Tucker Bush is a range of Australian native plants with edible fruits, nuts, seeds and leaves.

Delicious Edible Native Plants

Did you know that most of the edibles we grow in our gardens today were originally imported from overseas? With Tucker Bush edible natives, you can enjoy a backyard full of unique and delicious bush tucker fruits, roots, nuts, seeds and leaves from plants naturally adapted to our climate and soil.

A Truly Australian flavour

Bush food has sustained generations of Aboriginal peoples for centuries, and today represents a rich and vibrant history in the culture of this land. The Tucker Bush range aims to introduce a truly local flavour to the modern suburban home, working with communities who have unique stories to share.

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Tucker Bush Micro Food Forest

Apr 20, 2021

Come see a biodiverse backyard micro-food forest, Australian native edible plants for sale, new release bushfoods, dried native herbs, and info on how to make the most of your bush tucker garden.

Our New Online Store

You can now order our range of dried herbs and have them delivered right to your door, anywhere in Australia.

11 Nov: New additions added to our range

Special offer!

For Perth Metro residents only we are able to deliver a small seasonal selection of the Tucker Bush range to your door.

Free delivery over $150.00

Tucker Bush Schools Program

The Tucker Bush Schools Program assists schools in establishing their own bush tucker gardens, enriching the learning environment with native edible plants.

Our dream is to see bushfood gardens in schools all over the country, helping young Australians develop a stronger connection to nature and their food supply.

Schools Competition

WINNERS!

Thank you to all the talented contestants who sent an entry into our competition. It’s been inspirational to see so many students getting involved. We really appreciate all the hard work you’ve put in.

The competition is over & we have our winners

See The Results

Help Our Schools Program

50-cents from every Youlk sold goes towards the Tucker Bush Schools Program.

It's working We've given away 2 free programs already

Discover The Youlk

Welcome to TuckerBush!

Our range of plants

Browse our selection of Tucker Bush plants

Latest news

Read about what’s happening in and around Tucker Bush

Recipes

Recipes using our plants plus an e-book of some of our favourites

Where to buy

Find your nearest retailer for our plants

What’s new?

Meet the Red Back Australian Ginger

Meet the Red Back Australian Ginger

May 3, 2021

Meet the Tucker Bush Fresh Botanicals WA State Winner in the 2021 delicious. Harvey Norman Produce Awards.

Book Cover Cooking With Bush Tucker

We’ve put together an e-book of our favourite recipes

Featuring contributions from some of Australia’s leading chefs, using native bush tucker ingredients. This book includes all the recipes from our website plus more, covering entrees, mains, desserts and more, along with basic essentials like drying your own herbs and making your own jam.

Almond, Orange, Red Back Ginger Cake

Check Out Our Newest Recipe

Feb 11, 2021
Almond, Orange, Red Back Ginger Cake provided to us by Grzegorz Janecki

Tucker Bush on the ABC

On Saturday Breakfast with Christine Layton

Did you know Australia is home to thousands of edible native plants?

But if you have a veggie garden, I bet most of the food you grow is from plants that originally came from overseas…

Horticulturalist Mark Tucek has teamed up with local Noongar cultural guide Marissa Verma to bring bush tucker gardens to local Perth schools.

They talk us through the native Australian edible plants that can thrive in your garden, and some of the culture and history behind them.

Duration: 12min 39sec
Broadcast: Sat 13 Apr 2019, 6:00am

Listen/Download

Most recent additions to our plant range

20th April, 2021

Jambinu Zest

Chamelaucium “Jambinu Zest"

23rd February, 2021

Macadamia

Macadamia integrifolia x M. tetraphylla 'Beaumont’

4th December, 2020

Native Leek

Bulbine bulbosa

15th June, 2020

Round Baby Pigface

Disphyma crassifolium ssp. clavellatum

Our Goals for Tucker Bush

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“Popularise native edibles in our modern lifestyle and cuisine – both through home growing and gourmet cooking.”

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“Influence a cultural shift that contributes to preserving Australia’s food security and biodiversity.”

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“Help young Australians grow up with a stronger connection to nature and their food supply.”

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“Make Australian native edibles more readily available to average home gardener.”

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“Help gardeners successfully grow species that thrive in our soils and climate.”

Our big vision is to have every Australian garden include a native edible plant and to educate gardeners (and children) in the process.

