The Liminal Forest: Nature Journaling on Mystery & the In-Between
Sat, Jul 08
|SF Botanical Gardens
Embrace transitions, thresholds, and the liminal spaces that exist in the forest and within ourselves through nature journaling.


Time & Location
Jul 08, 2023, 10:30 AM – Jul 09, 2023, 12:30 PM
SF Botanical Gardens, 1199 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122, USA
About the event
When you move half as fast, you can notice twice as much: a tiny mushroom on the trail blooms into an entire cosmos of texture; upon closer look, the vibrant red of a crab's shell reveals its deep purples and blues, an ombré exoskeleton.
Instead of rushing to the top of a summit, how might we pause to develop a keener sense of observation? Science illustrator Sami Chang will guide us in balancing our individual perception of the world with a scientific illustration perspective known as "nature journaling."
Through nature immersion and teachings from nature journaling, you will leave with:
Science-based nature journaling skills to observe and experience the world through our senses, incorporating annotations of shapes, colors, textures, and patterns 📓
A newfound appreciation of flora and fauna you may have not attended to before, as well as their relationships with each other and environment 🔍
A personal storytelling…