Growing up on a farm in Italy, Diego Bonetto remembers being tasked with "collecting the wild greens of spring, the summer berries and the autumn mushrooms."

He moved to Australia in the mid-90s and worked in orchards and garden centres. He now takes groups on foraging trips around New South Wales.

Diego Bonetto has been spreading his knowledge of foraging since arriving in Australia in the 1990s. Credit:Steven Siewert

His clients include people from the catering industry who come because they like new produce, and can see value in introducing new values in their kitchens. Young families come with their kids because they want to them to engage with their environment. Migrants from China, Italy, Greece, Macedonia, Malta, Spain, England and the Middle East come to rekindle something they grew up with.

"Survivalists come because they’re getting ready for the zombie apocalypse," Mr Bonetto laughed.