Biography of Rebecca Cole

Rebecca Cole is “One of the country’s top designers” according to Oprah. E! says, she’s “a designer with boundless energy and limitless imagination” and the New York Post coined her “Garden Goddess.” Rebecca has hosted Discovery Channel’s Surprise by Design since its inception in 2002. She contributed to the Today show for six years running, and has appeared on scores of television and radio shows including, Oprah, The View, CNN, BBC World News and The Tony Danza Show. Her career, business and home have been profiled in over 300 national and international publications as diverse as Architectural Digest, Forbes, Budget Living, Martha Stewart Living, Us Magazine, Hanajikan Japan, Metropolitan Home, Woman’s Day, Travel and Leisure, Air France, Good Housekeeping, Country Living, The New Yorker and Greek Maison.

Rebecca began her design business twelve years ago at first concentrating on garden and floral design. Two years later, one book under her belt, she branched out into interior design and opened a store containing all three passions called Potted Gardens. Television appearances, magazines and more books followed. Rebecca has authored three books Potted Gardens, which won the Quill and Trowel Award, Paradise Found: Gardening in Unlikely Spaces and Flower Power and has created numerous gift products including cards, calendars and notebooks. Rebecca is currently designing furniture and home accessories that will come out next year. A new book and new show will follow.