Reg opens this Saturday!

Join John Muir Laws and live ambassador birds for a vibrant afternoon of sketching live birds and a hands-on y demo. Bring your nature journal kit and your curiosity! 2/21/26 1-4:30pm Pacific time, at the Foster in Palo Alto, CA. $50. www.wildwonder.org/store/p/brus...

Announcing 2026 Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Adventures in Nebraska, California, Minnesota, Maine, & Washington! Led by experienced and engaging educators, these trips offer you the keen joy of spending time in nature with others who love nature and art as much as you do. Learn more: wildwonder.org

Holiday Sketch Party! Learn to Draw Pine Cones and Branches with John Muir Laws, PLUS live musical interludes. Live online class: Monday, 12/1/2025, 4:30-6:30pm Pacific time. FREE! Registration required. Suggested donation: $25. www.wildwonder.org/store/p/cone...

Let’s celebrate November in our nature journals! Join Akshay Mahajan as he hosts #NatureJournalingNovember (and #TheTummyJournal), a month of FREE fun nature journaling prompts and “pencil miles” BONUS: FREE online live class, Journaling into Growth, on 11/22/25! wildwonder.org/nj25

Holiday Sketch Party! Learn to Draw Pine Cones and Branches with John Muir Laws, PLUS live musical interludes. Live online class: Monday, 12/1/2025, 4:30-6:30pm Pacific time. FREE! Registration required. Suggested donation: $25. www.wildwonder.org/store/p/cone...

Learn a New Mammal Drawing System with John Muir Laws: Live online class: Sat. 11/8/25, 9-11am Pacific time.* All levels welcome! FREE! Registration required. Suggested donation: $25. www.wildwonder.org/store/p/mamm...

Now available: 2025 Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference Video Pass. Get 30 classes through 4/30/2026 for just $95–bargain! Learn more at wildwonder.org/25 Our amazing teacher team includes Grant Snyder (image 2), @bellandpixel.bsky.social (image 3) and @finchwing.bsky.social (image 4)!

We are thrilled to welcome our newborn zine: Your Quick Start Guide to Nature Journaling a Garden! In this FREE new zine, learn how and why to nature journal a garden—it helps you slow down, notice more, and sparks JOY and curiosity. wildwonder.org/garden

LOOK—Full Schedule Just Dropped! Join the fun at the seventh Annual Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference, September 10-14, 2025, live online! Learn more, read bios, see the detailed conference schedule, and buy your pass today at wildwonder.org/25

We want to help you share the joy of nature journaling! Apply for a Wild Wonder Micro Grant! Applications open 9/1 and are due 9/29. Through this program, we support individuals leading projects that bring nature journaling to new audiences. Visit wildwonder.org/grants to learn more. Please share!

Join Christian Cooper and Amy Tan—NY Times bestselling authors and avid birders—along with a live ambassador owl, for a special birdy evening. Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, 5-9pm, The Foster Museum, Palo Alto, CA, Seating is limited. Tickets and more info: wildwonder.org/foster25 @amytan.bsky.social

Have a great weekend friends! Stay cool and don't pee in pools! 🪶

Guess where @johnmuirlaws.com found these epic scissors? The new studio of @wendymacnaughton.bsky.social !! What a thrill to witness the first in-person meeting of these minds! Big thanks to Wendy for opening your door to our impromptu fan club (with @katerutter.bsky.social & @amytan.bsky.social )

What a fantastic nature journaling session with @johnmuirlaws.com hosted by Children & Nature Network. In Jack’s inspiring talk and demo, he studied, drew, and dissected a passionflower. He also shared pages from his first nature journal. Catch the replay on C&NN’s YouTube in about 2 weeks.

Here's the clue for this week's #BitOBird game! Can you ID this bird from just this little bit? (Note: we stick to North American birds, if not we’ll tell you.) 1st to reply w/ the correct answer gets bird nerd bragging rights. If you're stumped, we'll post the answer in 2 hrs 🪶

Who doesn’t love a free zine? Visit the store link in bio or wildwonder.org/zines for free downloads of 4 different nature zines, including the three you see here!

Say you’ll BEE there! Early Bird Passes on sale now for the 7th annual Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference–live online September 10-14, 2025. WHAT’S ALL THE BUZZ ABOUT? Learn more, check out the stellar line up of speakers and teachers, and sign up now at wildwonder.org/25

Join artist, birder, nature lover, and teacher Sofia Gazarian as she hosts #NatureJournalingJune, a month of FREE nature journaling prompts. Bonus: free class on Sketching Birds on 6/28–registration required. Visit wildwonder.org/nj25 for more info and free tutorials.

Join bestselling author and artist Sushma Hegde @sushmahegde.bsky.social as she hosts #NatureJournalingMay, a month of free nature journaling prompts! Sushma is also teaching a FREE online live class on 5/17/25! Registration required. Learn more and sign up: wildwonder.org/nj25

Apparently it's #invertefest I haven't done near enough art of them!

Excited to share the trailer for Watershed: Learning That Flows From Nature, a documentary short—featuring John Muir Laws—that tells the story of an inspiring outdoor ed program in Northern California. Film to be released in late 2025. Learn more and watch the trailer: wildwonder.org/watershed

Say you’ll BEE there! Early Bird Passes on sale now for the 7th annual Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference–live online September 10-14, 2025. WHAT’S ALL THE BUZZ ABOUT? Learn more, check out the stellar line up of speakers and teachers, and sign up now at wildwonder.org/25

Learn to Draw and Paint Hummingbirds with John Muir Laws Live Online: Saturday, May 3, 10am-12pm Pacific* FREE, Registration required. $25 suggested donation. All ages and levels welcome! www.wildwonder.org/events

The life-changing practice of nature journaling helps you slow down, pay attention, notice more, and appreciate the joy, peace, wonder, and beauty that nature offers us every day. And through this deep appreciation of nature, we can be inspired to take care of this precious planet. wildwonder.org.

