Many common garden plants and mainstays can do double, even triple, duty as food and medicine when they’re not looking beautiful in the garden. Some plants make for great compost, others are enjoyed by livestock as fodder crops. Permaculture or garden systems thinking loves plants that are multi-functional and all of these sure fit the bill!

We’re always learning about our botanic community, taking new pics and meeting folks who know a lot more than we do, so keep checking your favourite plants on these pages you may be surprised at a use that you can put your favourite plant to. There’s always more to come!

Aptenia

Azolla

Banana

Cape Weed

Day lily

Lab Lab Beans

Madeira Vine

Money Tree

Tagasaste (Tree Lucerne)

Warrigal Greens (NZ Spinach)

You can learn about more plants that we use on these pages –

Wild foods and medicines

Herbs in the garden

Bushfoods & Bush Medicine