Edible wild olives foraging in Australia

African olives

Learn how to ID and harvest this edible and medicinal wonder.

Beach mustard AKA sea rocket foraging at the beach

Beach mustard

A spicy addition to your beach walks.

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Blackberries

This is an exceptional wild treat. Find out where and when to go.

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Bunya

A native tree with enormous nuts!

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Chickweed

Excellent food and outstanding medicinal plant.

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Amaranth species

Widespread edible, rich in minerals and protein.

Blue Flax Lily

Sweet edible berries for a short season in summer.

Brazilian Cherry

Common garden and street planting in northern NSW/ S.E. Queensland. 

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Cleavers

The sticky rambler with incredible medicinal qualities.

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Dandelion

Much celebrated edible and medicinal weed.

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Farmer’s friend

AKA cobbler peg, this is a fantastic herb: food + medicine

Feral Apples

South East Australian country roads are lined with feral apples.

Fleabane

Used as insect repellant in folk medicine.

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Mallow species

There are several edible mallows in Australlia.

Mulberry forage edible wild Australia

Mulberry

One of the most foraged berry in Australia.

Magnolia

Did you know you can eat the magnolia flowers?

Neptune’s necklace

A yummy seaweed growing on rock platforms.

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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.

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Saffron milk cap

Learn how to forage edible mushrooms in Australia.

Sea lettuce

Learn how to harvest, cook and eat this nutritious seaweed.

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Scotch thistle

Excellent wild edible available everywhere.

Shepherd purse

Widespread edible and medicinal plant.

Wild brassica

There are many close relatives of the shop veggies out there

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Wild lettuce

The wild counterpart of the commercial lettuce.

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Dock

There are several docs in Australia, exotic and native, all edible.

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Fennel

Excellent and abundant wild edible

Feral Plums

The treat of summer.

Flatweed

AKA Cat’s ears, this common bitter edible is everywhere

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Golden kelp

Learn how to harvest and use seaweeds in Australia.

Madeira vine

This is yummy. And a menace. Eat it up!

Nettle

Ancient food and medicine all over the world.

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Pink peppercorn

A floral, spicy fruit available on trees all over southern Australia

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Purslane

Summer’s super nutritious edible weed

Robinia

This common street planting has edible flowers.

Salsify

Also known as oyster plant this common spring edible is a treat

Commelina cyanea scurvy weed edible foraging

Scurvy weed

Excellent and versatile native edible.

The slipperies

There are three main variety of Suillus mushroom in the forest. All edible and yummy

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Sow thistle

Much celebrated edible weed.

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Three corner garlic

Exceptional garlic substitude growing wild in southern Australia

Wattle

Amazing seasonal, marker, yummy seeds, flowers and more.

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Wood sorrel

Learn about this common edible and sour treat.