 Hibbert's gardener, Joseph Knight, was reputedly one of the first people to propagate Proteaceae in England; the genus "Hibbertia" is named after Hibbert.Hibbert was also one of the first people to grow Hostas in Europe.Hibbert lived for some years London, dividing his time between a house in Portland Place and another, The Hollies, on the north side of Clapham Common in Clapham in south-west London, where he accumulated a considerable collection of books, including Gutenberg's Bible on paper (now at New York), the 1459 Psalter on vellum (now at The Hague) and the Complutensian polyglot, also on vellum (now at Chantilly).