coopette.com is the online home of Emma Cooper.
Emma Cooper is a freelance writer, photographer and podcaster. She is a keen gardener and lives in Oxfordshire with husband Pete and three pet chickens - Princess Layer, Chewbucka and Cluck Skywalker. (RIP Hen Solo)
On this site you can read her garden diary, listen to the The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast and check out some examples of Emma's articles.
If you would like to use any of Emma's articles or photos, sponsor an episode of the Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast or hire Emma to write articles or podcasts for you, then please send an email. I am also happy to review gardening books and products.News
March 2009
Eco-Garden: Creating a new vegetable bed published in Country Gardener, a free publication.
The second edition of the ‘Growing Vegetables is Fun’ Bookazine has just been re-issued for 2009. There’s a very colourful new cover and the cover price this year is just £5.99, which includes 4 free packets of seeds to get your garden started. The Bookazine is on sale at on sale at Tesco, Sainsbury (later on in the month) WHSmith, Borders, Amazon.co.uk and Magbooks.com.
February 2009
Are you chitting comfortably? on the Guardian Gardening Blog.
December 2008
Eco-Garden: Water Wise Gardening published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 9th article in a 9 part series.
‘How to Compost With Coffee’ appears in the December issue of Maximum Yield. You can download a free PDF copy of the article here.
October 2008
Eco-Garden: No Dig Gardening published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 8th article in a 9 part series.
September 2008
Eco-Garden: Seed Saving published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 7th article in a 9 part series.
August 2008
Eco-Garden: Wildlife Gardening published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 6th article in a 9 part series.
In some editions, On the Roof in Reading, my article about the RISC Roof Garden, is also being published.
July 2008
- No Hoe Zone appeared in the Guardian Weekend magazine.
- Emma appeared on Radio 4’s Go4It programme to talk about growing vegetables with schoolchildren in Dulwich.
- Eco-Garden: Organic Fertilizers published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 5th article in a 9 part series.
June 2008
Eco-Garden: The Green Lawn published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 4th article in a 9 part series.
May 2008
Eco-Garden: Companion Planting published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 3rd article in a 9 part series.
April 2008
Eco-Garden: Dealing with pests published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the 2nd article in a 9 part series.
March 2008
- 19th March 2008 – Launch date for my ‘Gardening is Fun’ bookazine, published nationwide by Dennis Publishing.
- Eco-Garden: Composting published in Country Gardener, a free publication. This is the first article in a 9 part series.
October 2007
‘The Lady’s Slipper, the Fat Baby and the Exploding Cucumber’ is published in issue 54 of Permaculture Magazine. (Download the complete article in PDF format)
August 2007
Emma’s article ‘Roof Top Oasis Revisited’ appears in issue 53 of Permaculture Magazine.
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