Books written by Toby Musgrave
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植物猎人
植物是怎么从遥远的美洲奔赴英伦的?如何从热带雨林里的寻常客,一跃而成为欧洲植物园的座上宾的?是植物猎人起了不可估量的作用,把“养在深闺”的植物娇娘,引嫁到异域它乡 ...
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The Garden: Elements and Styles
The definitive reference guide to garden design, its rich history, and the creative art of gardening - a luxuriously illustrated A-Z compendium of more than 200 garden elements, styles, features, and ornaments for gardeners around the globe ...
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The Multifarious Mr. Banks
Yet he has not received the recognition that his multifarious achievements deserve. In this engaging account, Toby Musgrave reveals the true extent of Banks's contributions to science and Britain.
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Paradise Gardens: Spiritual Inspiration and Earthly Expression
Taking 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.
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An Empire of Plants: People and Plants that Changed the World
Here are stories of seven plants--tobacco, sugar, cotton, tea, poppies, quinine, and rubber--and how Europe's hunger for them led to the Age of Empire and turned world history upside down.
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Green Escapes: The Guide to Secret Urban Gardens
These often small, well-kept secrets are not as grand as those on the tourist trail but are equally delightful and rewarding to visit, if you know where to find them. Green Escapes is the revelatory insider's guide to these secret gems.
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The Gardener's Garden: Midi Format
The ultimate garden book - both a collection of gardens from around the world and a resource for those seeking inspiration on garden design and planting.
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The Garden Book, Revised and Updated Edition
Revealing the rich artistic history of this ever-changing art form, the A-to-Z format of this fully updated bestseller creates fascinating juxtapositions between the 500 iconic garden-makers of all time found within its pages A beautifully ...
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Country Living Cottage Gardens
A richly illustrated introduction to the art of cottage gardening explains how to design and plant a garden of one's own in a variety of styles, with full-color photographs and detailed designs for eight specific gardens representing ...
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Heirloom Fruits & Vegetables
Tells the story of the cultivation of various heirloom and heritage fruits and vegetables through the ages, and for each type discusses where it originated, indigenous uses and folklore, how it got its name and more.
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The Plant Hunters: Two Hundred Years of Adventure and Discovery Around the World
This is the story of the men who discovered and brought back a wealth of exotic new plants.
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Country Living Gardener Courtyard Gardens
Explains how to transform a courtyard into the perfect personal refuge, presenting a series of stunning design ideas--along with detailed blueprints, suggestions for plantings, and full-color photographs--that reflect a range of stylistic ...
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Courtyard Gardens: Imaginative Ideas for Outdoor Living
Courtyards can be made a unique place for outdoor living. Here, readers are shown how to make the most of this outdoor space so they can design and create an environment that meets their needs and enriches their lives.
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Seven Deadly Sins of Gardening: With the Vices and Virtues of Its Gardeners
With chapters that include Lust, Wrath, Sloth, and Gluttony, this is an amusing history of British gardening's greatest eccentrics.
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Cottage Gardens
This guide shows readers how to create a traditional cottage garden. It includes designs and artwork to inspire, a catalogue of specific plants to achieve each look, with horticultural guidelines, and a list of stockists and suppliers.
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Courtyard Gardens: Imaginative Ideas for Outdoor Living
Courtyard Gardens: Imaginative Ideas for Outdoor Living
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Heritage Fruits & Vegetables
Published in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society and presented by season for growers and seasonally minded cooks, this book introduces heritage fruits and vegetables in entertaining stories and beautifully composed ...
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The Multifarious Mr. Banks: From Botany Bay to Kew, The Natural Historian Who Shaped the World
From Botany Bay to Kew, The Natural Historian Who Shaped the World Toby Musgrave. THE MULTIFARIOUS MR BANKS Further praise for The Multifarious Mr Banks: 'This well-researched and even-handed biography of Banks confirms his importance ...
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Blue Orchid and Big Tree: Plant Hunters William and Thomas Lobb and the Victorian Mania for the Exotic
"This is the story of two of England’s most prolific plant hunters who travelled and collected during the heyday of the Victorian mania for acquiring exotic new trees and plants from around the world.
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改變世界的植物
改變世界的植物