A Year of Nature Journaling Prompts

Daily Nature Journaling Prompts

Let's celebrate nature and put in some “pencil miles”!* Each day this year, create a page in your nature journal based on that day’s prompt. Scroll down for links to more resources for this month’s prompts.

BONUS: Join this month’s host, long-time forager, explorer, plant lover & art maker Nina Veteto, for a FREE live online class on 8/23 at 9-10:30am Pacific: Botany for Beginners with Nina Veteto Registration required—sign up here!

We can’t wait to see your work! Share it with us by tagging us @wildwonderfoundation using #naturejournalingaugust and we’ll share with the community! Tag a friend in your post to invite them to join in the fun!

PS: Looking for prompts from a prior month? Pop to the ARCHIVE at the bottom of this page!

* “Drawing is not a gift—it is a skill. You can learn to draw. You just have to put in the pencil miles.”

—John Muir Laws

Nature Journaling August Prompts

Click on each prompt for additional free resources and/or tutorials. Special thanks to this month’s host teacher Nina Veteto, @blueridgebotanic.
Be sure to sign up for the special live online free class, Botany for Beginners with Nina Veteto, sign up here!

1. Weed Study

2. Press a Flower

3. Night Sky Haiku

4. Document 3 flowers

5. Bark Rubbing

6. Imagine an Underground Scene

7. Make Ink from Flowers

8. Draw with a Twig

9. Moongazing

10. Sound Map of Your Yard

11. Document 3 Leaves

12. Leaf Tracing