Background
Toby Musgrave was born on August 22, 1967, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
The University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
The University of Reading where Toby Musgrave studied.
(This is the story of the men who discovered and brought b...)
This is the story of the men who discovered and brought back a wealth of exotic new plants. Journeying through remote and beautiful lands, often in great peril, they collected the plants that shaped western garden design for 200 years. The stories are illustrated with portraits, photographs, and maps.
https://www.amazon.com/Plant-Hunters-Hundred-Adventure-Discovery/dp/0706377532/?tag=2022091-20
1998
(Exploring the story of seven plants whose discovery and c...)
Exploring the story of seven plants whose discovery and cultivation changed the destinies of countries, this book investigates the legacy of trade routes overseas, and shows how great fortunes were build on espionage, slavery, danger and conflict.
https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Plants-People-Changed-World/dp/0304354430/?tag=2022091-20
2000
(This volume features gardens inspired by courtyards, past...)
This volume features gardens inspired by courtyards, past and present, from classical gardens with statues to contemporary paths, pagodas and planting themes.
https://www.amazon.com/Country-Living-Gardener-Courtyard-Gardens/dp/1588160025/?tag=2022091-20
2001
(Toby Musgrave draws on 200 years of gardening history wit...)
Toby Musgrave draws on 200 years of gardening history with a selection of garden plans to show the contrast in traditional, romantic and plant-based design.
https://www.amazon.com/Cottage-Gardens-Romantic-Town-Country/dp/1903221757
2004
(With chapters that include Lust, Wrath, Sloth, and Glutto...)
With chapters that include Lust, Wrath, Sloth, and Gluttony, this is an amusing history of British gardening's greatest eccentrics. Recorded here are the vices, virtues, and quirks of British gardeners through the ages, particularly those who shaped the gardens of the National Trust. From the obsessive to the visionary, the eclectic to the eccentric, each chapter explores how gardeners played out their excesses, thus revealing the gardens' secrets – how and why they were created; the fortunes lavished and lost; clandestine and unorthodox uses; and hidden meanings.
https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Deadly-Sins-Gardening-Gardeners/dp/1905400462/?tag=2022091-20
2006
(A fascinating study of the great Victorian and Edwardian ...)
A fascinating study of the great Victorian and Edwardian head gardners, this book looks at a remarkable group of self-made men who transformed gardening from menial labour into a profession.
https://www.amazon.com/Head-Gardeners-Toby-Musgrave/dp/1845132831/?tag=2022091-20
2007
(Presented by season, this overview first tells the story ...)
Presented by season, this overview first tells the story of the cultivation of fruits and vegetables through the ages, and then each type is discussed: where it originated, indigenous uses and folklore, how it got its name, legends and beliefs that have become attached to it, and the odd uses to which it has been put.
https://www.amazon.com/Heritage-Fruits-Vegetables-Musgrave-Perry/dp/0500516138/?tag=2022091-20
2012
(In Blue Orchid, Big Tree, two best-selling authors explor...)
In Blue Orchid, Big Tree, two best-selling authors explore the dangerous world of William and Thomas Lobb, English brothers born in obscurity who became our greatest plant hunters, and whose precious legacy lives on in our landscape and in our parks and gardens.
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Orchid-Big-Tree-Victorian/dp/1908326603/?tag=2022091-20
2014
(Тaking a global perspective and with a chronology of over...)
Тaking a global perspective and with a chronology of over 5000 years, Paradise Gardens examines, explores and interprets seventeen belief systems grouped into five themed sections. Each chapter will feature an especially significant earthly paradise and through this one garden will explore the wider religio-symbolic use of gardens and plants within the belief system.
https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Gardens-Spiritual-Inspiration-Expression/dp/0711236534/?tag=2022091-20
2015
(Cities everywhere are graced with charming but little-kno...)
Cities everywhere are graced with charming but little-known, off-the-beaten-track gardens and green spaces, offering urbanites in the know a chance to immerse themselves in nature. Green Escapes is the revelatory insider's guide to these secret gems. Each of them open to the public, the gardens range from pocket parks, courtyards, and rooftop terraces, to community gardens and more.
https://www.amazon.com/Green-Escapes-Guide-Secret-Gardens/dp/0714876127/?tag=2022091-20
2018
garden historian consultant writer garden designer
Toby Musgrave was born on August 22, 1967, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
Toby Musgrave attended the University of Reading where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture in 1990 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Garden History in 1994.
Toby Musgrave started his career as a professor of the History of the British Garden at a week-long summer school for Oxford University Department of Continuing Education in 1994. He held this post until 2003. He also worked as a lecturer for the Royal Horticultural Society and Bristol. Guest lecturer for Botanica and aboard expedition and destination cruise ships. Since 2010 he worked as a faculty lecturer at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad.
Toby Musgrave worked as a Horticultural Consultant for the BBC landmark series, How to be a Gardener and as a Consultant Garden Historian to the televisions series Royal Gardens (BBC) and The 20th Century Garden (C4). Besides, he was a Consultant Garden Historian at the Lost Gardens of Heligan. He was a presenter on The Great Garden Guide (HTV), Lost Gardens (C4) and garden designer on Better Gardens (ITV). Musgrave is a major contributor to Radio 4’s The British Garden. He devised and presented the DVD Your First Garden and video content for the new Sneeboer website.
Toby Musgrave published his first book The Plant Hunters: Two Hundred Years of Adventure and Discovery around the World, in 1998. He wrote 11 books about gardens and plants. His latest book, Green Escapes: The Guide to Secret Urban Gardens, was published in 2018. Musgrave is also a regular contributor to British and Danish magazines including The Garden, The English Garden, Gardens Illustrated, The Kew Magazine, BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, Homes & Antiques, Heritage Today, Havelivet, Haven and Bo Bedre.
(Presented by season, this overview first tells the story ...)
2012(In Blue Orchid, Big Tree, two best-selling authors explor...)
2014(Exploring the story of seven plants whose discovery and c...)
2000(A fascinating study of the great Victorian and Edwardian ...)
2007(Тaking a global perspective and with a chronology of over...)
2015(Cities everywhere are graced with charming but little-kno...)
2018(This volume features gardens inspired by courtyards, past...)
2001(Toby Musgrave draws on 200 years of gardening history wit...)
2004(With chapters that include Lust, Wrath, Sloth, and Glutto...)
2006(This is the story of the men who discovered and brought b...)
1998Toby Musgrave is a member of Garden Writers Guild, Garden Writers Association of America.
Toby Musgrave married Aulani Mulford.