It’s been another busy and exciting week here at twool HQ – we’ve been busy bees preparing stock in time for the rather marlvellous Toby Buckland Garden Festival at Powderham Castle at the end of the month!
The theme of this year’s show is ‘Big Ideas for Small Spaces’ – which is particularly fitting as you’ll get a BIG festival in our very own SMALL neck of the woods! It’s a fab show – all the gardening know how and advice you could possibly want, surrounded by locally grown produce, homemade cake and a gorgeous setting of Powderham Castle to boot! Can’t say fairer than that!
We also happen to be launching our own BIG idea for a SMALL space with our range of Prop it n Crop it – heritage Thomas Etty seeds and colouful twool combos to suit any garden (even tiny patios or not-actually-garden-balconies!) What will you grow? Purple podded peas to parade? Or how about sweet pea posies to wow your mum?
AND – I know, I know, it just keeps getting better and better! – you can check out the range of our Dartmoor wool bags, bakers crafting twine and a stronger, better-than-jute traditional garden string for *any* sustainable gardener 🙂
The *best* thing about the Garden Festival this year is that we’ll be sharing our stand with the brilliant Andrew! He’s our wool merchant and a thoroughly all round decent chap!!! So why not stock up on premium woolly wool? He’ll be exhibiting a range of fantastic wool tops, undyed wool and UK spun yarns. If you want to read more about the great work Andrew does, check out his website.
All the info you might need about the show – including on how to buy tickets in advance as well as how to get there, can be found here. Do come along, it’s the most beautiful setting and, even if it rains, Kim and Andrew will bring you a little sunshine if you pop and say hello to them on the stand! 🙂
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I must be the only bod on the planet that hasn’t watched Les Mis!!! Those of you who know me KNOW that I love a good musical! SOOOOO with Rod and Charlotte away, I decided to pour myself a massive GnT and get to grips… The first 10 mins… oh, challenging… the next 10 mins… oh, …
Queen’s University Belfast have been experimenting with sustainable alternatives to synthetic ropes used in the fishing industry. The experiment uses our very own Dartmoor whiteface sheeps wool ropes to grow kelp. This project investigates the efficacy of ‘more sustainable’ natural substrata for seeding and farming kelp species with the aim to reduce our reliance on …
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Garden Festival Delights
It’s been another busy and exciting week here at twool HQ – we’ve been busy bees preparing stock in time for the rather marlvellous Toby Buckland Garden Festival at Powderham Castle at the end of the month!
The theme of this year’s show is ‘Big Ideas for Small Spaces’ – which is particularly fitting as you’ll get a BIG festival in our very own SMALL neck of the woods! It’s a fab show – all the gardening know how and advice you could possibly want, surrounded by locally grown produce, homemade cake and a gorgeous setting of Powderham Castle to boot! Can’t say fairer than that!
We also happen to be launching our own BIG idea for a SMALL space with our range of Prop it n Crop it – heritage Thomas Etty seeds and colouful twool combos to suit any garden (even tiny patios or not-actually-garden-balconies!) What will you grow? Purple podded peas to parade? Or how about sweet pea posies to wow your mum?
AND – I know, I know, it just keeps getting better and better! – you can check out the range of our Dartmoor wool bags, bakers crafting twine and a stronger, better-than-jute traditional garden string for *any* sustainable gardener 🙂
The *best* thing about the Garden Festival this year is that we’ll be sharing our stand with the brilliant Andrew! He’s our wool merchant and a thoroughly all round decent chap!!! So why not stock up on premium woolly wool? He’ll be exhibiting a range of fantastic wool tops, undyed wool and UK spun yarns. If you want to read more about the great work Andrew does, check out his website.
All the info you might need about the show – including on how to buy tickets in advance as well as how to get there, can be found here. Do come along, it’s the most beautiful setting and, even if it rains, Kim and Andrew will bring you a little sunshine if you pop and say hello to them on the stand! 🙂
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