Taking time to journal nature

By Samantha Elley

Title: A Canberra

Nature Journal

Author: Dr Fiona Boxall

Publisher: Shawline

Publishing Price: $28.95 is is a book with a di erence and if anyone has done some nature journaling, or would like to get out more and appreciate nature, then this is a must read.

Dr Fiona Boxall has a gi of bringing the ora and fauna she writes about to life for the reader.

Born out of her practice of writing eld notes, Fiona’s nature journaling is a combination of writing about and drawing or painting the items she sees in their natural habitat.

She is very visual and her notes and pictures are her personal impressions of the world around her.

Fiona sees nature journaling as a practice of spontaneity, relaxation and a pleasurable past-time