Let’s Draw Trees! with Kate Rutter @katerutter.bsky.social and Cathy Raingarden 4/6/25 9:30-11am Pacific* FREE but registration required. Suggested donation: $25. Sign up: wildwonder.org/shop We’ll have a “tree-mendous” time drawing trees together and kick off the #ArborApril challenge!

This was a great webinar! Thank you to Roseann Hanson and @wildwonder.bsky.social for making this available. I learned a lot!

Let’s Draw Trees! with Kate Rutter @katerutter.bsky.social and Cathy Raingarden 4/6/25 9:30-11am Pacific* FREE but registration required. Suggested donation: $25. Sign up: wildwonder.org/shop We’ll have a “tree-mendous” time drawing trees together and kick off the #ArborApril challenge!

What’s one more project to add when I’m behind on another? I’m diving into the Nature Journaling Educator Certificate from @wildwonder.bsky.social. Pictures and words are my strong suit, but I’m making an effort to include numbers! #naturejournaling #sketchbook

It’s #worldfrogday, I see. Here’s a little guy I drew in a @mikehendley.com workshop at a @wildwonder.bsky.social conference. Still needs his background of grass and leaves. #sciart #amphibians #nature 🌿

An older comic about spring.

Let’s make maps! Join Roseann Hanson— a lifelong explorer, author, and nature journaler— for a FREE class on the art and science of making maps in your nature journal: 3/22/25, 10-11:30am Pacific. FREE, but registration required, suggested donation: $25. Sign up here: wildwonder.org/shop

In 2024, Wild Wonder turned TWO! And though we are a young nonprofit, we have a whole lot to celebrate. Visit wildwonder.org/ar24 to explore a bigger version of our annual report, illustrated by @katerutter.bsky.social, and read details on all the numbers (as well as the species!).

For #NatureJournalingMarch, join our host teacher Roseann Hanson for a celebration of nature and “pencil miles”!* Each day in March, create a page in your nature journal based on the daily prompt from this list. Visit wildwonder.org/nj25 for info and free resources for each prompt.

Still a few spots left in the Wild Wonder Sierra Nevada Nature Journaling Retreat, Aug 3-8. This magical and joyful adventure will be led by John Muir Laws, Mark Simmons, and Robin Lee Carlson. Visit wildwonder.org/retreats25 to read the juicy details and sign up today! (Pics from 2024)

Thanks to all who joined us today for Learn to Paint Landscapes with John Muir Laws. “Loving it! No more fear of drawing landscapes here!” raved one student. If you missed it, no prob! Sign up at wildwonder.org/events and we’ll send the class recording and lots of links shared in class by 3/1.

Learn to Paint Landscapes: Feb. 22, 10am-12 Pacific* Join award-winning artist, author, educator, and scientist John Muir Laws for a FREE 2-hour class. Registration required, suggested donation: $25. Can’t join live? Sign up and we’ll email the class recording. www.wildwonder.org/store/p/land...

BIG NEWS: YOU are invited to join the global nature journaling community in WONDERLAND! This is a new FREE, online, private, creative, and joyful space where we gather to share ideas, meet other nature journalers, learn from each other, and have fun! Join today! wonderland.wildwonder.org

Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶

Tomorrow! Join me and John Muir Laws of @wildwonder.bsky.social online at 10 am Pacific time for a conversation and workshop on writing poetry about nature as part of a journaling practice. Free and open to all! us02web.zoom.us/j/8495463389...

Now On Sale with Extended Access: Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference Video Pass. Get 30 talks and classes for just $45….JUST $1.50 per class/talk! Check out the awesome global team of teachers and speakers, explore the schedule, and get your sale pass now at wildwonder.org/24

The Great Backyard Bird Count starts TODAY! And we have a FREE ZINE to support beginning birders: Your Quick Start Guide to Birding! Get yours now at wildwonder.org/bird Join the Great Backyard Bird Count: birdcount.org Big thanks to @rosemarymosco.com for co-creating/ illustrating this zine!

So hey, this is happening! I'll be joining the amazing John Muir Laws and Robin Lee Carson, plus bee expert Dr. Nina Sokolov, on the Wild Wonder Foundation's Sierra Nevada Nature Journaling Retreat from August 3-8. www.wildwonder.org/sn2025

This is now a print in my store: topatoco.com/collections/...

My love for you is like a peregrine falcon. One more valentine from a past year.

Here’s a beautiful article about the power of nature journaling in a school setting—enjoy!

Are you more of a Superb OWL person than a Super Bowl person? 😁 Check out Learn to Draw Owls, a fun 2-part recorded class with award-winning artist and educator John Muir Laws (creator of this Great Grey Owl page). Free, registration required, $25 suggested donation. Sign up: wildwonder.org/shop

Learn to Paint Landscapes: Feb. 22, 10am-12 Pacific* Join award-winning artist, author, educator, and scientist John Muir Laws for a FREE 2-hour class. Registration required, suggested donation: $25. Can’t join live? Sign up and we’ll email the class recording. www.wildwonder.org/store/p/land...

Sierra Birds Book Launch This special event was co-hosted by Wild Wonder Foundation, Feather River Land Trust, and Heyday Books. I gave this talk in November 2024 at the new beautiful Sierra Valley Nature Center in Beckwourth, California, to celebrate the publication of The Laws Field Guide to…

Registration will open soon for our 4 nature journaling retreats, including Point Reyes with John Muir Laws and Roseann Hanson. Trips sell out fast…Sign up for our list to be notified when registration opens: wildwonder.org/subscribe Visit wildwonder.org/retreats25 to check out the full line up!