room to move about and a good spread of areas of interest.
There were plenty of food stalls, too! And now, if you'll excuse me,
there's a g&t with my name on it calling to me!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon


Glad it all went well, we are off to Longstock on Monday which is why
we didn't sign up for this but it sounds like you have a success on
your hands ( if we had been younger we may have considered both!)

I think it will be the same days next year, Charlie because it's a good
format. People are starting to come down for the Bank Holiday week end
but the actual days don't clash with anything big happening on the
Sunday and BH Monday. So I hope you and Liz will do it next year. I
suspect the world will go round about what a good 'do' it is so if
anything, more exhibitors and more people will come. We can go into
more detail when we meet up. Our stand was in a fabulous position in
the rose garden on the top terrace, slap in front of the castle and
overlooking the deer park, railway at Dawlish and the estuary. About
11 yesterday morning the entire herd of deer suddenly streamed into
view, galloping from right to left across the park - hundreds of them.
It was absolutely magical!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk