James Wong
- James Wong is an ethnobotanist, which is a scientist who studies how people use plants.
- He trained to Master's level at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, where he graduated top of his class.
- In 2004, James Wong became the youngest medal-winner at the Hampton Court Flower Show.
- James Wong was inspired by his grandmother in Malaysia who taught him about the health giving properties of plants.
- In BBC Two's series Grow Your Own Drugs, broadcast in 2009, James Wong shows how easy it is to make creams and lotions, which can help relieve the symptoms of a variety of medical complaints.
- James Wong was commissioned to design a botanical garden for the University of Kent after the Department of Anthropology was awarded a grant from the Annual Fund of the University of Kent Development Trust. Wong is a former MSc Ethnobotany student at Kent University.
- James Wong has firm views on the sprout! The Learn to Love a Sprout Campaign quotes him as advising that you only need to cross larger sprouts so that they cook in the same time as smaller ones.