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Celebrating Place in Your Nature Journal [onsite workshop]
2026-09-27 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-12-13 10:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Foster Museum, 940 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94303, United States
Opening at The Foster Museum, the class will find inspiration in Tony Foster’s watercolor wilderness Journeys, identifying elements that communicate a place’s power. We’ll explore four different approaches to bring the richness of place into your journaling practice: Spaces (metadata & maps); Senses (sounds, smells, & other senses as appropriate); Scenes (lists & landscapes); and Souvenirs (elements & moments.)
The session takes place both indoors and outside. We wrap with a closing circle for sharing and discussion of next steps for your practice. No prior experience necessary.
Workshop fee: $45
Register on The Foster Museum website

Supply List
You’re encouraged to bring any additional tools and materials that you like to use for sketching or field journaling: sketchbook, pencils, pens, measuring tools.
Participants please bring: a pencil (mechanical, #2 or HB pencil); a black pen with waterproof or water-resistant ink; a grey pencil or grey marker; a sketchbook suitable for working outdoors and with paper that can take some water media; watercolors and brush or colored pencils.
A full take-home kit of nature journaling supplies (including color media) will be available for purchase onsite for $25 (cash or Venmo). Kit includes: small softbound sketchbook, hardbound sketchbook, mechanical pencil, black brush pen, grey marker, box of colored pencils, small watercolor set, waterbrush, magnifying loupe, compact mirror, clear ruler, carry satchel/apron.

Field Trip: Baylands Nature Journaling Experience [onsite field trip]
2026-09-27 13:30 - 16:00, 2026-12-13 13:30 - 16:00 | Palo Alto Baylands Nature Center, 2775 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA, United States
Nature Journal the wonders of the San Francisco Baylands! The field trip experience opens with a mini-workshop on a seasonal topic, followed by unstructured, open journaling time. Kate will be on hand to answer questions, to provide tips, and to share feedback if desired. We wrap with a sharing circle to learn from each other and to celebrate the discoveries of the day.
While some previous Nature Journaling experience is helpful, it’s not required. This is a great way to start or to continue your Nature Journal practice.
Field trip fee: $20
Note: This session meets at the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto. Directions to the location will be sent to all registered participants.
Register on The Foster Museum website

Supply List
Please bring all materials, any tools and materials that you like to use for sketching or field journaling: sketchbook, pencils, pens, observation and measuring tools, like magnifying loupe, binoculars, ruler.

Sierra Nevada Mindful Nature Journaling Retreat [live retreat]
2026-10-13 - 2026-10-18 | Big Springs Garden Retreat Center, Sierra City, CA, United States
Join us for a joyful, restorative, and rejuvenating retreat at the beautiful Big Springs Garden Retreat Center in Sierra City, CA. Through nature journaling, mindfulness exercises, and sensory awareness, we will wander, explore, and sketch the beauty of the Sierra Nevada in the fall season.
Register at Wild Wonder!

Albany Bulb Nature Journal Club ~ November [in-person meetup]
2026-11-14 13:00 - 16:00 | Albany Bulb, 1 Buchanan St, Albany, CA, 94706, United States
Come nature journal at the urban wilds of Albany Bulb! This bayside park has a wide variety of flora and fauna…native plants, birds in the estuary, trees, a small beach, views of the bay over to SF and Marin. Bring your own journaling supplies and spend the afternoon discovering the fascinating ecology of the Bulb while expanding, practicing, and sharing your nature journal skills!
• Free; $5-$20 suggested donation to Love the Bulb.
Stay tuned for sign-up or just show up!

Winter Nature Journaling Series @ The Foster Museum [onsite workshops]
2026-11-15 - 2026-12-13 | The Foster Museum, 940 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94303, United States
Celebrate the beauty and wonder of nature through journaling, a magical blend of art and science that deepens our connection with nature. In this seasonal workshop series led by Kate Rutter, you’ll learn simple and fun ways to observe deeply, to sketch and draw from nature, to note and quantify natural phenomena, and to creatively express your nature experiences in the pages of a journal.
Learn more & register
Each seasonal series has four sessions (three workshops and a field trip) spread over two days. Take all four sessions for a holistic introduction to Nature Journaling (and get a discounted price,) or pick and choose the sessions that best fit your interests.
Day 1:
– Intro to Nature Journaling (10:00am-12:30pm) $45
– Color in Your Nature Journal (1:00-3:30pm) $45
Day 2:
– Celebrating Place in Your Nature Journal (10:00am-12:30pm) $45
– Field Trip: Baylands Nature Journaling Experience (1:30-4:00pm) $20
* Full Series (all four sessions) advanced purchase only: $140

Intro to Nature Journaling [onsite workshop]
2026-11-15 10:00 - 12:30 | The Foster Museum, 940 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94303, United States
Meet at The Foster Museum for a close look at Tony Foster’s majestic plein-air artworks. Kate will introduce basic nature journaling methods with guided activities that use words, pictures, and numbers to ask questions, track data, and explore form through contour drawing, diagrammatic sketching, and value sketches. Then we’ll head outside, where you’ll apply these skills in a field setting. We wrap with a closing circle for sharing and discussion of next steps for your practice. No prior experience necessary.
Workshop fee: $45
Register on The Foster Museum website

Supply List
You’re encouraged to bring any additional tools and materials that you like to use for sketching or field journaling: sketchbook, pencils, pens, measuring tools.
These materials will be provided: simple sketchbook, mechanical pencil, grey marker, and Zebra waterproof black ink brush pen. Additional specialized tools will be provided for your use during the session..
A full take-home kit of the specialized tools and a hardbound journal will be available for purchase onsite for $15 (cash or Venmo).

Color in Your Nature Journal [onsite workshop]
2026-11-15 13:00 - 15:30 | The Foster Museum, 940 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94303, United States
Starting at The Foster Museum, the class will explore effective ways to use color in a nature observation practice. After a brief hands-on intro to color theory and color mixing, you’ll use watercolors and/or colored pencils to use color in a variety of ways: basic color, matched color and swatches, symbolic color for diagrams and maps, and compositional color for layout and page organization.
Some basic watercolor and pencil techniques will be addressed, but the focus of this session is specific to using color in a field and nature journaling setting. We wrap with a closing circle for sharing and discussion of next steps for your practice. Prior nature journaling or drawing/painting experience helpful, but not required.
Workshop fee: $45
Register on The Foster Museum website

Supply List
You’re encouraged to bring any additional tools and materials that you like to use for sketching or field journaling: sketchbook, pencils, pens, measuring tools.
These materials will be provided: set of colored pencils, sampler set of watercolors, waterbrush.
Participants please bring: a pencil (mechanical, #2 or HB pencil); a black pen with waterproof or water-resistant ink; a grey pencil or grey marker; a sketchbook suitable for working outdoors and with paper that can take some water media without bleeding through (some buckling is okay. 😉
If you wish, you can get a kit of nature journaling supplies, available for purchase onsite for $20 (cash or Venmo). Kit includes: small softbound sketchbook, hardbound sketchbook, mechanical pencil, black brush pen, grey marker, magnifying loupe, compact mirror, clear ruler, and carry satchel/apron.
