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Lilly Pillies are just about everywhere! You'll find mighty bush trees in NSW and QLD that seem to fruit all year round. But in Victoria they're an urban forager's delight. Households grow them as hedges to keep the peeping toms from looking in. Councils love planting them everywhere; you'll even spot a massive tree behind the public toilets in Reservoir. I’m not sure how close is too close when it comes to foraging next to a public dunny, but I’m willing to push those bounda

Blackberry season makes me think of winding country paths, baskets overflowing with ripe berries, and fingertips stained dark lilac. But really, blackberries are usually thorny tangled messes with unpredictable berry quality. You’ll find yourself reconsidering picking them with the odd council issued warning, perhaps thumbtacked to a nearby tree: “ Do not eat these berries. We poisoned them. ” Only once I noticed that someone had followed through, a rare instance of unmistak

If you’ve ever wandered near a creek and caught a whiff of onion, congratulations—you’ve met onion weed (also known as three cornered garlic, Allium triquetrum ). It doesn’t hide, flaunting its dainty white flowers. Come spring, it lines creeks and rivers like a floral runner, as if setting the stage for a magical woodland ceremony; a secret runway for forest nymphs. While pretty, the onion stench excludes them from a bouquet. My parents wage constant war against the stuff