Rachel Crow

Rachel Crow is a senior content editor, contributing homes and garden content for idealhome.co.uk, and is the editor of Ideal Home’s sister title, Period Living magazine.

She has written for lifestyle magazines for many years, with a particular focus on historic houses, interiors, arts and crafts and gardening. Rachel started her journalism career on BBC radio, where she enjoyed reporting on and writing programme scripts for all manner of stories, from the sublime to the ridiculous. Feeling constrained to fit everything she wanted to say on a story into a 1.45-minute radio slot, Rachel moved into lifestyle magazines as a freelance writer and editor.

Always harbouring a passion for homes and gardens, she jumped at the opportunity to work on The English Home and The English Garden magazines, before joining the Period Living team. Over more than 10 years working on the magazine, as features editor, deputy editor and now editor, she has enjoyed writing, editing and commissioning features exploring historic houses, advising on how to maintain or renovate older properties, shining the spotlight on artisans and craftspeople using traditional skills, and discovering how to turn gardens into beautiful, blooming spaces. She was also previously gardens editor for Homes & Gardens magazine and homesandgardens.com and contributed articles to Country Homes & Interiors.