Keeping a Nature Journal

Relax, refresh, and renew with the practice of Nature Journaling! This fun and accessible activity opens the door to wonder and curiosity, and creates a deeply profound connection to nature. 

You'll learn basic nature journaling methods with guided activities that use words, pictures, and numbers to ask questions, to track data, and to explore form through drawing and sketching. We'll discuss how to apply these skills in a field setting, and wrap with time for sharing, Q&A, and discussion of next steps in developing a nature journaling practice. 

ALL ages welcome, no prior experience necessary.

Bring your favorite pen, pencil, and paper. We'll have some available at the event, too.

:: Supplies ::

• pencil or pen
• paper, journal, or sketchbook
• curiosity
• open mind, ready to explore and experiment!

Kate Rutter is an avid nature journaler, urban naturalist, educator, and native plant enthusiast who enlivens nature-human connection through observation, and curiosity. A lifelong sketcher with an experimental and rambunctious visual practice, Kate is author/illustrator of the book Bay Area Botanical, a board member of the Wild Wonder Foundation, and holds a B.A. in Studio Art from Wellesley College. She instas at @katerutter and blogs at www.intelleto.com. You can usually find her nature journaling tenacious plants who grow up between cracks in the pavement.