Last Updated on 12 July 2026 by PeteFree
Lachlan Rae is a Horticulturist, Garden Designer and TV Presenter / Judge on Garden of the Year.
Lachlan is from Castle Douglas, Scotland. His first job on leaving school was as a Christmas Tree cutter.
Lachlan at 17 studied for a National Certificate in Horticulture at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) in Dumfries.
Lachlan went on to pass a RBGE Diploma in Plantmanship, Applied Horticulture, Horticulture Operations, General at the Royal Botanic Garden n Edinburgh.
Following this he took a role as Gardener at The Auchendolly Estate before moving to The Wiston Estate as Head Gardener.
in 2017 Lachlan Rae won Young Horticulturist of the Year on winning the award he was quoted as saying “I could quite happily see myself in a television gardening role.”
Lachlan next role was Senior Horticulturist at Gresgarth Hall which is the private garden of landscape designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd
Lachlan Rae Television Gardener debut was on Garden of the Year which is a new 6 part Gardening Programme first shown on More4 on 22 August 2022
Lachlan is joined by Zoe Ball and award winning Garden Designer Manoj Malde as fellow Judges.
The 6 part series sees the Judges visiting different regions to judge 4 gardens and scoring each garden with the winner to compete in the grand final to find The Garden of the Year for 2022.
Lachlan has his own Landscape Gardening Company.
Lachlan Rae is the Head Gardener at The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland.
Lachlan Rae Awards
2017
Young Horticulturist of the Year
Lachlan Rae Television Programmes
2022
Episode 1
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Lachlan Rae Instagram
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