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Gardening Australia Junior Podcast

ABC Australia,ABC

Gardening Australia Junior Podcast

Discover nature's secrets as Costa's magic compost creates enormous adventure wonderlands.

There are 28 episodes
© ABC Australia,ABC Episodes: 28 Ages: 6-10, 11plus

Episodes
The most recent appears first.

  • How do plants grow in Antarctica?

    00:10:35 18 December 2025 Listened

    // Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and a monstrous midge as they travel to Antarctica to see how plants grow in the South Pole. //

  • What is the difference between fruit and vegetables?

    00:09:30 11 December 2025 Listened

    // Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and a colossal caterpillar as they answer the age-old question: what’s the difference between fruit and vegetables? //

  • How do trees survive bushfires?

    00:10:19 4 December 2025 Listened

    // Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and a super-sized koala as they discover how trees survive bushfires. //

  • How do plants get sick?

    00:10:09 27 November 2025 Listened

    // Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and an army of ants as they find out how plants get sick. //

  • Are there plants alive today as old as dinosaurs?

    00:10:17 20 November 2025 Listened

    // Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and a humungous scarab beetle as they investigate whether any of today’s plants are as old as dinosaurs. //

  • Why do some plants sting?

    00:09:15 13 November 2025 Listened

    // Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and an enormous ladybird as they find out why some plants sting. //

  • Why are worms good for the garden?

    00:10:24 6 November 2025 Listened

    // Imagine This host Dr Nij joins Costa and the Gardening Australia Junior crew to find out why worms are so good for the garden. //

  • Do mushrooms glow in the dark?

    00:10:16 30 October 2025 Listened

    // Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and a super-sized slug as they discover whether mushrooms glow in the dark. //

  • Do plants cry?

    00:10:22 23 October 2025 Listened

    // Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and a huge butterfly as they find out whether plants cry. //

  • How do Venus fly traps work?

    00:10:34 16 October 2025 Listened

    // Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew, a giant mosquito and a grasshopper as they discover how Venus fly traps work. //

  • How do plants get their colours?

    00:09:35 6 February 2025 Listened

    // Roses are red, violets are blue — or are they? Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and a beautiful butterfly as they discover how plants get their colours. //

  • How do tree hollows form?

    00:10:09 30 January 2025 Listened

    // A game of hide and seek turns into a search for nature's hidden cubby houses. Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and a terrifying termite as they uncover the mysterious makings of tree hollows. //

  • Which animal poo is best for plants?

    00:10:21 23 January 2025 Listened

    // Poop helps plants grow, but which creature makes the best manure? Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and a blowfly as they examine the dung of their favourite farm animals. //

  • Why does fruit have skin?

    00:09:31 16 January 2025 Listened

    // A fruit salad feast ends with a tumultuous flight through a banana plantation. Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew, a fruit bat and a fruit fly on a wild ride that requires thick skin. //

  • Do plants breathe?

    00:09:23 9 January 2025 Listened

    // A mindfulness class becomes a gargantuan gassy garden. Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and an impatient yoga teacher as they answer the question: Can plants breathe? //

  • How does seagrass grow?

    00:08:35 2 January 2025 Listened

    // A picnic turns into a voyage in a glass bottom boat. Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew, a turtle and some seagulls, as they examine the grass growing at the bottom of the ocean. //

  • Why do some plants smell bad?

    00:10:17 26 December 2024 Listened

    // The stench of rotten meat is wafting from a rocket-shaped fungus in the garden. Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and a fleet of blowflies as they find out why some plants reallllllly stink. //

  • Why are cacti spiky?

    00:09:06 19 December 2024 Listened

    // A desert sandstorm ends with a climb up a skyscraper-sized cactus. Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and a giant rat as they discover why cacti are covered in spines. //

  • How do weeds spread?

    00:09:08 12 December 2024 Listened

    // A carpet of prickles is taking over the school playground. Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew and an enormous poodle as they track down the source of their weedy woes. //

  • Why are flowers different shapes?

    00:10:26 5 December 2024 Listened

    // Flowers transform into trampolines and tunnels with a sprinkle of magic compost! Join Costa, the Gardening Australia Junior crew, a long-tongued moth, and a blue-banded bee as they explore all the different shapes of flowers. //

  • Introducing Gardening Australia Junior Podcast

    00:01:16 28 November 2024 Listened

    // Have you ever soared through the sky on a butterfly's back? Crawled through termite tunnels? Bounced on flower petals like trampolines? Now you can, with a sprinkle of Costa's magic compost! Join Costa and the Gardening Australia Junior crew discovering the se… //

  • Gardening Buds 06 What happens after you plant your garden?

    00:11:00 27 October 2021 Listened

    // Today’s the big day! Caylee and Costa plant Caylee’s seedlings, and set-up her garden. But that’s the easy part – the tricky part is looking after your plants, and keeping them happy and healthy.… //

  • Gardening Buds 05 What plants should you choose?

    00:09:30 20 October 2021 Listened

    // Caylee and Costa use everything they’ve learnt so far to choose the plants for Caylee’s garden. But Caylee has a big question for Costa – after she’s planted her garden, what happens if something goes wrong?… //

  • Gardening Buds 04 How does your garden fit into the bigger garden?

    00:10:28 13 October 2021 Listened

    // Caylee is getting closer to figuring out what kinds of plants she wants to grow in her garden, but it’s important to remember that gardens aren’t just for us people! Costa talks about how important garden spaces are for the birds and bugs that share our neighb… //

  • Gardening Buds 03 How do plants work?

    00:10:10 6 October 2021 Listened

    // Caylee makes a special trip to Gardening Buds HQ to learn what plants need to keep healthy and happy - sunlight, water and food. Then, Costa introduces us to some wiggly little friends and teaches us how we can help make healthy soil.… //

  • Gardening Buds 02 What have you got?

    00:09:31 29 September 2021 Listened

    // Caylee and Costa put their microclimate goggles on to do something very important - a site assessment – to understand the space that Caylee will grow her garden in. We find out how light, size, temperature and lots of other things can affect what will work for… //

  • Gardening Buds 01 What is a garden?

    00:09:31 22 September 2021 Listened

    // 8-year-old Caylee calls the Gardening Buds hotline for some help to get her very own garden growing. She speaks to Gardening Bud Costa, but before they can plan Caylee’s garden, they go on a walk to find out about all the different kinds of gardens. From verge… //

  • Welcome to Gardening Buds

    00:01:30 16 September 2021 Listened

    // Everything a kid needs to know to make their garden grow!… //

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