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Gardenia first appeared in ''[[DP031|The Grass-Type Is Always Greener]]''. In this episode, she first appeared attempting to capture a wild {{p|Gloom}} but failed before running off to see {{AP|Ash's Turtwig|Turtwig}}, which she complimented. She then had a short {{pkmn|battle}} with {{Ash}}, revealing to him that the Eterna City Gym Leader specialized in Grass Pokémon but not that it is her yet. She sent out {{p|Cherubi}} first, though she soon recalled it. She then sent out her own {{p|Turtwig}}, which defeated both {{AP|Turtwig|Turtwig}} and {{AP|Staravia|Staraptor}}.

|desc=Gardenia mentioned that she has a {{p|Vileplume}} when she wanted to trade one of her Pokémon for James's {{p|Carnivine}}.}}

Gardenia was the second [[Gym Leader]] that Platinum had battled against, and the first to have a [[Double Battle]] against. Gardenia sent out {{p|Roserade}} and {{p|Cherubi}} against [[Platinum's Empoleon|Platinum's Prinplup]] and [[Platinum's Rapidash|Ponyta]]. To avoid ice and fire attacks, Gardenia and her Pokémon kept a great distance away from their challenger. But the distance didn't trouble them. Her {{p|Roserade}} used poisonous vines to attack, sending vines from the ground. This move easily knocked out Ponyta with a single shot. {{p|Cherubi}} on the other hand used {{m|Grass Knot}}. The attacks seemed to corner Prinplup, especially because after its evolution, Prinplup was prone to heavier damage from Grass Knot attacks. But the battle resulted as Platinum's victory, after she used the holes in the ground (made from Roserade's vines) to her advantage by having Prinplup blow a {{m|Blizzard}} into the holes. The holes led the ice move directly to Gardenia's two Pokémon, making them unable to battle. Recognizing her defeat, Gardenia gave Platinum the Forest Badge.

|desc=Roserade and Cherubi were both sent against Platinum in a Double Battle. Since the opponent's chosen Pokémon could use Fire and Ice attacks, Gardenia used the wide area of her plain grass Gym to not being hit by those type of attacks. As a distance-attack technique, Roserade used her poisonous vines under the arena, who defeated Ponyta and badly injured Prinplup. After being attacked by Cherubi's {{m|Grass Knot}} (which was more powerful upon {{p|Piplup}}'s evolution, since her weight had increased), she used her {{m|Blizzard}} in the tunnels the vines had dug, to deliver an underground at distance attack.