Powderham Castle

Toby's Garden Festival set for lift off

Toby Buckland’s Garden Festival returns to Powderham Castle with some of the country’s best plant specialists, gardening stars and plenty of delicious local food, craft, live music and fun.

Gardens come in all sizes and whether you have an acre or a window box, a bare square of earth or a shady spot, you can grow a beautiful garden. Let your creativity take root at Toby Buckland’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle and soak up inspiration from amazing and colourful nurseries, demonstrations and gardening experts. Nowhere else in the South West can you find such diversity of...

Toby Buckland's Garden Festival line-up announced

Toby Buckland, horticulturalist, writer and TV presenter is pleased to announce the line-up for his 2016 Garden Festival at Powderham Castle, near Exeter.

The festival will take place over two days, Friday 29th April and Saturday 30th April, 10am-5pm

This year’s fluorescent Festival line up provides well dug gardening expertise along with pots of entertainment.

Toby Buckland, Festival MC, a twinkle in the eye and a merry horticultural quip at the ready, whose ambition is to sail a garden shed down the River Exe. His career has taken him from Devon nurseryman, to...

Michaelmas Fair comes to Powderham

Powderham Castle, the family seat of the Earl and Countess of Devon, is the setting for this year’s Michaelmas Fair, which is hosted by ABF The Soldiers’ Charity. The Soldiers’ Charity is the National Charity of the British Army.

The Fair will be a chance to undertake some early Christmas shopping whilst enjoying the grandiose surroundings of the Castle. The Music Room is just one of the many rooms that will be housing stalls selling jewellery, accessories, china, cards, clothing, soft furnishings, books, Christmas puddings, handbags, and a wide range of gifts.

All proceeds...

Knockout day for FORCE

The FORCE Cancer Charity It’s A Knockout event on a gloriously sunny day at Powderham Castle was a huge success.

More than 70 teams of 10 took part in some amazing fancy dress costumes.

They tackled 12 obstacles over the course of the day, many of them involving giant inflatables, water and foamy bubbles.

Teams were awarded points for their performance as well as the amount of money raised for FORCE from sponsorship.

The overall champions were The PE Warriors from St Peter’s School in Exeter but everyone who took part was a winner.

FORCE Head of...

Music in the Castle

Event Date: 
18/09/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Powderham Castle, Kenton

Music in the Castle : Handel’s first year in Italy -1707

Alison Burnett – Soprano, With Simon Kodurand & Julie Hill – Violins; Clare Garton-Sprenger – Cello; George Pratt – Continuo

Music includes:

Salve Regina; Haec est Regina Virginum; Alpestre Monte; Tu fedel,tu costante Trio Sonatas HWV 391 & HWV 392

A programme of music, celebrating some of the stunning writing of Handel in 1707 – his first year in Italy. Writing prolifically at this time for the soprano voice and strings, this concert will present works both sacred and secular, showing the...

Pirates and Mermaids Weekend

Event Date: 
23/08/2015 - 10:00am to 31/08/2015 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Powderham Castle

The Pocketwatch crew and Captain Jack bring the summer themes to a close with another visit. They may be joined by a mystical sea nymph from the ocean but she can’t stay on land for long. This is your opportunity to ask a mermaid a question – you may find out some surprising things!

Don’t forget we are open Saturday 29th August.

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....

Robin Hood Week

Event Date: 
09/08/2015 - 10:00am to 14/08/2015 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Powderham Castle

Get ready for some swashbuckling Pocketwatch action with our merry men…and women! What silly taxes will the dreadful Sheriff of Powderham levy this week? Will you help Robin Hood and Maid Marian as they try to spoil his plans?

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.

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Hijacked Festival

Event Date: 
30/05/2015 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
Powderham Castle

Hijacked Festival heads to enchanting Powderham Castle for its 2015 Exeter event

Historic venue hosts one-day celebration of music and arts

One-day music and culture festival Hijacked Festival has announced its venue for Saturday May 30th – the picturesque grounds of Powderham Castle, the 600-year old home of the Earl and Countess of Devon.

Exeter’s historic Powderham Castle, which stands in a beautiful deer park on the banks of the Exe estuary, plays host to the city’s second visit from Hijacked Festival – the nomadic electronic music and creativity-embracing...

Toby Buckland's Garden Festival‏ at Powderham Castle is back!

After the success of last year, Toby Buckland's Garden Festival at Powderham Castle is back and bigger than ever on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd May!

There will be explosive 'daytime fireworks' with coloured smoke and showering steamers down from the Gate House. Toby and the Countess of Devon will be cutting the ribbon.

Teign Trees will be swining from the trees at the entrance of the castle! There will also be live music from the Cataclews and much more.

Topsham Flower Club are decorating the Chapel at Powderham with incredible flower arrangements themed on the work...

Flog It! heads for Powderham Castle

The popular BBC One antiques programme Flog It! presented by Paul Martin, is set to visit Powderham Castle in Kenton on Thursday 7 May 2015. Flog It! - the major BBC antiques show is now on its fourteenth series and regularly achieves an audience of over two million viewers in its weekday afternoon slot. Powderham Castle, the home to the Earl and Countess of Devon near Exeter will be hosting the Flog It! valuation day. Rather like a treasure hunt, members of the public are invited to bring along up to three antiques and collectables they might be interested in selling.

Once valued...

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