James
Wong is an ethnobotanist (someone who studies humanity’s use of plants) from
Twickenham in the
The
second series of James Wong’s BBC TV series “Grow Your Own Drugs” is due to
return to our screens later this year. The first series was a big hit with
viewers and spawned a companion book by Wong and Christmas Special. Having been
trained at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, James Wong honed his
presentation skills as a lecturer at Kent University. His ability to make dry,
scientific facts about plants and herbs into interesting and useful information
led him to a career in television. Starting with appearances on Gardener’s
World, Richard and Judy and The Alan Titchmarsh Show, it wasn’t long before he
had his own show commissioned.
James
was a customer of G. Baldwin & Co before he started to develop the Grow
Your Own Drugs television show so it was natural that he should choose to use them
as the supplier of many of the ingredients used in the program. Baldwins have
worked closely with his production company and supplied a wide range of
materials for both the new series to be broadcast early in 2010 and the
Christmas special “Grow Your Own Christmas”. See more information on it here
and keep an eye out on the BBC for scheduling times.
Due to the changing seasons and the notorious British weather, it simply isn’t practical or possible to grow all the ingredients in your average UK garden. Thankfully, Baldwins is stocked all year round, meaning you can leave the gardening to someone else. James recommends Baldwins in his book which accompanies the first series and visited them in July 2009 for a book signing. You can buy his book on the site as well as browse the extensive product range to find your own ingredients to try your hand at his recipes.
G.
Baldwin & Co offers a wide range of aromatherapy books along with James Wong's
BBC TV series "Grow
Your Own Drugs".