African olives
Learn how to ID and harvest this edible and medicinal wonder.
Beach mustard
A spicy addition to your beach walks.
Blackberry nightshade
Is it delicious or deadly?
Blue Flax Lily
Sweet edible berries for a short season in summer.
Bulrush
The nutritious ancient wetland food.
Chickweed
Excellent food and outstanding medicinal plant.
Dandelion
Much celebrated edible and medicinal weed.
Amaranth species
Widespread edible, rich in minerals and protein.
Blackberries
This is an exceptional wild treat. Find out where and when to go.
Brazilian Cherry
Common garden and street planting in northern NSW/ S.E. Queensland.
Bunya
A native tree with enormous nuts!
Cleavers
The sticky rambler with incredible medicinal qualities.
Dock
There are several docs in Australia, exotic and native, all edible.
Farmer’s friend
AKA cobbler peg, this is a fantastic herb: food + medicine
Fennel
Excellent and abundant wild edible
Feral Apples
South East Australian country roads are lined with feral apples.
Flatweed
AKA Cat’s ears, this common bitter edible is everywhere
Golden kelp
Learn how to harvest and use seaweeds in Australia.
Mallow species
There are several edible mallows in Australlia.
Mulberry
One of the most foraged berry in Australia.
Nettle
Ancient food and medicine all over the world.
Neptune’s necklace
A yummy seaweed growing on rock platforms.
Pink peppercorn
A floral, spicy fruit available on trees all over southern Australia
Purslane
Summer’s super nutritious edible weed
Robinia
This common street planting has edible flowers.
Saffron milk cap
Learn how to forage edible mushrooms in Australia.
Scurvy weed
Excellent and versatile native edible.
Shepherd purse
Widespread edible and medicinal plant.
The slipperies
There are three main variety of Suillus mushroom in the forest. All edible and yummy
Wattle
Amazing seasonal, marker, yummy seeds, flowers and more.
Wild lettuce
The wild counterpart of the commercial lettuce.
Wood sorrel
Learn about this common edible and sour treat.
Fat Hen
A highly nutritious green
Feral Plums
The treat of summer.
Fleabane
Used as insect repellant in folk medicine.
Flickweed
The winter wonder with a peppery bite.
Madeira vine
This is yummy. And a menace. Eat it up!
Magnolia
Did you know you can eat the magnolia flowers?
Native spinach
Learn how to identify, harvest and cook this fantastic native.
Onion weed
A common edible in people’s lawn
Plantain species
Learn how to tell apart the plantain species for food ad medicine.
Rambling dock
This is a common coastal wild edible.
Salsify
Also known as oyster plant this common spring edible is a treat
Sea lettuce
Learn how to harvest, cook and eat this nutritious seaweed.
Scotch thistle
Excellent wild edible available everywhere.
Sow thistle
Much celebrated edible weed.
Three corner garlic
Exceptional garlic substitude growing wild in southern Australia
Wild asparagus
Such a prised gift of early spring
Wild brassica
There are many close relatives of the shop veggies out there
