"Dear Tree" is a gentle listening experience - a collection of people's responses to trees, acknowledging and contemplating the position of nature within our lives. Listeners lie together, circling a tree, looking up through the canopy and absorbing through headphones, spoken words... words spoken dearly to trees by local community participants.

Listen here to a couple of examples of Dear Tree soundtracks.

(Ideally listened to in headphones while lying under a tree)

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Rose has presented locally recorded versions of "Dear Tree” at:

Festivals: Ballarat Begonia Festival, Art Is… Festival (Dimboola, Vic), Natimuk Frinj Biennale (Vic) & in Lutruwita/Tas at Junction Arts Festival, Panagea Festival (a takyana/Tarkine version).

Botanical Gardens: Nipaluna/Hobart & Wollongong

& online versions during the pandemic & for Magnetic Spaces (Penrith, NSW)

"A beautiful tree to lie under. Thank you for a peaceful ten minutes from a whole new perspective."

“This reminds me of why my husband and I married under a canopy of tree - trees are life and love!”