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From the President, Lilly Pilly and metabolic musings
IPHA Committee members, vacancies
Bushfood Yarning & Tasting at the Seven Valleys Wild Food Festival
Bush Fruit Field Day, Mapleton
Geebung: Nourishment, Lineage and Art
Events and News of Interest
IPHA registration form
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Mapleton Bush Fruit Field Day on Jinibara Country
Beautiful green hills and valleys surrounded the site of the IPHA recent Bushfruit Field day and Cyanotype Workshop –Sunday 3rd May and Monday 4th May (Labour Day holiday, Qld). The 127-acre property hosts a lovely architect design house and is presently being caretaken by IPHA members Warwick & Mary Grace.
The property had been logged, farmed and changed dramatically since colonialisation. Warwick is planting red cedars and lovingly caring for country. Paraphrasing Warwick, ‘We are all the dots … no ownership … like the reptiles and birds, we are all part of creation.
Pat Collins was our first presenter. Pat was here with her sister Sonia and her mother Julia, who was celebrating her 93rd birthday! Pat selected a few choice plants to highlight and discuss their properties and uses.
The Bunya (not a nut) produces a seed or fruit that is very good food, rich in carbohydrates, while the leaf extract has medicinal properties. Flax lily, Dianella longifolia has edible berries, when ripe. Roots and seeds used in decoction and leaves in infusion. Sandpaper figs are the best of the native figs for eating, while the latex can be used as a bandage.
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