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James graduated with a first class honours degree in Garden Design from the University of Greenwich in 1998 and is a fully accredited and registered member of the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) in the UK and the Fédération Française du Paysage (FFP) in France.
After establishing a reputation for community and hospital gardens in London, he moved to the South of France and set up Scape Design sarl in 2000 with his wife Helen in order to pursue their passion for creating sustainable landscapes and planting design for private clients. A strong advocate of dry gardens James is renowned for raising awareness on the importance of working with locally sourced plants and traditional materials, using no irrigation and keeping maintenance to a minimum.
James has won Gold Medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower show in 2013, 2015 and 2016 and a Silver Gilt in 2012.