Nature Journaling Resources

We want to support you as you explore and engage with nature through your journal. Please explore this extensive list of free and low-cost resources, and we will continue to develop and add to these resources, including more free resources for teachers, a special teacher’s community group, a private members area, micro-grant information, a blog, and more.

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In the practice of nature journaling, you use words, pictures, and numbers to collect and record your observations, questions, connections, and explanations on the pages of a notebook. Learn more and see some example pages here.
A great way to get started is to download our new Quick Start Guide to Nature Journaling! Also, we find this intro video by John Muir Laws to be useful and inspiring. We also encourage you to check out the rest of the helpful resources on this page.
This free series of 40 short videos created by John Muir Laws and the Children’s Creativity Museum is an excellent course for beginning nature journalers of all ages, from 8 up. It is a great way to teach yourself, or share with your classroom or homeschool students.
The Nature Journal Connection
Join expert educator John Muir Laws for FREE weekly online nature journaling classes.
Weekly Live Online Classes with John Muir Laws
Check out this calendar of online and in-person events offered by the many nature journaling educators in the community.
Community Events Calendar
Learn nature journaling from John Muir Laws, a principal innovator in this movement and an expert educator for 35+ years.
Free Recorded classes taught by John Muir Laws for Wild Wonder
Also, visit this page for a searchable list of hundreds of videos you can watch and learn how to draw and nature journal—and all for FREE!
Hundreds of Free Nature Journaling Class Videos
See this list of nature journaling supplies and equipment curated and tested by John Muir Laws.
Supplies and Equipment
We have a thriving private worldwide community on Facebook, where thousands of nature journalers share journal pages, ask questions, and encourage and inspire each other. NOTE: Because this is a private group, you will need to request membership and answer a few questions before you are an approved member.
Join the Community
There are more than 100 regional nature journaling groups in the US and around the world. Check out this map and find a group near you. And if no group exists near you yet, start one of your own!
Find Or Start a Regional Nature Journaling Group
Do you teach nature journaling or do you want to? Are you an educator in a classroom, after school program, or homeschool? Check out our new Teach section, with a rich bank of nature journaling teacher resources based on books by John Muir Laws.
You can also check out our new Wild Wonder Educator Program, with workshops and a new optional certificate.
You might enjoy the free weekly live online Nature Journal Educator’s Forum (see Jack’s online calendar here); a free PDF download of JML’s book, How to Teach Nature Journaling, featuring a detailed curriculum; and the Nature Journal Connection, a free, 40-episode series of educational shorts designed for beginning nature journalers of all ages and also a great classroom tool. We invite you to join our special private Facebook group for nature journaling teachers, where members share ideas, inspiration, and support each other.
More Teacher Resources
Learn from a nature journal educator near you! A little coaching can help you, your family, and your students develop your journaling skills and have even more fun in nature.
Find a Nature Journaling Educator
Attending events is a great way to jump-start your journaling practice with inspiration, ideas, practice, and community.
Conference and Events
Here’s a curated list of books about nature, nature journaling, and natural history.