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Exotic & Bushfood Plant Pairings For A Gorgeous Balcony Garden
Enjoy the sunset from a rewilded balcony garden, one you designed yourself with a smattering of tasty Australian bushfood plants.
Bushfood Hydroponics: An Overview for Beginners
Of course, anything is possible with enough effort, money and space. But if you’re just starting out or just wanting an ongoing supply of kitchen herbs, we recommend sticking to herbs, small vegetables, and succulents — the kinds of plants that belong in the Herb Layer of a micro–food forest.
Bushfood and Nature Play
Childhood isn’t the same as it used to be. With a steady increase of personal electronics and urbanisation over the last few decades, the kids of today tend to spend most of their leisure time indoors with their eyes fixed to a screen.
Five-Course Christmas Lunch with Australian Bush Ingredients
Treat friends and family to the taste of Australia. Our collection of recipes has grown over the last couple of years, thanks to the generosity and support of the Tucker Bush community. Here are our favourite choices for an impressive Christmas affair.
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.
Landscaping the Elizabeth Hansen Autumn Centre bushfood garden
Although the Centre survived state funding cuts in 2019 that almost forced it into closure, what it needed next was a greener touch of love, something to give both residents and staff a sense of place and belonging.
Meet the Native Thyme, an award-winning native herb
Long known for its use in Aboriginal herbal medicine, Native Thyme was later added to the European taxonomic mint family under Prostanthera, a genus named after the Greek words for “addendum” and “anther” in honour of the small appendages on the flower anthers of its species.
Meet the Wattleseed
Traditionally used in Aboriginal cuisine, wattleseed was typically ground into flour for damper. The gum, flowers, leaves and bark from various species of wattle were also used as bush medicine to treat diarrhoea, blisters and burns, coughs, eczema, and general sickness.
Bushfoods for Schools: Beyond the Raised Veggie Bed
Growing a bushfood garden is about more than food production or learning how to keep a plant alive. In Australia, it’s part of a holistic approach to connecting with country and nature.
Native Botanical Treats for Mothers Day
Make your Mothers Day lunch a little extra this year with a personal selection of homemade gourmet delights. These old favourite recipes use unique Australian botanicals to add that special flavour twist.
Ancient Plants + Modern Tech: Hydroponics for Native Edibles
Hydroponic growing is particularly useful in modern homes with small backyards and plenty of room indoors (or in the garage).
Micro-forest in a mixing bowl: how tiny can one garden get?
In this post, we’ll cover specifically how to make an open terrarium with micro-food forest principles, combining Australian bushfoods and other terrarium-friendly plants.
7 Classic Cocktails with a Bushfood Twist
Whether using bushfood infused spirits or ingredients from your own back garden, these re-imagined cocktails are sure to impress your guests at the next dinner party.
Green up your home office with native bushfoods
Glow up—or “green up”—your home office with these attractive (and tasty) Australian bushfoods.
Meet the Chocolate Lily
Meet the Chocolate Lily, a chocolate-scented grassland flower producing edible bushfood tubers.
Designing a family-friendly backyard bushfood micro-forest
The right plants for a child-safe and family-friendly bushfood micro-forest will depend on several factors, namely food safety, environmental safety, and taste.
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…