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Growing your own native tea
Tips for growing native bushfood tea plants in your home garden.
Meet the Red Back Australian Ginger
Meet the Tucker Bush Fresh Botanicals WA State Winner in the 2021 delicious. Harvey Norman Produce Awards.
What is a micro-food forest?
The beauty of this type of forest is that you can design it as big or as small as your space will allow. The trick is to choose a combination of plants that mimic the key features of a full-sized forest that maintain the micro-climate and help sustain the ecosystem.
4 Reasons Why Bushfood Gardening Is Good For You
Bushfood gardening is great for the environment, great for the kitchen, and great for the mind and body. Here’s why…
COMPETITION: Name Our Newest Native Herb
Australia’s best culinary Geraldton wax needs a name. We’ve been working with Helix Australia to bring you the best culinary Geraldton wax. In a world first, this uniquely Australian botanical is almost ready to make its debut. All that’s missing is a name.
The Secret Lives of Native Australian Edible Plants
The native shrubs in your local park may be just decades old, but they come from a long line of remarkable specimens unique to the land we all live on. In honour of NAIDOC Week, here are five of our favourite native edible plants.
5 Easy Bushfood Hacks to Spice Up Your Father’s Day
With Father’s Day just around the corner, we thought we’d share a few bushfood “hacks” (and facts!) for your weekend barbecue.
Why grow bushfood in your backyard?
Everyone benefits from today’s bushfood movement. Whether you identify as a foodie, a green thumb, or a part of the local wildlife, there are many reasons why now is the perfect time to plant an edible native in your backyard.
Can Bushfood Gardening Make Us Happier?
As bushfood lovers, it doesn’t take much to convince us that gardening is good for our mental health. But let’s dig a little deeper into some of science’s recent findings.
Win a Tucker Bush garden for your school
Win a Tucker Bush garden for your school. The Tucker Bush Schools Program assists schools in establishing their own native bush tucker garden for children, teachers and parents to enjoy. We help teach the children about local Aboriginal culture and the traditional uses of these plants.
Choosing bushfood plants for a child-friendly backyard
Getting your kids into the garden from a young age is a great way to start developing their “nature smarts” as early as possible. Without realising it, they’ll learn so much about plants, water, soil and bugs (hooray for pollinators!), simply by interacting with the...
Pollinator friendly Tucker Bush plants. Here’s 10 perfect suggestions for your native edible garden
Have you heard the buzz? Earlier this year, bees were declared the most important species on this planet. We rely on them to pollinate food crops, feed crops and the multitude of vital and beautiful flora in our delicate ecosystem.
Trim & Treat a Native Hedge to Eat
Many native plants are perfect for an edible hedge. These are our six recommendations for the easiest and most satisfying to grow.
Can ‘Garden to Table’ Actually Fit Into a Normal Life?
Have you heard of the ‘garden to table’ movement? Is all the rage right now. If you’re a life-long gardener, you might think of it as yet another hipster label applied to something you’ve been doing for years. Even so, it’s hard to deny the good that comes from...
Say hello to the Youlk
The long-awaited Youlk (Platysace deflexa) finally hits shelves this coming month with a special new label created by WA educator, mentor and artist, Buffie Corunna. For those of you who don’t know, Youlk is one of many native root vegetables that featured throughout...
Indoor gardening with native bushfood plants
Because edible plants aren’t known for loving the indoors, people don’t often consider bush tucker species for house plants. But shade-tolerant herbs, like Native River Mint, and understory rainforest trees can thrive inside the home, growing comfortably without full...
A Very Bush Tucker Christmas
Christmas is all about Summer in the southern hemisphere. Whether your silly season flavour is a stinking hot day, breezy arvo or a balmy evening, here are a few simple ways to enjoy some very Australian flavours in your holiday luncheon. (Pro tip: Try telling your...
Winter Warmers: Adding tucker bush flavours to your favourite winter recipes
There’s nothing like a good, hearty meal to tide you over on a chilly night. Following on from our bush tucker substitutions, let’s look at how you can razz up your winter dishes with the cold season’s native bush foods. Winter soups with a native twist Soups are a...
Substituting everyday ingredients for native bush tucker
“I want to grow more bush tucker, but I’m not sure if I’d use it much. What can I make with native ingredients?” While not technically exotic, Australia’s bush tucker is still on the fringe of the mainstream. Currently popularised by gourmet chefs and the “fancy”...
Hello, New South Wales!
You should soon find the Tucker Bush plants popping up in selected Independent Garden Centres nurseries around the state. Keep your eyes peeled for our range of: Smooth Davidson Plum (Davidsonia johnsonii) Wild Currant (Antidesma erostre) Tucker Bush Cherry (Syzygium...