April 22, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 4:00pm (Duration: 4 Hours)
Intro to Nature Journaling
Register Now:Cultivate your curiosity and deepen your connection to the natural world in this nature journaling workshop with Maine Master Naturalist, author/illustrator, artist, and educator, Rebekah Lowell. Participants will explore what nature journaling is and how it can deepen a relationship with the natural world. From there, you’ll begin your own nature journaling practice with hands-on guidance and inspiration. Through drawing exercises, texture studies, and creative prompts, we’ll explore ways to observe and capture the world around us. Weather permitting, we’ll head into the Gardens for on-site sketching; if not, we’ll work indoors with natural objects as inspiration. No art experience is necessary—this workshop is open to all, and nature journaling is for everyone. Just bring a few basic sketching supplies and a sense of wonder.
Instructor Bio(s)
Rebekah Lowell is an award-winning author/illustrator, naturalist, designer, and educator with a curiosity for the natural world. A survivor of domestic abuse, she is passionate about resilience, freedom, and hope. Her middle grade novel in verse, THE ROAD TO AFTER (Nancy Paulsen/Penguin), was a Junior Library Guild selection. Her picture book, CATCHING FLIGHT (Doubleday/Random House), was long-listed for the World Illustration Awards. Her painting, Monarchs & Milkweed, was chosen for the Common Ground Fair Poster for 2023, and she is a six-time Maine Duck Stamp artist. She earned her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from Hollins University. She earned her Nature Journal Educator certificate through the Wild Wonder Foundation and is earning her certificate in Natural Science Illustration through RISD. She is also a Maine Master Naturalist. She serves on the Board of Directors for York County Audubon, transports birds for Avian Haven, and rescues monarchs from local hayfields. She is an Adjunct Professor of Art, teaching Graphic Design and Nature Journaling at the University of New England, and homeschools her daughters. Learn more about Rebekah and her work at www.rebekahlowell.com
Materials and Equipment Needed
Suggested materials: sketchbook, pencils, colored pencils, drawing pens, travel watercolor kit. If you don't have sketching supplies, basic items such as a sketchbook and colored pencils will be provided. Come as you are.