Matt is perhaps best known as the face of The City Gardener and Selling Houses, aired on Channel 4 from 2002 to 2006. Since then The City Gardener has been broadcast in countries from Poland to New Zealand, and repeats are still shown on Channel 4 and UKTV.

For the Urban Outsiders series, broadcast on HGTV in the USA, Matt built more than twenty-five gardens, from Venice Beach, Los Angeles, to a high rise roof terrace in Manhattan. Two of these gardens won prestigious awards.

With The Insider, Channel 4 chose Matt to write and present a programme about the terrible loss of green space in our towns and cities. More recently he appeared in Matt James Eco-Eden for UKTV, a series exploring important issues facing modern gardens, and which covered topics as diverse as environmental sustainability, water conservation, the preservation of biodiversity and reducing our carbon footprint.

Other TV appearances include Celebrity MasterChef, This Morning, and Richard & Judy.

Matt also contributes to Radio 4’s long running series, Gardeners’ Question Time.

Major TV Credits

The Insider (2008)
Matt James’s Eco-Eden (2007)
Urban Outsiders (2006/7)
Selling Houses (2003-2006)
The City Gardener (2002-2006).

	The City Gardener Matt James has a battle on his hands in Hastings as he’s faced with every designer’s worst nightmare; a garden that is short, fat and built into a hill. It’s also a suntrap; in fact it’s more like the Arizona desert than leafy Sussex. Watch
	The City Gardener Matt James is going to have to pull out all the stops in Rushden to turn James and Debbie Vean’s tiny semi-industrial wasteland of a garden in Rushden into a lush green paradise. Watch
	The City Gardener Matt visits an unusual split-level garden with a split personality in the heart of London’s East End. Owner Lisa hasn’t got a clue when it comes to having a go at horticulture, she’s spent a fortune, but it’s still a DIY disaster zone. Watch
	The City Gardener How do you make the most of a neglected side return that is just a dumping ground? An L-shaped city garden in Bath provides the challenge. Watch