James Towillis

James Towillis is an English landscape artist. He won a Silver Gilt at the Chelsea Flower Show of the Royal Horticultural Society in 2010, with the L’Occitane Garden.

Early life and education He was born in Berkshire and spent his early life there before moving to the Lake District where “his lifelong passion for gardens and landscape took root”. Spending “almost every weekend and holiday camping, walking, climbing and sailing in the Lake District and beyond” he went on to study Outdoor Education at Newbury College, before working in outdoor centres across the UK, which he practiced for six years.

James has worked with a number of other garden designers, architects and private clients – his work has also featured in many mainstream magazines and newspapers as well as the BBC.