a sense of place + fall companion
Want to begin with both?
Start with the foundations, then carry the practice into the autumn season.
A Sense of Place is a 28-page guide for building a more attentive, personal relationship with the place you call home.
Through gentle exercises and thoughtful prompts, it helps you begin or deepen a nature-journaling practice rooted in where you live. You’ll learn to notice and record your place through its sights, sounds, scents, weather, plants, creatures, stories, and traditions, while exploring the memories and meaning it holds for you.
As you return to your journal through the seasons, you’ll begin building a personal catalog of place: words, images, colors, symbols, memories, and rituals that form a record of not only where you live, but your life there.
WHAT THIS GUIDE WILL HELP YOU DO
Use nature journaling to:
Become more observant of the natural world around you
Notice the rhythms, patterns, and seasonal changes of your place
Record what you see through field notes, prose, poetry, drawing, and photography
Connect observation with memory, meaning, and personal experience
Develop your own vocabulary of place through words, images, colors, and symbols
Bring more creativity and mindfulness into your journaling practice
Begin a practice you can return to through every season
You don't need to be an experienced writer, artist, or naturalist. You only need a place to begin and a willingness to pay attention.
WHAT'S INSIDE
The guide includes:
An introduction to cultivating a sense of place through nature journaling
Help choosing a place in nature you can return to regularly
Sensory observation exercises
Prompts for exploring connections within your environment
Ways to write field notes, prose, and poetry
Basic guidance for sketching, drawing, and nature photography
Exercises for developing your personal words and symbols of place
Creative practices, including mapping and making an herbarium
Mindful journaling exercises for slowing down and staying present
Ideas for sharing the practice with children, grandchildren, or other people you love
An introduction to continuing the practice with the seasonal companions
WHO IT'S FOR
A Sense of Place was created for:
New and experienced nature journalers
Writers, artists, gardeners, and everyday naturalists
Anyone interested in mindfulness, creativity, slow living, or place-based practices
People who want to feel more rooted in their home, neighborhood, community, landscape, or region
Parents and grandparents who would like to share nature journaling with a child
No special art supplies or naturalist knowledge are required.
HOW TO USE THE GUIDE
Move through the guide in order, choose the sections that interest you most, or return to individual exercises as the seasons change.
You can read the guide on a screen or print the complete PDF. Because this is a guide rather than a fillable journal, you’ll want to use it alongside your own blank journal, sketchbook, or notebook.
There is no schedule to follow and no right way to complete it. Let your practice grow slowly, beginning with what catches your attention where you live.
YOUR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
You'll receive:
One 28-page, full-color PDF
A4 page size: 8.27 × 11.69 inches
Immediate digital access after purchase
You may print the complete guide or select only the pages you want to keep close at hand. For best results, print on A4 paper. When printing on US Letter paper, select “Fit” or “Scale to Fit” in your printer settings.
Colors may vary slightly depending on your screen, printer, ink, and paper.
PERSONAL USE LICENSE
Your purchase is for personal or household use only.
You may print copies for your own use, but the digital file and printed pages may not be copied, shared, distributed, resold, or used commercially.
Please contact Green House Press to ask about classroom, workshop, or group use.
Copyright © Green House Press. All rights reserved.
PLEASE NOTE
This is a digital download. No physical guide, journal, or other product will be shipped.