The Backyard Series: Bushfoods and Birds

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Sat 26 Oct 2024

Nurture a native garden for birds and pantry



Come along to the Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens in Tanawha to learn and gain inspiration about bush foods and birds from Karen Shaw of Forest Heart ecoNursery. Participants will love discovering edible native plants and how a fruitful backyard can be a paradisical haven for birds, at this fun, informative Backyard Series workshop.

Discover that nurturing a native garden can mean more than just tending to and enjoying well-adapted, stunning plants - it can be an extension of your pantry too! Growing bush foods is both fun, healthy and convenient.



In the Bushfoods and Birds Workshop, Karen will share her ideas on how you too can create an abundant garden full of local tastes. This will include introducing some of her favourite plants as well as tips on when and how to use the foliage, flowers, nuts, fruits and flavours. Many native species of plants also have characteristics that make them an appealing choice to use as ground covers, edging and privacy screens. Seasonal surpluses mean a bush food garden is good for you as well as for local birds, providing a food source and nesting spot for our feathery friends.



Karen Shaw is totally enamoured with native plants - she grows them, eats them, drinks them and even paints and prints with them. Co-founder of Forest Heart ecoNursery and Brush Turkey Enterprises, Karen Shaw takes a lot of pleasure in sharing her more than twenty-five year love affair of native plants, with children and adults alike.



The Backyard Series has proved to be very popular this year, and with limited spots, registration is essential. Tickets may be pre-purchased online here.

Date and time: Saturday 26 October, 9.00am to 10.30am
Location: Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden, 51 Palm Creek Road, Tanawha



Waiver: The writer is unaware of which edible native plants will be explored at this workshop. The Forest Heart ecoNursery photos were selected by the writer for their colour and appeal.

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