A BUDDING landscape gardener picked up the top prize at a flower show.

University of Greenwich student James Clarke won three awards, including the Best Show Garden prize at the Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.

Mr Clarke, who studies landscape architecture, had designed a show garden for The Tourism Authority of Thailand which included the growing of plants like lemongrass and chillies.

He said: “The garden I’ve designed represents a slice of Bangkok canal life and features a small garden with herbs and vegetables growing in it.”

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