JAMES ALEXANDER - SINCLAIR has been designing gardens for ages. After a suitably misspent youth he began as a landscape contractor in London before moving to Northamptonshire to build a house in 1992. Since then he has designed gardens, both large and small, all over the country from the South of France to the Western Isles. He has had show gardens at both the Chelsea Flower Show and the Westonbirt International Festival of the Garden.

In his spare time he has written articles for many publications including Gardens Illustrated, The Garden, House and Garden, Gardenlife, The Times, Daily Telegraph, Homes and Gardens and the Express. He is currently writing an occasional series on design for Country Living Magazine, a series on Plants for Gardeners’ World Magazine and a short book on perennials.

James has also presented television programmes on both the BBC and Channel 4, hosts the design theatres at both the Malvern Spring Show and the Chelsea Flower Show and lectures on gardens all over the place (including an ongoing tour of regional theatres with a show called Green with Envy). His website and blog are at www.blackpitts.co.uk

Recent reviews by James Alexander-Sinclair Broughton Castle Gardens in Cotswolds, United Kingdom It’s not often you find places with moats: not just dry ditches but proper water filled moats with stone bridges and defensive gatehouses. Broughton in ... Ascog Hall Gardens in Scotland, United Kingdom Ascog Hall is an interesting building in the Scottish baronial style (turrets and arrow slit ... Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Gardens in New York, United States I have been here only once: in October as the Autumn began to bite. It was altogether fascinating. Americans garden differently to the British. They are ... Coton Manor Gardens in Midlands, United Kingdom If you love classic English planting and design then you will adore Coton. A honey coloured 17th century stone house surrounded by about ten acres of garden. ... Colonsay House Gardens in Scotland, United Kingdom If you are going to make a special effort to go and see a garden - and the effort involved in getting to somewhere like the isle of Colonsay is not inconsiderable ... James Alexander-Sinclair has written 8 reviews. See more »

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