The CASM Cultural Garden celebrates the Photo credits diversity of Mandurah’s local flora and the Cover: (Dianella revoluta): Beatte Kratt traditional knowledge of the Noongar people. Inside and back: Helen Coleman Through community workshops, educational programs and self-guided walks, the garden provides visitors with a deeper appreciation of the rich history of Mandurah’s community and CASM CULTURAL GARDEN the many uses of endemic species. PLANT GUIDE l MAY 2018 The garden contains almost forty species of local plants that have traditional significance to the Noongar people. These plants can be used today for contemporary bush cuisine, eco-dyeing and textile arts.

The twelve plants featured have fascinating Mandurah stories and are available in nurseries for the Performing Arts Centre home garden. Planting local native species helps support our wildlife and create a sustainable resource for further exploration of these wonderful plants.

Please note: As with all bush food experimentation, it is vital to correctly identify plants before tasting, CASM Cultural Garden and start with a small sample to check for any 63 Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah adverse effects. (Behind Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah) Open Hours: Wed – Sun, 10am – 4pm www.artspacesmandurah.com.au

For more information contact Garden Manager - Helen Coleman E: [email protected] M: 0427 383 620

Soul Trantino and Zaedyn Turner watching frogs! Acacia saligna Enchylaena Lepidosperma Golden wreath wattle tomentosa gladiatum Weeping shrub to small Snake bush Sword sedge tree, to 3m high. Long, Prostrate shrub with Large perennial sedge variable leaves, succulent, finely hairy with tough, sword-like orange-yellow flowers. leaves. Flowers leaves to 1.2m long, tall Seeds can be eaten raw or inconspicuous. Edible stems producing roasted. Traditionally seeds berries 5-8mm diameter, brown-black flower heads. pounded to make damper, yellow to red when ripe. Leaves used to make and bardi grubs harvested Leaves also edible, cook string and rope. Base of from the stems. before eating to remove leaf edible, eaten raw or oxalates. Attracts birds and roasted. lizards to the garden.

Atriplex isatidea Haemodorum Kennedia Coast saltbush spicatum prostrata Erect shrub to 3m high, Bloodroot Running postman silver-grey, thick leaves. Tough grass-like shrub, Ground creeper, Valuable grazing plant for round leaves up to 60cm spreading to 3m wide. livestock in arid areas. Salty long, flowering spike to 2m Leaves in sets of 3, flowers leaves used dried as with black flowers. The red, pea-like. Flowers seasoning, blanched for bright red bulbous root is provide a sweet nectar, spinach substitute, or edible but spicy, eaten and the leaves can be deep-fried. either raw or roasted. The used to make a roots can also be used as a liquorice-flavoured tea. dye. The long stems are used for string and basketry.

Carpobrotus Hakea prostrata Myoporum insulare virescens Harsh hakea Blueberry tree Pigface Spreading shrub or small Dense shrub to 3m high Prostrate succulent, up to tree, to 3m high. Leaves (CASM Garden has 3m wide. Leaves fleshy, prickly-toothed, flowers prostrate form). Leaves 3-sided. Flowers purple. clustered in leaf axils, seeds soft and fleshy, the edible Fleshy fruits red when ripe, enclosed in woody fruit. fruit is succulent, 3-4mm eaten fresh or dried, or as Flower nectar used to make wide, purple when ripe. jam. Leaves can be eaten as a sweet drink. Edible seeds Bird-attracting shrub for a boiled vegetable. gathered by roasting the gardens. woody fruits till they open.

Dianella revoluta Halosarcia Rhagodia baccata Blueberry lily halocnemoides Berry saltbush Perennial herb to 1m tall, Shrubby samphire Spreading shrub up to 2m long straplike leaves, blue Salt-tolerant, spreading or high, with separate male flowers. Edible purple erect shrub, to 50cm high, and female plants. Flowers berries, with a sweet, nutty with succulent, jointed clustered on spikes, female flavour. Roots can be stems. The salty, tender new plants producing bright red pounded, roasted then shoots can be eaten fresh berries. Another valuable eaten. Leaves used for or steamed, or pickled. arid stockfeed plant, this making string and weaving. saltbush has edible leaves (when cooked), and tasty berries. Bird attracting plant for gardens.