Upcoming Workshops
- Standing Among the Trees. Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson, ME. July 20, 2024, 10 am - 12 pm.
Custom Workshops
Workshops can run anywhere from a one-hour Introduction to Nature Journaling session to an overnight or weekend program to a multi-week writing course. Classes be modified for different audiences, age groups, and subject areas, and can be conducted indoors, in the field, or both. Past workshop topics include:
- Introduction to Nature Journaling
- Family Nature Journaling
- Winter Nature Journaling ~ Trees
- Spring Nature Journaling ~ Birds
- Summer Nature Journaling ~ Wildflowers
- Fall Nature Journaling ~ Event Mapping
- Nature Journaling Botanicals
- Story Mapping
- Sea Kayaking and Nature Journaling
- Fall Nature Journaling Weekend
- Nature Poetry
- Nature Writing
- Writing Natural History
- Starting with Place: A generative writing workshop
- Journaling from Nature: A generative writing workshop
- From Scribbles to Manuscript: Establishing a Daily(ish) Journaling Practice
- Writing Motherhood
Testimonials
"Thanks for such a great workshop. I feel inspired and much less intimidated about bird journaling and I also think the tips you taught will help my bird observations in general."
~ Nicole G.
"Thanks so much for giving of your time and generous spirit to lead us through a very fun and helpful romp in nature writing."
~ Kit P.
"Thank you so much for Sunday's workshop. You were so well organized and made it fun and informative for us. Jim and I took a long walk and saw deer scurrying through the woods, an eagle and hawk circling each other and a flock of little sandpipers along the shore. I found myself thinking how I might record all this in a sensory grid. See what you've done. Thank you so much."
~ Karen S.
"You gave us all a new perspective on observation and the real purpose of journaling. I loved the whole notion of using drawing to develop and enhance my relationship with what I observe...not to create a work of art."
~ Kathie M.
"Thanks so much for an informative and well organized seminar today. I learned a lot and enjoyed practicing. The part I liked best was breaking it down into basic shapes; it help me to think of the Bufflehead as an oval with a little box head!"
~ Cheryl R.
"I think your curriculum hits the spot. Multi-layered, progressive. Do it again the same way!"
~ Nature Writing Workshop Participant
"I really loved this course. It pushed me a bit more than the typical adult ed-type courses, and I liked that. I liked that each class was organized and focused on specific topics."
~ Nature Writing Workshop Participant
~ Nicole G.
"Thanks so much for giving of your time and generous spirit to lead us through a very fun and helpful romp in nature writing."
~ Kit P.
"Thank you so much for Sunday's workshop. You were so well organized and made it fun and informative for us. Jim and I took a long walk and saw deer scurrying through the woods, an eagle and hawk circling each other and a flock of little sandpipers along the shore. I found myself thinking how I might record all this in a sensory grid. See what you've done. Thank you so much."
~ Karen S.
"You gave us all a new perspective on observation and the real purpose of journaling. I loved the whole notion of using drawing to develop and enhance my relationship with what I observe...not to create a work of art."
~ Kathie M.
"Thanks so much for an informative and well organized seminar today. I learned a lot and enjoyed practicing. The part I liked best was breaking it down into basic shapes; it help me to think of the Bufflehead as an oval with a little box head!"
~ Cheryl R.
"I think your curriculum hits the spot. Multi-layered, progressive. Do it again the same way!"
~ Nature Writing Workshop Participant
"I really loved this course. It pushed me a bit more than the typical adult ed-type courses, and I liked that. I liked that each class was organized and focused on specific topics."
~ Nature Writing Workshop Participant
Credentials
Andrea Lani has been an avid nature journaler for more than twenty years. She has a BA in Human Ecology, an MFA in Creative Writing, and is a Maine Master Naturalist. Her essays about the natural world have appeared in Orion, Zoomorphic, The Maine Review, Snowy Egret, and About Place Journal, among other publications, and her essay "Nature Journaling as Meditation" appeared in Rhythm of the Home. She wrote and illustrated the book Deer Tracks and Dragonflies: A Year at Viles Arboretum based on years of recording her explorations of the arboretum in nature journals.