About the event

Why not try a new activity in 2026 and join Dorset Wildlife Trust's Nature Journal Club?

Nature journaling is described as 'the regular recording of observations, perceptions, and feelings about the world of nature around you’. Clare Walker Leslie (journaling innovator and artist).

But we like to think of it as a personal way of discovering nature and deepening your connection to the natural world through words, pictures and numbers, or in any way you want to.

The club is a social space where we aim to feed your curiosity about the world around you and provide a fun way to ask questions and find answers, to make observations and develop skills as an artist, writer or naturalist – or all three!

So if you want to meet like-minded people and rack up those pencil miles, come and join the Dorset Wildlife Trust Nature Journal Club, and connect with a community of enthusiastic naturalists and creatives at our regular meet ups.

The best part is that there are no rules! You don't have to be an artist or a scientist to do it, you don't need any experience at all, just a passion for nature and 'a give it a go attitude'.

You can start with just a sketchbook/journal and a pencil/pen or if you're already a nature journaler you can work with all your standard materials.