EXHIBIT 23(a)


                      CONSENT OF COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.





                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


     We  consent  to  the  incorporation  by  reference  in  the  Registration
Statement  of The  Scotts  Company on Form S-8 (File No.  333-_______)  of our
report  dated  November 15, 1995 on our audits of the  consolidated  financial
statements  and our  report  dated  November  15,  1995 on our  audits  of the
financial  statement  schedules of The Scotts Company as of September 30, 1994
and 1995 and for the three years ended  September 30, 1993,  1994 and 1995, as
included in the Company's Form 10-K/A for the year ended September 30, 1995.


                                    COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.

Columbus, Ohio
June 14, 1996