REBECCA COLE
Award-winning and internationally re-nowned garden, interior and floral designer Rebecca Cole has developed her lifestyle and design business over the past 15 years, opening her eponymous store Rebecca Cole GROWs this year.
When she is not designing events at LIncoln Center or ‘living’ Green Roofs in Soho or giving color-anemic living rooms her trademark infusion of orange, she might be writing a book or newspaper article, planning a wedding, designing furniture or hosting a TV or radio show. Rebecca has designed over 300 outdoor living rooms and thousands of florals for event, corporations and homes Some of her notable clients include Christy Turlington, William Wegmen, Bono, Lewis Black, Julie Andrews, Famke Janssen, Mariska Hargitay, Robert Verdi, Nike, Macy’s, Bloomingdales, The Murdock Clan, Megan Mullally, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Andres Serrano, and Pat Field.
Rebecca is currently the host of the live weekly 4-hour radio show, On the House, America’s longest running home improvement show. She hosted all 200 episodes of Discovery Channel’s Surprise by Design and has appeared nearly as often as a garden expert on the Today Show. Other favorite TV appearances include Oprah, The View, CNN, and BBC World News and more. Her most recent adventures include creating Sky’s the Limit, a “living” green roof garden and living space at the Northwest and San Francisco Flower & Garden Shows, where she won 9 awards, including Best in Show. Her business continues to “grow” with her most recent venture - a floral home and garden store in New York City featuring an eclectic mix of modern organics and great design.
Rebecca has authored three books: Potted Gardens, which won the Quill and Trowel Award, Paradise Found: Gardening in Unlikely Places and Flower Power, has created numerous gift products including cards, calendars and notebooks and has designed a line of indoor/outdoor tiles called Flower Power. Her career, business and home have been profiled in over 300 national and international publications as diverse as Architectural Digest, Forbes, Martha Stewart Living, The New York Times, Us Magazine, Hanajikan Japan, Metropolitan Home, Woman’s Day, Travel and Leisure, Air France, Good Housekeeping, Country Living, The New Yorker, Greek Maison and countless others.
Between national speaking appearances and local rooftop “greening” in NYC, Rebecca is designing furniture and home accessories. She is keeping her fingers crossed that when the International Space Station is ready for a “re-do” she’ll be available.
