Americans heading to the summer Olympics in London will get the chance to sample the fruits of a bush that you can find right here. The elderberry bush can be huge with compact, lacy leaves. Eva Monheim, a landscape architecture lecturer at Temple University Ambler, says it has a lot of uses. “They do have strong anti-oxidants in the berries because of the deep, dark color. Because it has an astringent properties, it can be used for facial cures.”