Victorian Bushfoods & Survival Plants 

WALKABOUT EDUCATION PRESENTS
Bush Foods
Victorian Bushfoods & Survival Plants
Are you familiar with your local environment, or would like to be? This presentation will reveal the local supermarket, hardware and chemist that can be found in the bush or maybe at your doorstep.
Jamie will cover Plant Identification, Seed Collection, Sourcing Germination, Propagation, and Cultivation. Encouraging the use of Indigenous plants in urban landscapes and the benefits of planting an Indigenous garden at home or within the community.
Jamie has a life time experience in the local bush, growing up on the Mornington Peninsula he spent most of his time in the bush or on the beach. Jamie discovered the treasures nature has to offer and has connected this to the Traditional Owners journey of life and survival prior to European contact.
He has managed Walkabout Education since1998.
Managing Director of Hortiscape Pty Ltd Landscaping & Property Management 2OO7, ongoing Non Member Director of Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation 2014 - 2016. Ranger at Emerald Lake Park 1998 - 2004.
Expert in Aboriginal Uses of indigenous plants of Victoria & Tasmania, Consultant to the Aboriginal Community. Permaculture 20+ years of sustainable farming, Park Ranger 6 years Emerald Lake Park. Has been involved with revegetation, of over 10,000 Indigenous plants.
Plants included in this presentation include:
Acacia melanoxlon, Australian Blackwood, Dicksonia antartica, Soft Tree Fern, Coprosma quadrifida, Prickly Currant Bush, Pimelea axiflora, Boot Lace Bush, Kangaroo Grass, Themeda triandra, Dianella longifolia, Blue Flax Lily, Tasmanian Flax Lily, Dianella tasmanica, Basket Grass, Mat-rush, Lomandra longifolia, Common Reed, Phragmites australis, Native Cherry, Exocarpos cupressiformis, Hazel Pomaderris, Native Hazel, Pomaderris aspera, Bull Rush, Cumbungi, Typha orientalis, Typha domingensis, Kangaroo Apple, Solanum lanciniatum, Native Raspberry, Rubus parvifolius, Coastal Wattle, Acacia sophorae, Pigface, Carprobrotus modestus, Carprobrotus rossii, Victorian Christmas Bush, Coranderrk, Prostanthera lasianthos, Yam Daisy, Murnong Daisy, Microseris lanceolata, Slippery Jack, Suillus luteus, Bracket Fungus, Tinder Fungus, Grass Tree, Xanthorrhoea, Austral Mulberry, Hedycarya augustifolia