James Bowie was a garden and landscape designer active in Scotland in the mid-18th century. He worked in partnership with the nurseryman William Bowie, from Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland, between 1752 and 1768 and is particularly noted for his adaptation of the Kentian style.
Sources:
Desmond, Ray, Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists (London: Taylor & Francis, 1994), p. 90
Tait, A.A., The Landscape Garden in Scotland 1735-1835 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1980)