​Upcoming Workshops

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 Nature Writing series. 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
  • Sea Kayaking and Nature Journaling
  • Fall Nature Journaling Weekend
  • Nature Poetry
  • Nature Writing
  • Writing Natural History

Testimonials

"[S]uch a great workshop. I feel inspired and much less intimidated about bird journaling and I also think the tips [Andrea] taught will help my bird observations in general."

"[Andrea] 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."

"I think [Andrea's] curriculum hits the spot. Multi-layered, progressive. Do it again the same way!"

"Andrea did a great job. The class was more formal than I expected, and in a good way."

"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."

"Well-organized and complete...sorry for it to end."

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.

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