Savoury Treats! Native Plants for Everyday Cooking, Guided Walk

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Thu 28 Nov 2024

Learn what to eat or not to eat



Located in Tanawha on the Sunshine Coast, the magnificent Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden is a haven for local plants and animals. The Australian bush provides a wealth of edible native plants that can add delicious flavours, smells and nutrition to your home cooking.

Acronychia Imperforta – FRASER ISLAND APPLE – A juicy bright orange fruit which ripens in winter and spring and has a sharp-tasting edible flesh. This is a hardy, ornamental shrub or small tree ideal for seaside gardens.


Connect with nature in the heart of Kabi Kabi Country and come along to the Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden for a relaxing guided walk to explore these incredible edibles on the Savoury Treats Native Plants for Everyday Cooking, Guided Walk. Discover the natives that you can grow in your own backyard and how to incorporate them into your everyday cooking. Learn what to eat or not to eat ...

Syzyguim luehmannii – SMALL LEAVED LILLY PILLY OR RIBERRY – The attractive red fruit of this ornamental small tree is a popular ingredient in many wildfood dishes. It is now being harvested commercially.


The Savoury Treats! Native Plants Guided Walk is suitable for adults and will include walking on both paved and gravel surfaces in the natural bush setting of the Botanic Garden.
Please dress for an outdoor walk, with appropriate clothing and enclosed shoes.

Carpobrotus glaucescens – PIG FACE – Fruits of this fleshy creeper of the sand dunes ripen in summer and autumn. They have a delicious salty-apple flavour.


Participants are requested to meet at the entrance to the Arts & Ecology Centre at the Botanic Garden.

Date and times: Thursday 28 November, 10.00am to 11.30am
Location: Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden, Arts & Ecology Centre, Palm Creek Road, Tanawha
With limited numbers and tickets only $5, bookings are essential - please pre-purchase your tickets online here.

Eugenia reinwardtiana – BEACH CHERRY – The bright red fruit of this small shrub ripens between August and March. It is good to eat, being succulent and sweet - so, perhaps, not suitable for a Savoury Treats walk.


Please Note: The images in this article have been researched by the writer as local edible plants and may or may not be part of this guided walk.

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