Toby's eight books have been translated into 13 languages.
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Signed copies are available upon request.
Please click on the thumbnails to visit the appropriate Amazon.co.uk page.
Signed copies are available upon request.
Heritage Fruits & Vegetables
Tells the stories of how our favourite fruits and vegetables came to be in our gardens and introduces many of the finest heritage varieties that are still available to grow.
| The Head Gardeners
Tells the story the forgotten heroes of horticulture. Sir this, Lord that, and Earl the other took the credit, but it was these extraordinary men, often poorly paid and poorly treated, yet in command of fifty or more staff and an annual budget equivalent to millions in today’s terms who actually did the work and made so many gardens great.
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Fra Vildnis til Paradis
Published in Denmark and based around our garden, Fra Vildnis til Paradis takes the reader by hand and gently encourages, inspires, instructs. It reveals to them all that is needed to know to make their dream garden come true. | Seven Deadly Sins of Gardening
Pride and Humility, Avarice and Generosity, Envy and Love, Wrath and Kindness, Lust and Self Control, Gluttony and Temperance, Sloth and Zeal. Both the sins and virtues displayed by many of eccentric, dedicated, obsessive, visionary, and just plain weird individuals who gave their emotions full rein in their gardens
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Cottage Gardens
Imbued with a sense of romance and idealized by writers and painters, there is no style of garden more emotive and evocative. Cottage Gardens offers 16 original designs. Each designs is presented in perspective with a planting plan and explanation.
| Courtyard Gardens
An inspirational guide to help you create the perfect courtyard space that will suit your tastes, lifestyle, and pocket, Courtyard Gardens offers 18 original plans, inspired by history and theme. Additionally there are sections offing exciting ideas on ‘The Framework Elements’, ‘Decorative Features’ and ‘Plants’.
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An Empire of Plants
This is the compelling, exciting and honest account of how six plant crops - tobacco, sugar, cotton, tea, opium, quinine and rubber quite literally changed the world. Between them sparked the slave trade, caused wars, brought down Governments, gave birth to today's only superpower, fuelled colonialism and stimulated technological innovation.
| The Plant Hunters
Meet ten of the most influential explorer-botanists and journey with them to remote and beautiful lands, many never previously visited by Westerners. Their adventures are told as they discovery literally thousands of new plants species. Learn how 'their' plants shaped Western garden fashions for over 200 years - plants which today we take for granted.
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