Let’s celebrate our love for nature!

Join the Wilderness Society in Northcote for Nature Book Week, with Special Guest, Author of Tree Claire Saxby, to share and listen to stories about the magnificent Mountain Ash Tree and the wonderful endangered creatures which call it home. Enjoy a reading of this beautiful story, connect with local nature loving community and make your own little hollow living animals to take home. 

WHEN: Saturday 18 October, 11:00am - 12:30pm

WHERE:Black Spark Community Centre 126A Gladstone Ave, Northcote VIC 3070) Google map and directions)

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• Special book reading from the Author of 'Tree' By Claire Saxby
• Readings of nature stories from local community volunteers;
• Nature based arts and craft;
• Information on how to protect our unique forests in Victoria

Tree by Claire Saxby:

"A journey of wonder and discovery from multi-award-winning picture book creators Claire Saxby and Jess Racklyeft, exploring the life in and around a mighty mountain ash, including a stunning fold-out page showing the full length of the tree. Can you see the forest on this misty-morning mountain? Can you see where the tree stands? It is the tallest in this forest of tall trees. This tree is older than those who find it, younger than the land it grows from. Between sapwood and heartwood, water rises and energy flows. Listen to the leaves bustle. Smell the forest air. This is the world of the tree."

Mountain ash hollows provide essential nesting and den sites for many tree-dwelling animals, including the endangered Leadbeater's Possum, the Greater Glider, and the Powerful Owl. 

Come and join us in Northcote to celebrate our love for nature, hear some wonderful nature stories, and find out how you can help protect our unique wildlife and ecosystems in VIC.

Bring a friend. Bring the family. Let’s celebrate our love for nature.

Nature Book Week is the Wilderness Society’s annual celebration of nature and storytelling. It runs from 11-19 October. 

This event is a collaboration between The Wilderness Society and allies. Together we strive for stronger protections for our living world that makes all life possible.