This month’s chosen plant is a controversial one……I’ve chosen Blue Broom – Psoralea pinnata for three reasons! First the good then I shall get the controversial part if you haven’t picked it up yet 🙂 3. Hardy & Quick-Growing As the Edible Forest is only 6 years old from construction, blue broom has been a
This month I have chosen Angelica as edible plant of the month because it’s really beautiful at this time of year and has so many uses! Angelica also known as Ashitaba and the botanical name of Angelica archangelica is in the Apiaceae family. Also in this family is celery and I point this out as
The Edible Forest Nursery has been a new exciting addition to our forest for the past 18 months. Everything we sell is propagated on-site in our hothouse. Lots of preplanning and work goes into getting these plants out to the public and we do this as we recognized some of our plants are just not
Keeping the good bugs in and the bad bugs out As we are an organic garden we have a few ways to keep the good bugs in and the bad bugs out! One of those ways is by planting plants that attract beneficial insects. The main purpose of beneficial insects is to aid in pollination
One of our main functions as garden is to grow produce for the Yarra Valley Estate Wedding and Conference Centre. We just LOVE edible flowers. Being able to handpick a bucket of edible flowers before a wedding really sets us apart and is actually so easy! Spring is the best time for flower growing and
Spring in the Edible Forest is all about berries. Some of the varieties we grow are: Tayberries Mulberries Currents (Red, Black, White) Logan berries Boysenberries June berries Saskatoon berries Blueberries Aronia berries Strawberries White strawberries Raspberries Josta berries Gooseberries The best time to visit the garden for berry tasting is in December and January and we
At the tail end of autumn work in the Edible Forest starts to die down and we get into preparing the garden for winter. Our first focus is on cutting down any perennials in the garden and adding these to our compost heap, in time this compost will be returned to the garden as a
Rose’s, nature’s symbol of love, beauty and health and the flower of the Rose Hip. All be it a little prickly. When the last petal has fallen you are left with a beautiful brightly coloured seed pod. This is the Rose Hip also known as the fruit of the rose. Generally you will notice these
Autumn and the Autumn Harvest is proving to be an interesting time in the garden this year. With the high levels of rainfall and low temperatures we saw throughout summer. The garden has been built using Hugelkultur methods therefore storing a lot of water and hardly drying out in some areas creating all sorts of