Tom Brown is Head Gardener at West Dean in Sussex, with its incomparable vegetable garden, borders, wildflower meadows and other features. Here he shares the five gardens that were important in his career and which he would fantasise about if he were stuck on a desert island. Along with garden book he wouldn't be without and an essential tool. www.westdean.org.uk/gardens Inspired by the BBC Radio 4 programme, Desert Island Discs, one of the world's longest running regular radio programmes.