Marritree Fine Art & Books

09/11/2024

Lovely new stuff, lots of.
Get ready for the holidays & new year, give a gift, get creative 🍃
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08/11/2024

This is Mother Marri, or Grandmother Marri or perhaps great great great great; at about 450yrs old she is a true forest elder, watching over the town.

Development in Witchcliffe has put her at risk. But this little town has a small, fearless circle of forest defenders & community ready to support them. So they went to work & the people gathered to save her.

Thanks to the community’s actions, the Shire has publicly announced that developers will make changes to roads & paths to ensure our Mother tree will have the best chance of survival. This photo shows how far her root structure reaches & the area that must be protected for her well-being.

This is a great result & I am personally very grateful to everyone who made it happen. It’s terrible we still have to fight to save significant trees, sometimes like this, tree by tree. Just save one more. Crazy.

A friend introduced me to Mother Marri a few years back. I was a little lost & in need of wisdom. I reached my arms around her and silently asked my question, listening deeply to hear her advice. Her wisdom came in quietly, gently as tree wisdom does. I think She maybe have chuckled a little at my very human worries, tree time granting a very different perspective.

The Marritree is named in her honour & in honour of all the marri’s I’ve lived alongside through this short human life. Life is better with more trees.

Thank you Witchcliffe forest defenders 🙏💚🍃

📷 Cath Wood

07/11/2024

Collective empathy creating musical magic - a night of world class songwriting and musicianship by four of Western Australia’s favourites, all accomplished & renowned performers in their own right.
Wil Thomas (Broome)
The Nomadics (Margaret River) Phoebe Corke (Fremantle)
under the roof of the divine chapel.

Tickets on sale now in store & - link in bio 🎶

03/11/2024

Today is book club at The Marritree. A group of avid readers of literary fiction and non-fiction,
we meet one month to share what we’ve been reading and the next to discuss a selected book.

Over two weeks I read these two beauties. Yes it was an intense reading experience which included Tim Winton’s book launch at

A big Barbara Kingsolver fan, I had no doubt Demon Copperhead would be brilliant & the novel has won two major prizes. It’s a ‘must read’

Juice by Tim Winton is also a harrowing but brilliant novel. A story for our times. A call to fight back against the corporations who are destroying our children’s future. There is a list in the story & we all know who’s on it.
His talk at the launch was powerful, moving.

Thank you .kingsolver &
Thank you Tim Winton for these courageous, truth telling novels.

Now it’s up to us.

Miranda 🍃

30/10/2024

Our artists capture the essence of Australian flora & fauna 🍃
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Now at The Marritree

26/10/2024

That’s a wrap for Witchy Words this year & what a magic night it was. Thank you to all the performers; special guest Stella Butler, only 13yrs & wowing the audience.
Our open mic performers Molly, Myles, Sandra, Nolan,Gay, Di, & Mark from Cygnet, Tasmania with a spontaneous performance poem, absolute gold.

Thanks to Dorothy O’Reilly for joining me on violin & my sister Sarah Butler who jumped up for a brief gathering of our Moody Cows days.

Back in 2025 and meanwhile…
See you in The Marritree 🍃

25/10/2024

Witchy Words & Music kicks off at 7pm tonight, with tickets available online & at the door.
Featuring special guest Stella Butler 💚

Music & poetry from your host, Miranda Aitken with Dorothy O’Reilly on violin, plus the best of local poets & performers - sign up for Poetry Open Mic!

25/10/2024

Get tickets on Humanitix - Witchy Words & Music October 2024 hosted by The Marritree . Darnells Trader, Darnells Trader, 3 Redgate Rd, Witchcliffe WA 6286, Australia. Friday 25th October 2024. Find event information.

25/10/2024

Our last show for the year tonight.
Music by Stella Butler and your host, Miranda Aitken with Dorothy O’Reilly on violin, plus the best of local poets & performers.
Tickets available at the door,
Show starts 7pm 🎶✨🍃

21/10/2024

Don’t forget to come along to the last Witchy Words & Music for the year, this Friday night 🎶✨

We’re featuring a young local up & coming singer Stella Butler 🎶

Poetry from our amazing Witchy poets.

New poetry & music from your host Miranda Aitken, accompanied by Dorothy O’Reilly on violin. 🎻

There are still spots available in the Poetry Open Mic AND to celebrate our final 2024 show, two spot for music open mic up for grabs!

If you’ve been looking to shine,
Now’s your time ⭐️

DM or email to book a spot 💃🕺

Tickets at and at the door 🍃

17/10/2024

Sold ✨

Banksia Series
Etching by 🥂

17/10/2024

Did you know we have a bookclub?

The Marritree Bookclub meets on the first Sunday of the month at 9.30am upstairs. It’s free & all are welcome.

Fresh Water for Flowers is our December book, now in stock $27.99. Bookclub members get a 5% discount.

16/10/2024

15/10/2024

Last Witchy Words for 2024!!
To celebrate we’re expanding the open mic to music so if you’ve been itching to play, now’s the chance - but there’s only a few spots to fill so get in touch asap ⭐️🎼🪕

As always we have special guests, spontaneous collaborations & a whole lotta folky magic making.

Tickets on sale now ✨

https://events.humanitix.com/witchy-words-and-music-october-2024/tickets

12/10/2024

A gathering of the clan with a great lineup including Red Dress, Molly Hall, Gary Burke & more.

09/10/2024

Juice by Tim Winton is in, plus
Earthy goodness in print & ceramic, poetry & prose.
Open today 10-5pm