However, as a long-term career, acting was not Rachel’s ideal choice so late in 1998 she enrolled at the English Gardening School, indulging an inherited passion from her father who is an exceptional gardener. Graduating with a distinction in Practical Horticulture and Plants & Plantsmanship, auditions for BBC2’s Gardeners' World followed and the rest, as they say is history.

Besides her regular slot on Gardeners' World, Rachel filmed her own series for the BBC, Small Town Gardens. In 2002, 2003 and 2004, she presented Hampton Court and Chelsea as part of the RHS output on BBC 2.

Rachel writes a bi-monthly horticultural article for the Saturday Telegraph, Amateur Gardening and Woman’s Own.

Rachel is married with three children and lives in London.