An Introduction to Nature Journaling: Millington Wood

Nature journaling is a time-honoured practice that combines art, science, and personal reflection. It's a way to connect with nature on a deeper level, enhancing your observation skills while expressing your creativity.

This workshop is perfect if you’d like to deepen your understanding and connection to nature. The session will start with a welcoming circle to get to know each other and gain an understanding of where everyone is on their nature journeys. Then it's time for the journaling to begin. We spend a couple of hours exploring an area of nature, using curiosity and creativity to complete two beginners nature journaling activities. Later, we'll settle down for a short group discussion where you can share your journal pages and reflections with fellow participants, if you feel comfortable to do so.

After the workshop, you can take home your own customisable nature journal and project booklet to keep up with your nature journaling at home!

This workshop includes:

• An introducing to nature journaling, including benefits, techniques and tips
• A short nature walk to find our journaling sit spots
• Supplies provided, including sketchbooks, pens, pencils and sit mats
• You'll take home: a customisable nature journal, a nature journal project book & a starter guide
• A friendly and supportive environment, with opportunities for community building
• Invitation to join community Facebook group
• No experience needed, just bring your curious mind!

Wild Creatives provides creative ways of connecting people to nature through curiosity, creativity and exploration. Our workshops and products are designed to help people (re)connect with nature using creative and curious practices in order to boost wellbeing, along with our own knowledge about the planet we live on.

This session will take place in Millington Wood, near Pocklington in East Yorkshire.

This Local Nature Reserve is a special place to discover the scents and songs of an ancient wood. This stunning woodland is neatly tucked away in a Yorkshire Wolds valley. It is one of the richest botanical woodlands in the East Riding, and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

In spring and summer, wild garlic and bluebells fill the wood with colour and scent, and it is alive with bird song. In autumn and winter, orange and yellow tinted tree tops glow in the valley as it becomes a quiet refuge for wildlife.

Millington Wood, which covers 52 acres, was declared a Local Nature Reserve in 1991 in recognition of its wildlife value and its importance to the local community.

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