Advice & Inspiration

At Dan Cooper Garden I want to put the best tools in one hand and the best knowledge in the other. Here you'll find useful guides explaining how to get the most enjoyment from your garden each month, alongside brand profiles, interviews with my garden heroes, seasonal projects and step-by-step guides.

In The Know - The June Gap

Just when bees need food the most there's a brief period when flowers are in surprisingly short supply. Here's how we can help pollinators bridge the June gap.

Ten Great Plants For Spring Pots

After a long, cold winter, you garden may lack excitement. If you want to restore its wow factor, here are ten great plants that you can plant alongside your spring-flowering bulbs for instant colour, texture and scent.

Essential Tools For Every Gardener

Gardening without tools is like attempting to cook without pans - possible, but unlikely to elicit great results. Happily, you need much less equipment to garden successfully than you do to cook up a storm. Read on to discover all the essentials.

Why bare-rooted plants are the way forward

Grown in fields and lifted for sale whilst they are dormant, bare-rooted plants can seem like a dubious prospect. In reality, they're no different to a bulb or seed. In this post, I explain why bare-rooted plants are good for your garden, your purse and the environment.

Simple Winter Houseplant Care

During the shortest, coolest days of the year, houseplants grow more slowly, calling for a slightly different care regime. Here I share my ten-point plan for keeping your plants happy and healthy between November and February.

2022 Christmas Gift Guide

From budding gardeners to expert horticulturalists, I've got a host of unique gift ideas to share with you. Read on to discover my pick of the most beautiful, sustainable and thoughtful presents for the garden lovers in your life.

How to Create a Halloween Candle Display

Instead of carving up yet another pumpkin, why not try something different and follow my recipe for a spooktacular Halloween candle bowl? Here's how to break with tradition and save your squashes for eating!

Plants I Love - Nerines

During late autumn, one flower shines brighter than all others; one might even say it sparkles; that flower belongs to the nerine, commonly known as the Guernsey lily. Read on to discover why I love nerines so dearly.

How To Create An Autumn Pumpkin Arrangement

As the nights draw in, I love to cut the last blooms from my garden and enjoy them indoors. Here I share how to combine seasonal flowers in a vessel fashioned from a hollowed-out pumpkin - a quick, simple project that anyone can succeed with.

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