Horticulturist, 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 childhood bushland to decades of fieldwork — can shape the way we understand the natural world.
From early days learning under mentors like Edna Walling, Jack McLeod, and Glen Wilson, to co-authoring alongside David Jones the landmark Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation, Roger has spent more than sixty years asking: How do plants, people, and place shape one another? And what grows when we care with curiosity?
In this episode, they talk about:
the "web of life" Roger saw long before ecology had a name
the quiet, essential partnership of Roger and Gwen
how nurseries, fieldwork, and mentoring shaped generations of plant lovers
and why caring for plants is inseparable from caring for people
A gentle, generous conversation about legacy, relationship, and the slow work of cultivating a life with meaning.
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