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.

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.

How to Protect Tender Plants Over Winter

Climate change has opened up all sorts of exciting possibilities for garden lovers, boosting the popularity of ‘exotic’ or ‘jungle style’ planting using tender plants. In this guide, I explain how to care for plants that aren't frost-hardy over winter.

Planting A Container For Autumn Colour

By September, many summer-flowering annuals will have burned themselves out. With 6-8 weeks until the first frosts, now’s the time to plant a glowing display that will light up your garden through autumn.

In The Know - Hedge Trimming

Soft and blousy or solid and structural, a well-maintained hedge makes the perfect, wildlife-friendly boundary or divider. Here's everything you need to know about keeping hedges neat and tidy.

Divine Dahlias - Get To Know & Grow Them

When it comes to colour, stature and flower-power, dahlias have few equals in the plant kingdom. Discover how to grow these rewarding garden plants successfully in my short introduction to dahlia cultivation.

Helpful Hosepipe Ban Hacks

A hosepipe ban is the last thing any gardener wants, however it need not spell disaster for our precious plants. Here are my top tips for limiting any harm that might be done to your garden and its inhabitants when water restrictions are in place.

Simple Summer Pruning

Summer is the perfect time to prune away old or excessive growth, ensuring plants remain healthy, productive and good-looking for the rest of the year. Here's what to do and the tools to do it with.

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