BIOGRAPHY

Toby Buckland is a qualified horticulturist, TV broadcaster, author and a lifelong gardener known for his earthy, hands on style. Toby is an acknowledged all-rounder with that rare ability to make gardening accessible to all. His career has taken him from Devon nurseryman, to professional gardener and on to presenting numerous TV shows. He has set up his own online Devon Nursery, Toby Buckland Nurseries, but is best known for his time on BBC Gardeners’ World. Other TV credits include Home Front in the Garden, Garden Magic and For Peat’s Sake, for which he was given an Environmental Award in 2009, by the Garden Media Guild. He is an award winning garden designer, taking RHS Gold and Best in Show at BBC Gardeners’ World Live, in 2008. He also lectures and writes for a variety of horticultural journals and newspapers, which include Amateur Gardening, The English Garden, Gardeners’ World Magazine, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Guardian and The Mail on Sunday. He is the author of five gardening books, including his latest BBC book “Flowers, Planning and Planting for Continuous Colour” published in April 2011.

MEDIA
2008 -10 Presenter Gardeners’ World  - BBC 2
2005 - 07 Kitchen garden expert - Great Food Live, BBC UKTV Food

Books/Magazines
Author – Flowers Planning and Planting For Continuous Colour - Ebury
Author - How to Make Your Garden Grow- Mitchell Beazley
Author - Gardeners’ World Practical Handbook – Ebury, BBC Books
Gardeners’ World Magazine
Correspondent – Daily Mail
Correspondent – The Guardian
Correspondent – The Telegraph
Correspondent -Kitchen Garden Answers Magazine
Amateur Gardening Magazine
The English Garden Magazine

Previous

TV – Presenter: Garden Magic BBC1,
This Morning ITV,
Presenter Grass Roots Meridian TV,
Carol Vorderman’s Better Homes and BetterGardens
Guest Presenter: Home Front in the Garden
BBC Gardeners’ World Live BBC2
Author – 52 Weekend Garden Pamphlets
Presenter – ‘Weed it and Reap'

LECTURES

Give your garden Va va voom’ - a nationwide Roadshow for Renault UK
Gardeners’ World Live
RHS Regional talks
Canary Wharf Garden Show Royal Horticultural Society
RHS Malvern Spring Show
RHS Malvern Autumn Show
Amateur Gardening Show

GARDEN DESIGNS

Gardeners’ World Live Garden  – BBC Haymarket 2008 Received RHS Gold and Best in Show
Water Features – ‘Gardening Which’ - 2004
Demonstration Gardens at Capel Manor - 2004
Designed Dragonstone Sculpture Garden – 2004
Sainsburys Competition Garden – 2000
Willow work for Lloyd Christie ‘Flora & Fauna’ Garden Chelsea Flower Show - 1996
Designed the garden for Poet Laureate Andrew Motion
Designed the Royal Marine Woodland Trust Memorial Garden 45 Commando opened on the 11th of the 11th of the 11th