Toby's topiary was not going to be animated, what with being Hogwarts and all. There were a few spells and stuff he was thinking about using, but they would be on extra little things he would add, rather than modifications to the plant itself. Other than the twinkling, but he still wasn't sure how to go about that.

But first, the fertilising.

He'd trimmed and shaped the wiggenbush as much as he dared, and Tobias was quite happy with moving on. He went off to find himself some fiiiiiiine dragon dung, returning shortly with what he'd determined to be a good amount. Tobias spent quite a lot of time on this part, wanting to ensure that the plant under his care would be well nourished. He knelt at the base of the bush once again and spent a good ten minutes or so evenly fertilising the soil at the bottom of the topiary castle.

Next thing Tobias heard from Bentley was something about spells, but it turned out that that was for animating too. Tobias was finished with the fertilising and stuff, but he did have a LOT of trimmings that could go on the compost heap.

Moving slowly, because that energy and agility of his was still missing, Toby scooped up as many clippings and cuttings and trimmings from the ground around him, holding his robes in such a way that they became a sort of bucket-type-pocket, allowing him to move a lot of clippings at once.

After a painful venture to get back into a standing position, Tobias took a second to caaaaarefully stretch his back, and started on one of what would be many trips back and forth to the compost heap.