Welcome to my website!
PHOTOS & BIO
I'm James Wong - Kew-trained botanist, BBC science presenter & obsessive foodie grower - who's fascinated by all things plant-related.
I'm putting together jameswong.co.uk as an alternative, fresh guide to cool stuff to grow, for committed plant geeks & horticultural virgins alike.
Over the next few months I will be uploading everything I know and everything I do - from updates for my backyard harvests to all my latest TV, radio, books and talks.
Come back and watch how it evolves!
MY NEW BLOG
A sneaky PEEK AT MY FRONT GARDEN
Regular updates from my own tiny suburban patch to show you what I'm growing, cooking & eating each season. Everything from sugary mini kiwis to homegrown tea leaves await!
MY NEW BOOK
Tour DATES
YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Horticulture is facing a crisis. Our best and brightest are being put off by images of the industry being all about low skilled jobs and rubbish pay. But that simply is not true!
I'm setting out to set the record straight with a national tour of free talks to reveal the huge range of opportunities out there for aspiring professional plant geeks, including my own tips & tricks on how to get ahead. Got a burning question that Google has failed to answer? Then come on down!
Waterperry Gardens - Oxford 10th Dec
Bedford Shuttleworth College - 11th Dec
Nottingham Trent University - 16th Jan
Norfolk Easton College - 21st Jan
University College Cork - 23rd Jan
Pershore College - Feb 4th
EPisode1: MY MANIFESTO
Check out the party political broadcast for my new book & campaign 'Homegrown Revolution'. It's my one-man mission to free allotmenteers from the grow your own timewarp of bland 'dig for victory' fruit & veg.
HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION
'Growing your own' can be about so much more than just spuds, sprouts & swede. So ditch the ration book veg & discover a whole new world of homegrown flavour.
THe GREAT SOW-A-LONG
SOW-A-LONG WITH ME IN 2013!
This year I'll be posting info about absolutely everything I'll be sowing right here, complete with facebook & twitter updates about exactly when and how to do it.
So what're ya waiting for? Come on & join in!
Growing & Eating exotic inca berries
Sticky, sweet & incredibly exotic, you might not believe it but these uber trendy South American berries are far easier to grow than the lowly tomato.
If you plant just one fruit crop next year, this simply has to be it!
© 2013 James Wong
CHICKPEA 'EDAMAME'
Love those deliciously nutty pods of edamame beans you get in Japanese restaurants, but frustrated you can’t grow them in the UK? Well I think I have gone one better with super easy-to-grow chickpea ‘edamame’!
Growing Chilean Guavas
Queen Victoria’s favourite fruit, these intensely fragrant berries somehow manage to combine the flavours of wild strawberries, pink guavas and a hint of candy floss.
NEW ZEALAND YAMS
Jelly bean-coloured, blight resistant 'spuds' that even come with tasty shamrock-shaped leaves. Watch this space for my upcoming guide to growing cooking and eating these tasty, easy-to-grow veg.
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