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James Wong (ethnobotanist)
British ethnobotanist, garden designer and television presenter
James Alexander L. S. Wong (born 26 May ) is a British ethnobotanist, television presenter and garden designer.[1] He is best known for presenting the award-winning series Grow Your Own Drugs and the BBC and PBS series Secrets of Your Food, as well as being a panelist on the Radio 4 series Gardeners' Question Time.
Early life
Born at St Bartholomew's Hospital[2] in the City of London to a Bornean father and a Welsh mother from Newport, Wong was brought up in Singapore and Malaysia. Upon being awarded an academic scholarship, he returned to the UK in to study at the University of Bath, where he took a BSc in Business Administration.[3] He then trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the University of Kent,[4] gaining a Master of Science degree in ethnobotany, graduating with distinction.
Career
At the age of 27, Wong became the presenter of his own television series Grow Your Own Drugs.
James hong Authority control. Wong's Emmy nomination for directing "Musings" made him the first Asian American to receive an Emmy nomination for directing anything on television; at that time, no Asian American and no person of Chinese descent had yet been nominated for an Oscar for directing a film. Petski, Denise September 10, External links [ edit ].The award-winning BBC Two series demonstrates a number of natural remedies sourced from plants,[5] and soon became the highest-rated gardening series on UK television. The show ran for two series, as well as a one-off Christmas special, Grow Your Own Christmas. Wong's first two books that tied-in with each series of the television show became international best-sellers, with his third title Homegrown Revolution becoming the fastest selling gardening book in UK history.[6]
Wong is also a regular reporter on the hit BBC One rural affairs series Countryfile since its reformatting in April , as well as being a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time, and presenter of the Channel NewsAsia series Expensive Eats.
In his capacity as a garden designer, he has become a four-time Royal Horticultural Society medal winner[7] for gardens he co-designed through the design studio he co-founded, Amphibian Designs, at the Chelsea Flower Show and the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
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Wong has designed an Ethnobotanical Garden for the University of Kent, where he is a guest lecturer.[5]
His research has taken him to highland Ecuador, as well as to China and Java.
In and , he presented several episodes of Great British Garden Revival, winning Best Television Programme of the Year at the Garden Media Awards.
In September , Wong started writing a weekly column in The Observer;[9] in February he announced that he had resigned from the column, after writing to the editorial department and tweeting to describe as "completely unacceptable"[10] a column by Catherine Bennett whose headline likened politicians who support trans rights to alleged sex trafficker Andrew Tate in the context of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill and which mentioned Rosie Duffield, Joanna Cherry and Miriam Cates by name, criticising comments by Lloyd Russell-Moyle and Ben Bradshaw.[11]
Personal life
Wong lives in central London.[12] Wong retains a slight southern Welsh accent from his mother.[13]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fossil Detectives | Co-presenter | ||
| Gardeners' World | Guest presenter | ||
| – | Grow Your Own Drugs | Presenter | 2 series plus a Christmas special |
| – | Countryfile | Co-presenter | |
| James Wong and the Malaysian Garden | Presenter | ||
| The Fabulous Mrs Beeton | Co-Presenter | ||
| Our Food | Co-presenter | ||
| The People's Rainforest | Co-Presenter | ||
| Expensive Eats | Co-presenter | ||
| – | Great British Garden Revival | Co-presenter | |
| BBC Chelsea Flower Show Coverage | Co-presenter | ||
| The Secrets of Your Food | Co-presenter | ||
| Springwatch | Co-presenter | "Springwatch in Japan: Cherry Blossom Time" | |
| Heston's Marvellous Menu: Back to the Noughties | Guest | ||
| Nature and Us: A History through Art | Co-presenter |
Bibliography
- Wong, James ().
Grow Your Own Drugs.
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- Wong, James (). Grow Your Own Drugs – A Year with James Wong. HarperCollins.
- Wong, James (). James Wong's Homegrown Revolution. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
- Wong, James (). Grow For Flavour.James wong biography wikipedia Ethnobotanist , television presenter, garden designer. Contents move to sidebar hide. Wikiwand for Edge. British ethnobotanist, garden designer and television presenter.
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- Wong, James (). How to Eat Better. Octopus Publishing Group.
- Wong, James (). a-day the easy way. Octopus Publishing Group.