Tom Hart-Dyke - From Captivity to a Castle
Plant hunter, horticulturist and gardening TV presenter
The hazardous and colourful story of Tom Hart Dyke, plant hunter, who first shot to international prominence in the year 2000, when he was kidnapped in the Colombian jungle on a plant hunting expedition that went dangerously wrong.
On the day the guerrillas told him he would die, he planned a world garden for his ancestral home Lullingstone Castle, Kent. Since his release from captivity, Tom has been busy building the ‘World’ in his back
Performance: 7.30pm (doors open 6.45pm)
Tickets: £14.00 (Friends £12.00)
Festival Drayton Centre, Frogmore Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9 3AX
Fri 30 Jun 2017