About Lilly Pillys Lilly Pillys are an Australian Native Fruiting tree, which are very commonly used as hedge plants but also have amazing flowers. It’s a good idea to not hedge them over Autumn to allow them to flower, which will allow them to fruit. After you collect the Lilly Pilly berries in winter, you
As we are hitting the winter solstice, the garden has gone predominately dormant. However, the Edible Forest was designed to always have something harvestable at all times in all seasons. One of our best winter performers is the strawberry guava. The strawberry guava is a hardy shrub to small tree originating from South America that
For this month, I have chosen the Medlar tree as it’s one of my absolute favourites, especially at this time of year! The medlar tree is an ancient variety and was once extremely popular in Europe during the middle ages. You would have found them in most medieval monasteries and castles. Can you recognise the
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