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Nature Art Anywhere
URBAN FAIRY HOUSES Fairy Houses and Critter Homes can be built anywhere…fairies and critters will always visit a construction made with love by a child. Let your imagination run wild… If you would...
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A Brief Encounter
Our dog alerted me that there was a baby Robin in the house. I caught it and released it into the garden only for it to return the following day….looking weak and lost. I’m all alone in the world… Its...
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Why Outdoor Classrooms
Outdoor Classrooms enhance learning and fuel imaginations Animal Masks using Earth Paints: Circle of Life class 2013 Hands-on outdoor learning boosts physical activity, mental health, brain power and...
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Garden of Love Book Project
I invite you to join me on a beautiful journey “ The Garden of Love Book”- Sowing the seeds of love and wisdom I invite you to share your childhood memories with Orange Moon as she travels on her...
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Crying is part of what makes us human
My latest illustration for my new book “Garden of Love” - sowing seeds of love and wisdom. A book about remembering who and what we are. Orange Moon’s little brother was sad that she was setting out...
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Nature was the stage for our Imagination
I am currently working on the Orange Moon’s Garden of Love website where I will be sharing childhood memories from kindred spirits whom I have had the pleasure of meeting on this magical and enchanting...
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Outdoor Classroom
Autumn is probably my most favourite of seasons. A magical time in nature, providing some of the most breath-taking displays of colour and the temperature allows for more adventurous play, not to...
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Nature Art can bring every subject to Life
Infusing Nature Art into the school curriculum in a way that deepens learning and encourages critical thinking. Animal Masks using Earth Paints: Circle of Life Hands-on outdoor learning boosts...
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Taking a moment or two…
Having spent most of the morning in front of my computer screen writing up an Outdoor Classroom Proposal for a local school, I was in need of a nature break. Although the sun wasn’t shinning, the glow...
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We are of the Earth
I was writing notes for my speech for the Nature Education Conference in New Zealand and it sparked a visual idea that I had to draw. It seeded the theme of what will ultimately become the main thread...
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Mindfulness
Mindfulness & Magical Moments Jasmine, my teenage daughter was excited to show me a shell she had found on a walk with her father along the seashore, earlier in the morning. It was large and...
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Peace Is Within
“Peace Is Within” Orange Moon;Gentle Warrior by Marghanita Hughes We can visit the garden of peace at any given time, for Peace is within… My latest Illustration of my book character Orange Moon...
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Fly into the Light
“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.”~Robert Lynd Mount Erskine, Salt Spring Island March 2014. Photograph by, David Hughes @ www.davidhughescreative.com “Once you...
View ArticleInterbeing – (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Interbeing by Thich Nhat Hanh-From one of my most favourite books ” Peace Is Every Step” If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating on this sheet of paper. Without a cloud,...
View ArticleWe are here to reflect the beauty of all Life
” We are here to reflect the beauty of all life – the beauty of the trees, the grass, the animals, the birds, the rivers as they flow by. All these may be lost in time. While we are still here, can we...
View ArticleFREE Illustrated Love Prints Giveaway
The most powerful force on earth is LOVE. So thrilled to be sharing the love today with this FREE Illustrated LOVE Gift Pack Giveaway. The lucky winner will receive 6 of my latest Orange Moon...
View ArticleTrust the light that shines within
The light has always been there, it’s just sometimes, we aren’t tuned into its power. Nature Cultivates Gratitude Truly grateful to my beautiful parents for sharing their love and passion for the...
View ArticleThe Joy of Oneness
The wonders of life are everywhere and within you - always! To be in touch with the wonders of life - one must be in the present moment. Last nights sky was probably one of the most amazing I have ever...
View ArticleSoulful Creative Workshop
An Invitation to get creative in the wilds of BC. I would like to invite you to spend an enchanting evening and a day getting creative in nature with me. Here is a special opportunity for you to...
View ArticleEducating the Heart
It All Begins with love… “Educating the Mind without educating the Heart is no education at all.” -Aristotle OUTDOOR CLASSROOM By creating conditions that allow children to connect with one another and...
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