A Year of Nature Journaling Prompts

Nature Journaling July Prompts list graphic with flower illustrations

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, artist, gardener, nature lover, and teacher Bethan Burton, for a FREE live online class on 7/27 at 3-4:30pm Pacific: Garden Visitors with Bethan Burton. Registration required—sign up here!

We can’t wait to see your work! Share it with us by tagging us @wildwonderfoundation using #naturejournalingjuly 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 July Prompts

Click on each prompt for additional free resources and/or tutorials. Special thanks to this month’s host teacher Bethan Burton.
Be sure to sign up for the special live online free class, Garden Visitors with Bethan Burton. Register here!

  1. Explore Layers 

  2. Compare Two Leaves

  3. Something Not Planted

  4. Record a Moment of Stillness

  5. Create a Garden-Inspired Page Border

  6. Draw Something Decaying

  7. Fill a Page with Tiny Details

  8. Note the Garden Colour Palette

  9. Look Closer

  10. Make Marks to Show Movement

  11. Capture a Garden Scent in Words

  12. Create a Bug’s-eye View

  13. Find Something Hiding in Plain Sight

  14. Record Changing Weather

  15. Document Nibble Marks

  16. Study Thorny or Spiky Forms

  17. Make a List of Backyard Birds

  18. Observe the Garden Edges

  19. Notice Shifting Sunlight

  20. Draw the View from Ground Level

  21. Sketch Something Climbing

  22. Observe How Wind Moves Through Plants

  23. Record the Rhythm of Garden Chores

  24. Sketch a Plant Reaching for Light

  25. Create a Sensory Map of the Garden

  26. Sketch a Place You Return to Often

  27. *Garden Visitors: Free live online Class with Bethan Burton. Register here.

  28. Illustrate a Garden Memory

  29. Notice Something Returning

  30. Celebrate Your Harvest

  31. Create a Vision for Your Garden

LEARN MORE ABOUT NATURE JOURNALING

ARCHIVE: Nature Journaling Prompts

Click each month to explore the prompts and link to additional resources.