Oktober, Tricia   (1941 -  )

She was born in 1941 in Australia.

She passionately paints and gardens in Katoomba, NSW and finds inspiration from the many plants and flowers she collects.

She has had solo exhibitions in Europe, America, Canada and Australia and has participated in many group exhibitions for many years both in Australia and overseas including The Quebec Summer Festival and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney 'Botanica'.

Tricia is the author and illustrator of 25 books for children mostly on the environment and Australian fauna and flora, which have received the Royal Zoological Whitley award six times for outstanding publications, as well as environmental awards and a lifetime achievement award from the Wilderness Society in 2004.

Her work includes The Lost Tail (with Patricia Bernard), Wetlands, Bush Party, Drought, Bush Babies, and Dance, Bilby, Dance.

Tricia and her beautiful garden featured on ABC TV's 'Gardening Australia' in 2020.

Source: Extracted from:
https://nolanonlovelgallery.com.au/tricia-oktober/
https://www.librarything.com/author/oktobertricia
https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/my-garden-path-trish-oktober/12679752
Portrait Photo: screen-grab, https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/my-garden-path-trish-oktober/12679752.