Make your festive season more meaningful by choosing gifts that have impact. The Friends of Merri Creek offer four delightful gifts that bring stories of Wurundjeri country into homes, with much of the proceeds* funding the protection of Melbourne’s much-loved waterway.

Select pickup when purchasing through the Friends of Merri Creek website, for collection from Thornbury (exact address shared after purchase). All of these products can also be purchased at the CERES Nursery and Bookstore. 

Photographs with thanks to designbynature.

Merri Creek - A Ribbon of Nature in Melbourne's North
This beautiful full-colour book, Merri Creek: a ribbon of nature in Melbourne’s North, celebrates 50 years of community efforts to protect and restore one of Melbourne’s most popular waterways. Contributions from more than 20 photographers demonstrate the vibrant flora, fauna, and history of the creek.

$65 from the Friends of Merri Creek on-line shop, click here to order.

Birds of Merri Creek 2025 Calendar
Remember Adi Tudor, who you might have read about in our feature on the Golden Whistler in our Spring Merri eNews? Adi has created a beautiful A4 portrait-sized wire-bound calendar featuring 13 photos of birds mostly photographed along Merri Creek. Adi has also been exploring Merri Creek's tributaries including Edgars Creek in Coburg and Reservoir and Merlynston Creek in Fawkner and Glenroy.

$30 from the Friends of Merri Creek online shop. Click here to order.

Merri Creek Christmas cards (order for Christmas 2025!)
Wish your friends a Merri Christmas with these beautiful cards featuring the Spotted Pardalote and Flame Robin, two bird species you might be lucky enough to spot in the Merri Creek environment, and which benefits from the work we do, thanks to your support, at Merri Creek Management Committee.

$30 for 20-pack. Click here to order.

$20 for 10-pack. Click here to order.

Merri Creek tea-towel
Hand screen-printed 100% cotton tea-towel, by Merri Creek Environment Fund member Glenyys Romanes.
$25 plus $4.50 postage. Click here to order.

*between 50 and 100% of proceeds, depending on which product.