Check out our active social media channels

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Have you visited our website?? Our website is an

Have you visited our website?? Our website is an amazing resource to learn more about Australian Native edible plants. Make sure to check out the 'Info' tab for the lastest news on Tucker Bush. If you want to know:
🌱 growing tips
🌱 plant history and info
🌱 recipes
🌱 where to buy dried herbs Head over to www.tuckerbush.com.au! Tag a friend below who is interested in Aussie Native edible plants! #australiannatives #nativeplants #australianflora #australianfood #horticulturist #australianbush #australiannativeplants #edibleplants #australianproduce #bushfood
#australianbotanicals #aussienatives #sustainablegarden #sustainablecooking #indigenousculture #aboriginalculture #bushtucker #australianplants #australiansmallbusiness #perthsmallbiz #outbush #wonderoutyonder
#buywesteatbest #perthgardening #perthplants #perthplantpeople #australiangarden #bushfoodsofaustralia #bushfoods

Native Thyme quick care tips! Native Thyme (Prost

Native Thyme quick care tips! Native Thyme (Prostanthera incisa) is one of the most popular and most versatile to use Australian Native edible plants. 🌱 Suitable for full-sun or partial shade
🌱 Suitable for pots or hedging
🌱 Tolerates drought
🌱 Susceptible to root rot (use a freely draining soil)
🌱 Prune any time of year
🌱 Fast growing, reaches up to 2m tall   Fun fact: this plant also has attractive purple flowers this thyme of year! (See what we did there?) If you’re yet to own an Australian Native edible plant, we recommend starting with an herb/spice plant like Native Thyme.🧡

Plant Spotlight: Tasmannia lanceolata Also known

Plant Spotlight:
Tasmannia lanceolata Also known as MOUNTAIN PEPPER🪴 Mountain Pepper is an evergreen shrub often used as a culinary spice. In the Spring, Mountain Pepper produces small yellow or white flowers that turn into red pepper berries over the Autumn season, but ONLY if both male and female plants are present - which is difficult with timing! If you’re lucky enough to get both a male and female plant, the berries will eventually turn black when they ripen. You can use the leaves to add a spicy, peppery flavour to your dish.🌱 Commonly used to add flavour in curries, cheese, salad dressings and sauces. The Mountain Pepper flowers can be enjoyed fresh in salads or as a pretty&peppery garnish for a variety of sweet and savoury dishes.🍽 Did you know we have recipe examples on our website to help you incorporate traditional bushfood flavour into your kitchen? When was the last time you cooked using Australia Native edibles?

In celebration of #NAIDOCWeek2021, we want to insp

In celebration of #NAIDOCWeek2021, we want to inspire you to make the switch to an Australian Native edible plant.🌱 Lilly Pilly is a fast-growing evergreen native, widely found across Australia, enjoyed as bush Tucker for generations. As a psyllid-resistant Lilly Pilly variety, the Tucker Bush Cherry is a very popular choice for landscapers and home gardeners. In Autumn and Winter, this plant produces edible red berries that are apple-like in texture with a mild sweetness. 🍎🍒 They may be eaten freshly picked from the tree, or made into jams, jellies, muffins, biscuits, cakes and wine! You can find the Tucker Bush range in local garden centres and Bunnings across Australia.🌱 Do you have any Australian Native edible plants in your home garden?

Happy #NAIDOC Week. @naidocweek : “The theme th

Happy #NAIDOC Week. @naidocweek :
“The theme this year is Heal Country. Country is more than a place. Country is family, kin, law, lore, ceremony, traditions, and language. Healing Country means embracing First Nation’s cultural knowledge and understanding of Country as part of Australia's national heritage. The right to protect Country and culture is fundamental. Destruction and desecration of our sacred lands or ancient sites - some of the oldest human occupation sites on the planet – is an enormous loss for both our nation and the world. But to truly heal Country we have more to do.”

Geraldton Wax🌸🐝 Jambinu Zest Geraldton Wax

Geraldton Wax🌸🐝 Jambinu Zest Geraldton Wax is a widely cultivated flowering shrub native to Western Australia. Jambinu Zest is a bushfood herb with a strong citrus flavour. With its edible needle-like leaves and waxy flavours (similar in flavour to Lemon Myrtle), Jambinu Zest is said to be the world’s best culinary Geraldton Wax. Geraldton Wax has been gaining popularity in modern Australian cuisine and we love to see it incorporated in so many creative ways. This bee was enjoying it!😁 How do you like to enjoy Geraldton Wax?

We’re passionate about helping young Australians

We’re passionate about helping young Australians grow up with a stronger connection to nature and their food supply.🍃 Mark Tucek (founder of Tucker Bush) and Marissa Verma (from Bindi Bindi Dreaming) partnered up to create the Tucker Bush Schools Program.🧡 Our Schools Program helps benefits students by:
🌱 strengthening their understanding and awareness of food and biodiversity. 🌱getting hands-on learning opportunities outside the sedentary classroom environment. 🌱learning more about plants, soil, water, pests and beneficial insects. 🌱eating herbs and veggies they’ve grown themselves. 🌱Marissa connecting students to our strong connection to country as the plants are our foods and medicines . To find out more about the Tucker Bush Schools Program, how to help support it, or even to register your school to get your very own Tucker Bush edible bushfood garden - head to our website. Www.tuckerbush.com.au 🧡

