Coranderrk Bush Food
Garden & Orchard
Traditional foods, modern methods
The Coranderrk Bush Food Garden and Orchard is a new and very exciting enterprise at Coranderrk. In April 2020 we applied for a Victorian Government grant supporting Indigenous food and botanical enterprises. Our application has been successful, and the funding promised will go a long way to covering start-up costs.
The Coranderrk Bush Food Garden and Orchard will include a garden, nursery and growing areas. Our aim is to grow and promote Wurundjeri food, fibre and medicinal plants at Coranderrk. The emphasis will be on exploring and promoting our local flora, our own traditional local 'supermarket', to help expand the range of commercially available bush foods and grow the Victorian indigenous food industry.
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CLICK MAP TO ENLARGE: Locations of the Coranderrk Bush Food Garden and Orchard – not to scale.
Our ancestors successfully grew a range of agricultural crops at Coranderrk in the European manner, as well as gathering local bush foods. The garden and crops produced will help us to tell and to continue their story.
We plan that it will become a social enterprise helping less advantaged members of the community, a place of employment for indigenous people and a place of learning for all.
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The Coranderrk Bush Food Garden and Orchard will be located across several areas of the property. The initial phases of development will be on higher ground at the eastern end of the property, close to the farm buildings. There is scope for future expansion onto the river flats and to incorporate commercial harvesting practices into riparian restoration and shelterbelt areas.
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The Coranderrk Bush Food Garden and Orchard will grow and promote a range of Wurundjeri food, fibre and medicinal plants.
