Nature Journaling Workshop: Deepening Connection Through Observation

Explore nature through mindful journaling, using techniques like map-making, grid drawing, and color exploration. Learn to observe, document, and reflect, fostering a deeper connection with the natural world. Facilitated by Shilpa Agashe.

What to Expect

This workshop invites you to explore nature through all your senses, capturing both broad landscapes and intricate details. With OmVed Gardens as your inspiring backdrop, you’ll engage in activities like cataloguing similarities, exploring colours, and reflecting on your observations. You’ll also explore how journaling can become a regular, calming practice, even in a busy lifestyle.

What You’ll Learn

• Simple journaling techniques for capturing nature’s details

• Map-making and grid drawing methods to enhance observation

• How to incorporate personal memories and associations into your journaling

• Tips for maintaining a mindful, regular journaling habit

What’s Included

• All materials needed for the workshop

• Expert guidance from Shilpa

• A peaceful and welcoming environment at OmVed Gardens

Who Can Take Part?

This workshop is open to all—no prior experience needed, just curiosity and a love for nature! This event will have a maximum of 15 participants.

About the Host

Shilpa Agashe is an Indian artist and software engineer based in London, with a deep connection to nature, especially plants. She has had a regular nature journaling practice for over 4 years. She volunteers for Heath Hands, facilitating workshops and contributing to projects that monitor climate change effects on local flora. Shilpa’s sustainable practice focuses on using recycled materials and natural media such as watercolors and non-acrylic inks as far as possible.  In 2021, she spent a year documenting the plants she encountered on her walks through North London, which became a key part of her artistic exploration. She regularly exhibits her work and is passionate about sharing her knowledge and love of nature with others.

About OmVed Gardens:

OmVed Gardens is a garden, exhibition, events, and learning space in North London dedicated to exploring the connections between food, ecology and creativity for health and climate resilience. We are on a mission to inspire ecological awareness and action, and deepen our understanding of interconnectedness with the natural world.

As a registered Community Interest Company, all our activities prioritise social and ecological objectives. Whether collaborating with chefs, creatives, gardeners, or schools, OmVed Gardens is a hub for education, connection, and action. We aim to inspire individuals and communities to reimagine their role in building a healthier, more resilient world.

We work to increase biodiversity - of species, seeds, food systems, and participation, through regenerative gardening, seed saving, habitat creation, and ecological education. Our space serves as a living example of how urban areas can be transformed into thriving ecosystems that support both human and non-human communities.

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Subsidised Tickets

We encourage young people to take part in the group. Participants aged 16-25 can receive a 50% discount on the sessions. To apply, please email events@omvedgardens.com with the event name and a copy of your ID. Discounts are subject to availability.

Refund Policy:

Tickets are non-refundable, except in cases where a waiting list exists for the session. If the event is sold out, a refund may be considered if requested up to 10 days prior to the session date. Please write to us for any refund inquiries.