Our big vision at Tucker Bush is for every Austral

Our big vision at Tucker Bush is for every Australian garden to include at least one native edible plant. To reach this vision, we share our knowledge and educate gardeners and young Australians to help influence a cultural shift that contributes to preserving Australia’s food security and biodiversity.🌿 One simple way to do this is to purchase an Australian Native edible plant over your typical fruit plant. Instead of purchasing a plum tree, try growing a Davidson’s Plum plant! When the plant is young, you can grow it indoors as it needs protection from any harsh sun, frost and wind. Davidson’s Plum is not susceptible to many pests and diseases, meaning it’s a great beginner plant and it produces edible purple berries. Fruiting typically occurs between February and May and the deliciously sour fruit works well in both sweet and savoury dishes. Fun fact: they’ve also been known to make a pleasant tasting wine! 🍷 What’s holding you back from growing your first Australian Native edible plant??

Elevate your home cooking with Tucker Bush Austral

Elevate your home cooking with Tucker Bush Australian Native dried herbs! 🌿 Australia is a country plentiful with Native plants with edible fruit, vegetables and even herbs and spices. A simple way to incorporate Australian bushfood flavour to the modern suburban kitchen is with our range of Native Dried Herbs. Native Thyme (Prostanthera incisa) is a highly aromatic herb with hints of mint, pepper and earthy tones. 🌿 It goes great with meat dishes or can be steeped to make a refreshing herbal tea. You can purchase our Dried Herbs (available to ship across Australia) from our website at www.tuckerbush.com.au

Are you a Perth based chef who wants to incorporat

Are you a Perth based chef who wants to incorporate more Australian Native Edible plants into your dishes?🍴 Tucker Bush Fresh Botanicals supplies a range of fresh Australian Native edible produce to restaurants in the Perth metro region. Currently we are a small local grower located in the Perth Hills and we supply and deliver our fresh produce to like-minded businesses who share our mission of sustainability and awareness of Australian Native edible plants and culture. Our produce is seasonal but some of our range includes:
-Native finger limes
-Native thyme
-Native lemon myrtle
-Warrigal Greens
-Native red back ginger (award winning🏆) For more info, please send us an email at info@tuckerbush.com.au

So you want an Australian Native Edible plant but

So you want an Australian Native Edible plant but you don’t have a “green thumb”? Have you ever thought of giving it a go with an Australian Native succulent?? 🌿ROUND BABY PIGFACE 🌿
(also known as Disphyma crassifolium ssp. clavellatum) Round Baby Pigface is a very hardy plant that you’ll often find growing on coastal dunes and samphire flats, on rocky seaside cliffs, and in various saline soils inland. You can harvest the edible succulent leaves year-round. Yep! This is an EDIBLE succulent.🌿 Enjoy their juicy, refreshing burst of flavour in salads, stir-fries, pickles and as a flavoursome ingredient in seafood dishes. 😄 You can eat it whole or simply by sucking out the sweet pulp. The best bit, you don’t need a green thumb to successfully grow Round Baby Pigface. This native succulent tolerates frost, drought and salinity AND it’s well adapted to a range of soil types. If you’re in Perth and after a hardy Australian Native Edible Plant, we have many ready and available for delivery! Head to our website at www.tuckerbush.com.au

On Thursday we attended the opening of "Gathering

On Thursday we attended the opening of "Gathering & Growing" by Community Gardens Australia
Marissa treated everyone to some tasty native food on the night.
We also had Costa zoom in with some gardening inspiration including "Come over to my place and let's propagate"🤣 Costa also said "Bring someone new to anything you do"
Community Gardens help Save the Bees Australia Farm It Forward
Who's got a community Bushfood garden growing?
Thanks to Perth NRM for sponsoring.
#GatheringAndGrowing #communitygardensaustralia #communitygardening #bushfoods #tuckerbushplants
@costasworld

We get asked all the time where you can find Austr

We get asked all the time where you can find Australian Native Edible produce to eat and cook with. Introducing, Tucker Bush Fresh Botanicals. Right now, we are just a small local grower located in the Perth Hills and we grow a variety of Australian Native edible plants. 🌿 We supply fresh produce to like-minded businesses and restaurants around the Perth metro region that share our goal and mission of incorporating traditional Bush food flavour into modern Australian cooking.🍴 You can find Tucker Bush Fresh Botanicals at some of Perth’s top restaurants, including @wildflowerrestaurant. Pictured is Australian Native Lemon Myrtle.🌿 Do you want to add Australian Native edibles to your restaurant menu? Get in touch with us by email at info@tuckerbush.com.au, we would love to collaborate with more Perth restaurants!

