Are you familiar with the bracken fern? Indigenous Australians found a host of uses for it, one of which was a salve for painful insect bites. Menang Elder Larry Blight reckons it’s a must for bushwalkers and hikers. 📝 Piper Duffy ABC Great Southern #ABCAustralia #ABCIndigenous #Bracken #BushMedicine | Gardening Australia

There is a fern print to download with this months newsletter as I focus on them for September. I am fairly sure this is Bracken... but I printed it a few weeks ago and didnt make a note! 🤦‍♀️please do correct me if I am wrong. Bracken could be seen to symbolise endurance and resilience, in floriography, the Victorian language of flowers, it was a symbol of independence and a desire to break free from constraints. It is a widespread and well-known plant it is found in a variety of habitats in t