Toby's twelve books have been translated into 13 languages.
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Signed copies are available upon request.
![]() The Multifarious Mr Banks
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) was one of the most influential yet now overlooked figures of the British Enlightenment who travlled with James Cook, founded Kew Gardens etc. He changed the world and was instrumental in laying the foundations for and shaping the development of what would become the British Commonwealth. Paradise Gardens
![]() Plants and gardens have always been a cornerstone of all major world religions. Paradise Gardens examines, explores and interprets the divine gardens, earthly paradises and symbolic plants associated with seventeen global belief systems spanning 5,000 years.
Heritage Fruits & Vegetables![]() Tells the stories of how our favourite fruits and vegetables came to be in our gardens and introduces many old fashioned cultivars still available to grow.
Here for a video intro. Fra Vildnis til Paradis![]() Published in Denmark and based around our garden, Fra Vildnis til Paradis is an inspirational and instructional journey that takes the reader by hand and gently reveals to them all that is needed to know to make their dream garden come true. Be it the whole garden or just a part.
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![]() Green Escapes
Many cities around the world have well-kept secrets - small hidden gardens in which it is possible to escape the concrete urban jungle for a while. Green Escapes is a revelatory guide that identifies, locates and describes 260 these most intimate of urban oases in which to revivifying and gain some inspiration. Blue Orchid & Big Tree![]() Based on much new research this is the biography of two of England’s most prolific and daring plant hunters, the Cornish brothers William and Thomas Lobb. Who, in the heyday of Victorian garden mania they spent almost 30 years collecting for the great nursery of James Veitch & Sons.
The Head Gardeners![]() 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.
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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