Today is National Sorry Day. National Sorry Day ac

Today is National Sorry Day.
National Sorry Day acknowledges and raises awareness of the history and continued effect of the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from their families, communities and culture. National Reconciliation Week celebrates and builds on the respectful relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.
Reconciliation and acknowledgement can start in many ways.....even by sharing a garden or a meal together.
For more information go to https://www.reconciliation.org.au/
#MoreThanAWord #NRW2021

Now that COVID-19 restrictions are easing, it's ne

Now that COVID-19 restrictions are easing, it's never been a better time to explore this great country and learn about Native Australian bushfood plants.
Aboriginal Tours & Experiences have produced a Free Touring Map of W.A which you can access from the WAITOC website link below.
It's a great way to start (or continue on) your bushfood journey whether you are local to W.A or interstate.
#sharingknowledge #bushfood #tuckerbushplants
https://www.waitoc.com/fast-find/latest-news/free-touring-map-2021

Making Australian Natives more accessible for ever

Making Australian Natives more accessible for every Australian home kitchen! We created our range of Dried Native Australian Herbs to help introduce traditional Bush food flavours to modern Australian cuisine. 🌿 Lemon Myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) or commonly dubbed the “Queen of Lemon Herbs”, is the purest source of natural citrus, an essential oil with known anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and anti fungal properties.🍋🍊 This is a strong herb with a refreshing citrus flavour and aroma, popular in teas, desserts, meat dishes and more. 🌿 Did you know that when you receive your Dried Native Australian Herbs in the mail, we attach a recipe for you to try! Purchase from our website at www.tuckerbush.com.au. What is your favourite way to use Lemon Myrtle?👇🌿

Want some ideas on how to Cook with Bush Tucker?

Want some ideas on how to Cook with Bush Tucker? We have just the thing for you! 🌱 With Australian Native edibles increasing in popularity, being featured in tv shows like @masterchefau and used in the Australian fine-dining scene… why not cook gourmet at home? Australian Native edibles are IN, so it’s time for you to level up your cooking NOW!🧑‍🍳 Our Cooking with Bush Tucker eBook features contributions from Australia’s leading chefs and includes 94 recipes of entrees, mains, desserts and more! You can get yours on our website for only $9.99 AUD! (📷Pictured: Almond, orange and red back ginger cake. Recipe by Grzegorz Janecki.) Have you tried cooking with Bush Tucker?

Let’s test your knowledge! Test your knowledge

Let’s test your knowledge! Test your knowledge of Australian Native Edible Plant names. 👉 SWIPE to read about fruit, vegetable and herb&spice Native edible plants and their names. 🧡 SAVE this post to refer back to! 🌱 COMMENT which ones you didn’t know. 💻 Go to our WEBSITE for a whole heap of information on each plant.

TODAY IS THE DAY! We’ve been waiting YEARS (Th

TODAY IS THE DAY! We’ve been waiting YEARS (Thanks to Covid😅) to attend another Perth Garden & Outdoor Living Festival. But the time has finally arrived and we can’t wait to spend the next 4 days meeting you! 🧡 @PerthGardenFestival has been running for nearly 50 years and is WA’s premier Gardening Show.🌿 Our team has been working night and day creating the Tucker Bush Micro Food Forest show garden which promotes Australian edible native plants, biodiversity and celebrates Aboriginal culture. We transformed a bare patch of grass into a 100m2 display garden into a complete but tiny ecosystem! 😱 You’ll have to come in person to see it for yourselves! Make sure to watch our stories over the next 4 days to see behind the scenes of the Garden Festival and sneak peaks of our micro-forest. 🧡 Are you going to the festival?

Are you looking for a pop of colour in your garden

Are you looking for a pop of colour in your garden? 💜 We have two Australian Native edible plants that would be the perfect colourful addition to your garden!☀️ 1🌱BLUE LILLY PILLY (Syzygium oleosum)
You may already be familiar with the Red Lilly Pilly, but the Blue is pretty and rare! 😍 This plant is new in Western Australia and produces palatable blueish-purple berries that are crunchy and light with a mild sweetness. These round berries grow in small clusters and bear a distinctive cross (or belly button shaped) figure at the end. With hints of ginger and lavender flavours, Blue Lilly Pilly berries may be used to make jams, jellies, sauces, syrups, confectionary and wine! 2 🌱JAMBINU ZEST (Chamelaucium)
We’ve partnered with @helix_australia to bring you the FIRST New World release of the best tasting Geraldton Wax! A culinary favourite, its edible needle-like leaves and waxy flowers, it brings a tangy and pleasant “uniquely Australian” characteristic to sauces, stocks, cakes, cocktails and botanical gin. 🍸 This variety typically flowers from Winter to Spring, producing masses of dark pink-crimson blooms on tall, thin stems. 🌺 🌱 We will have both the Blue Lilly Pilly and Jambinu Zest plants available for purchase at the @perthgardenfestival at Langley Park on the 6-9 May. Which one do you want? 1 or 2? 💜

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