Connect & Learn + Share Table

Foraging in your Backyard – Useful Weeds

presented by Lyn Wetzig

Monday 16 June 2025

6.30 pm - 8.30 pm

at Level 3 Meeting Rooms, Toowoomba City Library, Corner of Herries and Victoria Streets, Toowoomba, QLD 4350

or online via Zoom

You'll receive the Zoom link after you book.

This event is organised by Permaculture Toowoomba Inc.

Bookings are Essential

Please book so we have your contact details and know how many will be attending.

What We'll Do

6.30 pm - Learn - Foraging in your Backyard: Useful Weeds

Presented by Lyn Wetzig

Many plants which we see as pests and struggle to eradicate were medicine and food for our ancestors and still are in many countries around the world. People are taking an interest in the “old ways” again, recognizing that the “new ways” – mass produced food, global transportation, picked unripe, sprayed with herbicides, pesticides, fungicides and insecticides, relying on drugs (and with many side effects) for medicine and so on – are not the best way to live. By incorporating some of the wild things we can find in our backyards (and elsewhere) means we can become more self-reliant in the areas of food and medicine.

Lyn will introduce common weeds:

what they show about our soils
how they are beneficial, and
how to use them in food and medicine.

You will receive notes and recipes to make your own salves, oils and vinegars.

Lyn Wetzig

Lyn graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Health Science (Nutritional Medicine) from the Australian College of Natural Medicine with an award for Excellence in Clinical Practice, and in 2015 with an Advanced Diploma of Western Herbal Medicine (Australian Institute of Applied Science).

Since moving to Crows Nest, weeds have become a part of her life, and she is constantly learning about them. She would also like to find more time to pursue other interests – spinning, weaving and photography, but regards herself as a beginner in these areas.

Lyn has been a volunteer teacher with U3A for some years in Crows Nest, teaching nutrition, herbs and weeds, as well as leading a photography group and is looking at teaching a basic weaving course. She is working a day or so a week at Go Vita Bamboo Pantry in Crows Nest as a nutritional and herbal consultant, and is quite involved in her local church.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/WholeOfLifeNutrition/

7.45 pm – Connect – Light Supper (provided) and Share Table

A light supper will be served (including Gluten Free and Vegan options).

Please bring your own KeepCup or mug so we can reduce waste.

Sharing of produce on the Share Table opens after the presentation to allow plenty of time for everyone to place their donations, and then allow you to browse, connect and make your selections during supper

Parking

Free off-street parking is available under the library (enter from Victoria Street).

Access

The venue has access for wheelchairs, walking frames, and strollers as needed. Everyone is welcome (including children with parental supervision).

We hope we see you there!

What to Bring

KeepCup or similar for your drink at supper (we're trying to minimise waste)
Donations of surplus produce for the Share Table

Share Table

Do you have surplus?

We encourage you to bring your surplus produce, plants, seeds, books, craft supplies, and resources to share with others at our events.

Some ideas of what you could bring include – fruit, vegetables, herbs, eggs, honey, milk, jams, pickles, preserves, jars, ferments, starters, SCOBYs, seeds, plants, seedlings, cuttings, tubers, pots, tools, gardening magazines, permaculture books, recipes, patterns, manure, coffee grounds, compost additives, worms, mealworms, wool, fabric, craft supplies, soap, natural cleaning products, plastic alternatives, produce bags – the list is extensive.

Please bring whatever you can and then take home whatever you need within our culture of generosity and free sharing

Cost

Financial Members of Permaculture Toowoomba Inc. - Free
First-time Visitors to a Permaculture Toowoomba Inc. Event - $10 per person
Non-Members - $20 per person
Children attending with an Adult - Free (but please book so we know the total numbers)

Membership 2025

Annual Membership of Permaculture Toowoomba Inc. is due by 31 December each year. It's only $50 per person or $40 for a second or subsequent adult living in the same home.

Financial Members can attend events and workshops during the year at no cost.

You can pay your membership for 2025 at checkout when you book to attend this event.

Membership forms will be available at the event for anyone wishing to join, or available here for download at http://www.permaculturetoowoomba.com.au/membership/