Australian Native Plants for Food (Bush Tucker / Indigenous Plants)

Australian Native Plants for Food (Bush Tucker / Indigenous Plants)

Course info

Learn about identifying, growing and using Australian Indigenous Plants for Food!  There are many Australian plants that are edible, and even some that are in very high demand as foods throughout the world and this course takes you through the full range and how to identify, grow, gather and use them.

What will you achieve from this course?

After completing Australian Native Plants for Food (Bush Tucker / Indigenous Plants), you will have the knowledge necessary to cultivate, harvest and use various bush tucker nuts, seeds, vegetables, fruits and more!

Lessons:

•     Introduction – includes: Is it Edible? Native Plants to be Cautious With, Plant Identification
•     Growing – includes: Understanding Soil, Planting Procedure, Propagation, Difficult Seeds
•     Gathering – includes: Ethics, Designing a Bush Garden, Shrubs for a Bush Tucker Garden
•     Nuts and Seeds – includes: Macadamia, Araucaria, Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia, Acacias
•     Vegetables – includes: Native Spinach, Pigface, Longleaf Mat Rush, Native Lilies, Seaweeds
•     Fruits – includes: Astroloma, Davidson’s Plum, Bush Cherries, Quandong, Native Raspberry
•     Flavourings, Teas, Essences – includes: Eucalyptus, Leptospermum, Curcuma, Acacia
•     Using Bush Tucker Plants – Select and develop processing procedures

Course Delivery

This course is available to be completed via correspondence.

Work Load  | Full time: 12hrs per week |  Part time: 6hrs per week |  Total Duration 100hrs

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