Wild onion weed, or Allium triquetrum, is a familiar plant around Wellington. For many years, it was the only thing that adorned the outdoor areas of my student flats. It's still prevalent around the city. I went foraging for plants to embroider the other day, but all I could find was the notorious onion weed. So I used it as inspiration.
I have a vague plan for an embroidery series of 'favourite weeds of NZ' although, of course, they're only weeds if you don't like them. But I do, in the most part.
(In this article writen by Johanna Knox of A Forager's Treasury, she recommends cooking with onion weed as though using spring onions. Might never need to buy a spring onion again!)
tiny happy 
Leave a comment