The incredible Tamar Valkenier came to my foraging workshop. She’s a best selling author and a professional adventurer. Read what she has to say here>
Read MoreGardening Australia segment on how to forage for edible weeds. They are yummy!!
Read MoreWild lettuce is regarded as the wild counterpart of the commercial lettuce you can buy at the supermarket. Although it is far more bitter than cultivated lettuce, it has greater nutritional and medicinal qualities.
Read MoreRambling dock (AKA Turkey rhubarb) is a common weed on the east coast of Australia. It is also edible and yummy.
Read MoreJack Revell goes foraging for wild mushrooms to find more than he expected and how a pandemic brought us all out.
Read MoreRobinia flowers are edible, their aroma is divine, and they are all over Temperate Australia right now.
Check your hood as you might be missing out!
It can be argued that it is our obligation to eat mulberries when they are ripe on the tree. It is part of our biological contract. We, urban mammals, eat mulberries and the tree flourishes forevermore.
Go on, do your job, it is the season!
There are food and medicine plants everywhere you look. From the great knowledge of Aboriginal people to the knowledge of migrants related to weeds and non-natives, we have plenty to celebrate. Here’s a four parts video series on how to forage for wild edibles.
Read MoreWhy foraging today?
Watch a short intro to a four-part series that want to present the what, how, where and why of foraging in Australia.
Read MoreThere are plants with great stories; there are plants with funny stories; there are plants with old stories and then there is shepherd’s purse, who’s story is best untold.
Read MoreAre you looking for wild harvested mushrooms this year? Do you live around Sydney?
Read this first>>
Foraging as communion to place.
"There is magic and miracle woven into the stories of the land, water and air. Right where you are now."
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The thistles are here. They are yummy, and full of stories to tell. One for all?> "No one provokes me with impunity" . What the heck?? Yes indeed, read on.
Read MoreRead what a guest had to say about learning to harvest edible wild mushrooms, with pictures.
Unlock the magic>
Read MoreOh dear, they're here! Blue flax lily, all over the parks, reserves and street plantings of Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and further. Have you tried the berries yet? Check the clues in the blog post.
Short season folks, better be quick for this treats.
Oh No! Onion weed! How to get rid of this pesky sprout?? EAT IT! Yep, I know, you learned to hate this plant, shooting up on your perfect lawns and causing much aesthetic disturbance. But ay, it is actually a good feed too> try it
Read MoreIn May 2015 for TEDx Sydney, a group of forward thinkers and environmental conscious producers were mustered to provide for 2.5k people at the Opera House. This video tells you how and why>>
Read MoreGrove is a new online magazine about sustainability and surprising ways to make ethical decisions fun.
Here's a video interview with 4 foragers in Sydney, looking at why, where and how urban foraging can happen.
Follow Grove here>> www.grove-mag.com
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