Me-Mandook Galk Indigenous Education Place & Bush Tucker Farm
Our Bush Tucker Farm
Me-Mandook Galk Bush Tucker Farm is a First Nations youth lead enterprise of Nalderun. We sow and grow a variety of bush tucker plants that are suited to grow on Djaara Country.
On the ground there is a deadly team of First Nations youth headed up by Chase Norfolk and Ben Reid and with support from Camillo Demarco, Sas Allardice and many crew from the School Based Apprenticeship program and participants from the Bush Tucker program at Middleton Prison. Over the past few years, the team have been busily working together to create the foundations of the Me-Mandook Galk Bush Tucker Place enterprise.
The long term vision of Me-Mandook Galk Bush Tucker Place has many branches and includes production and sale of fresh and dried bush foods, education programs, propagation and sale of bush tucker plants as well as the regeneration of the Me-Mandok Galk land using bush foods.
Our main focus currently is on developing our bush tucker nursery, plant sales and Sense of Country products.
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Me-Mandook Galk is the name of the Grandmother Ancestor tree in Chewton. In 2021, with the support of many community members from near and far, Nalderun bought back the land next to Me-Mandook Galk. The big vision of this land is for it to become an Indigenous Education and Cultural Place for many amazing programs that Nalderun run.
What we do
Products
Beautiful, healing and nourishing products for Community, made at Nalderun’s Me Mandook Galk Bushtucker Place by First Nations Youth. All ingredients are sourced ethically and as locally as possible (the bulk are grown onsite!)
Farm Tour
Book a 1 hour farm tour with First Nations Youth. Up to 15 ppl per tour.
Land Regeneration & Management
Together we are taking care of Country and regenerating the land at Me-Mandook Galk using bush foods.
SHOP WITH US
Take a look at our full range of products.
Combining Magnesium rich Epsom salts with nourishing and healing properties of native essential oils and plants grown and harvested with intention and care on Djaara Country by First Nations Youth at Me-Mandook Galk Bush Tucker Place.
Sink in and soak with half a cup per bath.
Australian Macadamia oil slow infused with Native Thyme, grown and harvested with intention and care on Djaara Country by First Nations Youth at Me-Mandook Galk Bush Tucker Place. This deeply nourishing and supportive oil can be massaged into the skin to soothe coughs, colds, insect bites, stress, headaches, arthritis, and skin disorders.
Hand made using all natural, locally and ethically sourced ingredients, including native plants grown and harvested with intention and care on Djaara Country by First Nations Youth at Me-Mandook Galk Bushtucker Place. The base of all our soaps is native Macadamia Oil and locally grown olive oil to create a luscious and moisturising soap.
Enjoy the beautiful healing and cleansing properties of these plants. Nourishing for the skin and beneficial for Country.
Bring in the aromas of the bush by burning with intention and respect, cleansing and realigning the energy in your space with the vibration of Country. Ingredients are all native to Australia, many grown and harvested with intention and care on Djaara Country by First Nations Youth at Me-Mandook Galk Bushtucker Place. Carefully light the tip of the incense cone and place on a heat proof dish to smoulder.
Our incense is sold in a set of 5 cones, on a clay dish made from clay foraged from earthworks on the land where we work. The dish is then glazed with hand made ash glaze created from our campfires and finally wrapped in a silk cloth which we’ve dyed naturally with leaves from various species of eucalypt and other local plants.
