Matt James

Matt James (born 27 April 1975 in Essex) is a British garden designer, horticulturist and university lecturer who rose to fame on the Channel 4's The City Gardener. He credits his mother with "creating in [him] an awareness of and love for plants." and was gardening expert on Selling Houses.

Since 2018, James has run a landscape design firm, James & Co Landscapes, based in Cornwall. He has also written for numerous publications about gardening and garden design including The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Garden and the Garden Design Journal. James was chosen as Londoner-of-the-Year in the Environment and Regeneration category in 2000 after helping establish a farmers' market in South London. He has also won two gold awards at the annual California Landscape Contractors' Association Awards.

Personal life James lives in Cornwall with his wife Ellie and their children.

Publications 2003: The City Gardener, ,Collins 2004: The City Gardener: Urban Oasis, , Collins 2005: The City Garden Bible, , Channel 4 Books; Transworld Publishers 2014: The Urban Gardener, , Royal Horticultural Society books; Mitchell Beazley 2016: How to Plant a Garden, , Royal Horticultural Society books; Mitchell Beazley