Plant drawing workshop 🌿 Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve

A friendly plant drawing workshop at Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve

Join the morning Working Bee then connect creatively with local plants :)

9:30am to 12pm – YWNA Working Bee (register here) 

1pm to 3pm – plant drawing workshop with Draw Plants Together 

This friendly, inclusive drawing workshop will be an opportunity to tune in to the life of the Yalukit Willam wetland, notice the indigenous plants of the place and experiment with drawing in the supportive and inclusive space.

Draw Plants Together workshops are fun and relaxing. Find your own way with drawing in the company of others and connect with plants :)

• All drawing materials provided.
• Please contact me with any access needs.
• Please bring your own portable seating, foldable chairs or picnic mat if you would like to sit.
• Please wear suitable shoes that are good for walking over uneven ground, water bottle, snacks, sun/rain protection

Meet at 12:45pm at the Parking Lot at 172 Glen Huntly Rd, Elsternwick (see map for location)

First Nations people and people from refugee backgrounds attend for free – please use the code DISCOUNT in the checkout 

Some information about the Reserve:

Yalukit Willam is a beautiful wetland cared for by the Yalukit Willam Nature Association (YWNA) on Boonwurrung Bunurong Country. The wetland reserve has been carefully designed to foster biodiversity and wildlife and is a wonderful example of collaboration of different partners and grassroots community-led care.

Prior to colonisation, the area was characterised by a coastal marsh ecosystem of meandering waterways, billabongs and undulating topography. Recent history saw most remnant vegetation cleared and the site turned into a golf course.

The wetland in its current form is around 5 years old, and is already brimming with life. Wildlife is returning, including migratory and local wetland birdlife, native fish, a whole range of invertebrates, reptiles and amphibians. The wetland is now home to a significant population of endangered Growling Grass Frogs (Litoria raniformis), and there’s even been sightings of the critically endangered swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) at the Reserve.

Sustaining the return of wildlife to the area is a significant diversity of indigenous plants from a range of different habitats. YWNA collect seed and propagate on site, and regular Working Bees are open to anyone who’d like to join in… you can too!

On Saturday Feb 22nd, Draw Plants Together will host a 2-hour plant drawing workshop at the Reserve, following on from a YWNA Working Bee in the morning. Come and join the fun, connect with plants and get creative :)

Check out the YWNA wesbite.

Head to Craig's website for general info about Draw Plants Together

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“This is the most fun and least intimidating time I've ever had drawing"

– participant, Glenroy Library Makerspace.

“A very gentle, informative approach. I felt safe and inspired to be creative and connect with the plants. The best workshop I've taken”

– participant, 'Plant life queer life' in partnership with Bridge Queer Gathering for FUSE Darebin

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Draw Plants Together is an inclusive space. Everyone of all ages, backgrounds, sexualities, genders and abilities is welcome.

A safe and respectful space for First Nations people. Workshops for First Nations people are free. I regularly donate to local First Nations orgs

A safe and respectful space for sexuality and gender diverse and LGBTIQA+ people.

I prioritise accessibility in the delivery of my workshops. Please contact me if you have any access needs

Workshops are delivered in English unless co-facilitated or with an interpreter. I am a qualified English language teacher, and am happy to provide English language support

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Draw Plants Together acknowledges Yalukit Willam clan of the Boon Wurrung people as the First People of the place where this workshop is run. I pay my deepest respects to First Nations Elders, people and communities across the continent.