Podcast Episodes

Hannah Moloney on her book 'Why We Garden', activism and a good life for everybody

Season 2 Episode 3

Hannah Moloney was born for this! 'This' is creating what she calls "a good life for everybody": people, animals, ecosystems and communities alike.

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9 hours ago

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Tim Pilgrim on Wild by Design, learning through doing and daisies

Season 2 Episode 2

Tim Pilgrim, garden designer and author of Wild by Design, joins Cass Dowding for a conversation about naturalistic gardening, learning through doing…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Fiona Crombie on designing gardens for Hamnet, paw paw and her love of roses

Season 2 Episode 1

Award-winning production designer Fiona Crombie joins Cass Dowding for a conversation about memory, storytelling and the gardens that stay with us.

B…

2 months, 1 week ago

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Cass Dowding on starting a podcast, the plants that held grief and what grew after

Season 2

The 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 b…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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A little update from The Sentimental Gardener

Season 2

Cass shares what's coming in Season 2 ... returning March 2026

3 months ago

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Christmas Special with Annie Winter - on friendship, the first season and floppy Phlomis

Season 1 Episode 14

Annie Winter, gardener, and Cass share laughs, tangents, and heartfelt reflections in this Christmas Special recorded in The Winter Garden.

Can the…

5 months ago

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Ralph Bristow on The Barwitian Garden, designing through listening and his love of Yuccas

Season 1 Episode 13

Ralph Bristow, expressionist painter and garden designer, joins Cass for a gentle, searching conversation about what happens when we design not from …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Rodger Elliot on cultivating Australian native plants, growing passionate plant people and the interconnectedness of everything

Season 1 Episode 12

Horticulturist, author, and advocate for Australian native plants, Roger Elliot AM joins Cass Dowding on The Sentimental Gardener to explore how a li…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Fleur Flanery on what the landscape says about us, The Australian Landscape Conference and a million trees.

Season 1 Episode 11

Landscape architect, horticulturist, and Director of Outlandish Ventures, Fleur Flanery joins Cass Dowding on The Sentimental Gardener to explore how…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Attila The Horticulturist on a life of observation, his plant zoo and being a part of nature

Season 1 Episode 10

Canberra-based gardener, horitculturist, educator, and advocate for sustainable horticulture Attila Horgosi joins Cass Dowding on The Sentimental Gar…

7 months ago

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