The Sentimental Gardener
by Cass Dowding
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About this podcast
Join Cass Dowding, an enthusiastic everyday gardener, as she has conversations with fellow plant lovers about the gardens and plants that shape our stories and connect us to what matters most.
Episodes
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- Alice Zaslavsky on her new book 'Weeknights with Alice', veg-first recipes and marigolds · 51 min · Season 2 Episode 7What makes a cookbook so irresistible that a gardening guru finds himself buzzing towards it like a bee to a flower? When Costa Georgiadis (ABC TV Gardening Australia) rang Alice…
- Jay Young from Flinders Farm Gate on regenerative farming, garlic and a paddock full of sunflowers · 1 h 3 min · Season 2 Episode 7In this episode of The Sentimental Gardener, Cass chats with Jay Young, co-founder of Flinders Farmgate, a small-scale regenerative farm on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula…
- Deb Collett on Australia Post's new dahlia stamp collection plus dahlia trials program at Cruden Farm · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 8Deb Collett was a previous guest way back in Season One, and since then we've become great friends. So it was particularly lovely to sit down and catch up with her on this…
- Timothy Mitchell on tomatoes, transforming tennis courts and designing en plein air · 1 h 0 min · Season 2 Episode 5Australian landscape architect and garden designer Timothy Mitchell joins Cass Dowding on The Sentimental Gardener podcast to talk about his early memories of plants…
- Ben Clark on growing Kuranga Native Nursery, and building a family life around plants · 51 min · Season 2 Episode 4Are you an Australian native plant fanatic? Well you're going to love this episode! Cass Dowding chats with Ben Clark, co-owner of Kuranga Native Nursery, about growing up…
- Hannah Moloney on her book 'Why We Garden', activism and a good life for everybody · 1 h 3 min · Season 2 Episode 3Hannah Moloney was born for this! 'This' is creating what she calls "a good life for everybody": people, animals, ecosystems and communities alike. From climate-justice cabaret…
- Tim Pilgrim on his book Wild by Design, learning through doing and daisies · 1 h 26 min · Season 2 Episode 2Tim Pilgrim, garden designer and author of Wild by Design, joins Cass Dowding for a conversation about naturalistic gardening, learning through doing, and what it means to work…
- Fiona Crombie on designing gardens for Hamnet, paw paw and her love of roses · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 1Award-winning production designer Fiona Crombie joins Cass Dowding for a conversation about memory, storytelling and the gardens that stay with us. Best known for her work on…
- Cass Dowding on starting a podcast, the plants that held grief and what grew after · 1 h 14 min · Season 2The story of The Sentimental Gardener. Cass Dowding swaps roles and takes the guest seat as is asked all the questions she asks her guests. Guided by brilliant host Chloe Foster…
- A little update from The Sentimental Gardener · 2 min · Season 2Cass shares what's coming in Season 2 ... returning March 2026
- Christmas Special with Annie Winter - on friendship, the first season and floppy Phlomis · 1 h 41 min · Season 1 Episode 14Annie Winter, gardener, and Cass share laughs, tangents, and heartfelt reflections in this Christmas Special recorded in The Winter Garden. Can they cover everything they want to…
- Ralph Bristow on The Barwitian Garden, designing through listening and his love of Yuccas · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 13Ralph Bristow, expressionist painter and garden designer, joins Cass for a gentle, searching conversation about what happens when we design not from certainty, but from…
- Rodger Elliot on cultivating Australian native plants, growing passionate plant people and the interconnectedness of everything · 1 h 32 min · Season 1 Episode 12Horticulturist, author, and advocate for Australian native plants, Roger Elliot AM joins Cass Dowding on The Sentimental Gardener to explore how a lifetime of noticing — from…
- Fleur Flanery on what the landscape says about us, The Australian Landscape Conference and a million trees. · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 11Landscape architect, horticulturist, and Director of Outlandish Ventures, Fleur Flanery joins Cass Dowding on The Sentimental Gardener to explore how the landscapes we shape —…
- Attila The Horticulturist on a life of observation, his plant zoo and being a part of nature · 1 h 23 min · Season 1 Episode 10Canberra-based gardener, horitculturist, educator, and advocate for sustainable horticulture Attila Horgosi joins Cass Dowding on The Sentimental Gardener to explore what it…
- Jane Edmanson on gardens as teachers of joy and scent as triggers of memories · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 9Gardening Australia presenter, horticulturist, author, and broadcaster Jane Edmanson OAM joins Cass Dowding on The Sentimental Gardener podcast to explore how joy, memory, and…
- Chloe Foster on her book The Rookie Gardener, prickly grevilleas and growing gardeners · 1 h 16 min · Season 1 Episode 8Horticulturist and author Chloe Foster joins Cass Dowding on The Sentimental Gardener podcast to talk about what it really takes to become a gardener — and why starting without a…
- Deb Collett on dahlias, the sport of flower competitions and designing a garden with memories · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 7Deb Collette is a dahlia grower, exhibitor, floral art judge, and dahlia show judge based in Victoria. She grew up in rural New Zealand, where she gained early experience in…
- Jocelyn Bennett on Australian native garden design, paying attention and dreaming of French gardens · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 6In this episode, host Cass Dowding talks with landscape designer Jocelyn Bennett from Earthcore Landscapes about designing award-winning Australian native gardens, why she lasted…
- Linda Pottage on making beautiful pictures, building a new 'old' house and intuitive design · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 5In this episode, host Cass Dowding talks with photographer and creator Linda Pottage about building an "old house" that looks like it's always been there, and creating gardens as…
