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Free How to Nature Journal Guide

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Learn how to nature journal and get started with your first nature journal with my free guide to get you going...

Nature journaling is such an amazing hobby and it's a wonderful way to feel connected with nature, so I want to spread the word and get everyone nature journaling and feeling the benefits of feeling more relaxed and energised...

So I've got a FREE guide to 'Getting Started with Your First Nature Journal' covering everything you need to know to easily get started in a way that works for you, including:

what you need

when and where to nature journal

what to journal about

how to nature journal

getting started on your first page

making it work for you

Cinnabar moth caterpillar and ragwort journal page

Learn how to make fun and easy nature journal pages to get started easily

It can be a bit confusing when you're just getting started so I've tried to simplify things and let you know only what's essential while still giving you different options so you've got the freedom to nature journal in your own way.

Nature journaling is such a personal thing as it's about our own relationship with nature - and we all end up nature journaling in our own unique way...

But it's very helpful to get some pointers to help you out and give you some ideas and inspiration so that you can just get started whenever you want!

Get your FREE GUIDE to Getting Started with Your First Nature Journal...

Getting Started with Your First Nature Journal guide

Click here to download for FREE or Pay What You Want - Getting Started with Your First Nature Journal

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I hope that I can inspire you to feel more connected to nature through nature journaling as a way of self-care - and also encourage you to:

keep journaling

learn new nature journaling skills

and keep learning about, feeling connected with, and loving our natural world around us...

If you need more ideas and inspiration for your nature journal, take a look at my short online nature journaling course 'Imperfect Nature Journaling' with 20 nature journal exercises to help you find your own way of nature journaling. Find out more here...

Lots more nature journaling inspiration here...

Hawkmoth hardcover journal

P.S. If you need a little notebook to start your nature journaling in, take a look at this selection of hardcover journals all with my art on the cover and your choice of ruled, graph or plain paper!

Online Nature Journaling Course

Imperfect nature journaling short online course

If you'd like to explore nature journaling more, please consider joining me for my 'Imperfect Nature Journaling' online course - I've called it this to remind us to nature journal for the process of connecting with nature to feel good and not to put pressure on ourselves to create pretty pages which can quickly ruin the fun and the benefits...

It's a series of 20 lessons which are great exercises that you can do in your own nature journal to help you try out different ideas and techniques.

This will help you get the most out of your nature journaling sessions and understand what style of nature journaling is the best for you personally.

If this sounds like something you might like, you can find out more about the course here...