
Experience
- 26 years at Mr Fothergills as a Buyer
- Purchasing seed for all brands
- Selecting new varieties every year
- Evaluating varieties on the trial ground
- Visit garden events & trade shows
- Trial & supplier visits throughout Europe
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Rachel Cole
About Me
I'm passionate about gardening, and within six months of starting at D.T. Brown, I rented an allotment—and I’ve never looked back. I love growing both flowers and vegetables, but my favourite time of year is spring when seeds begin to germinate. My top crops to grow are tomatoes and runner beans, and each year, I cultivate a wide variety of plants from seed at home.
Other interests: Bass player, very keen on playing music from Rock to Big Band.
Current Responsibilities
- My responsibilities at D.T. Brown is sourcing and purchasing seed throughout the year, from suppliers around the world. This also involves checking the germination and purity of lots.
- Visiting trade and garden shows, keeping up with trends in the Horticultural world.
- Visiting supplier/breeder trials and sites throughout Europe & the UK to look at developments in breeding as well as checking quality of crops/lots.
- Presenting new varieties for range selection
Articles By Rachel Cole



10 Tips on How to Get Your Garden Ready for Spring
As the weather gets a little warmer and the days get that bit lighter, you can look forward to seeing your garden flourishing once again with spring around the corner. During winter, there may only be a limited number of plants growing, such as your perennial plants, so you have more time to get on top of tasks that you may not typically have otherwise. To get your garden well-prepared for growing all kinds of vegetable plants, fruit plants, and flower plants in the near future, we’ve put tog...