Nature journal for adults with field notes, sketch pages and 52 prompts

Nature journal pages for grown-ups who want to slow their pace outside and capture what they find in words, drawings and numbers. This undated set has 73 pages: a short how-to guide, field notes with weather and location fields, four seasonal observation pages, studies of leaves, flowers and trees, a sit spot log, sky and cloud notes and 52 weekly prompts. Both US Letter and A4 PDFs are included as an instant download.

Nothing arrives by post. Print the first few pages, tuck them in a clipboard and take them on your next walk.

How this nature journal helps you notice more

A blank page can feel daunting. Here, each page shows you where to begin: a dashed box for sketching, I notice and I wonder prompts, and spaces for the place, time, temperature, weather and phase of the moon.

Once a week, a prompt hands you one small task outdoors, such as drawing one leaf at its true size, listening with closed eyes or mapping the route you walked. Visit the same tree in every season, keep notes from a favorite sit spot and fill a list of 144 species seen, and over time the pages become a portrait of your own corner of the world. Because there are no dates, you can start any week and print extra field notes and prompt pages whenever you like.

Who will enjoy this field journal

• Grown-ups who love walking, hiking, gardening or just sitting outdoors and would like to see more
• Beginners who would rather start with clear prompts than an empty sketchbook
• People who sketch or paint in watercolor and enjoy drawing leaves, blooms, trees and skies from life
• Homeschooling parents who keep a nature study notebook of their own next to their children's
• Anyone looking for a peaceful, screen free hobby that moves with the seasons

Design made for pencil and paint

• Minimal white pages with soft blush pink touches that use very little ink
• Wide margins, so nothing is lost on a home printer
• Portrait pages in US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• No dates, so you can begin in any week of any year
• Dashed sketch boxes and simple lines suited to pencil, pen, colored pencil and a light wash of watercolor
• Keep it in a binder or on a clipboard, or have it spiral bound at a print shop

Inside the nature journal: 73 pages

1. 1The cover, with contents
2. 2Start here, a guide to the observe, wonder and record method, a few gentle rules, recording in words, pictures and numbers, and why you want to keep a journal
3. 3My nature kit, a checklist plus nice to have items, places you hope to explore, things you would like to notice, your outdoor spots and when you plan to journal
4. 4I notice, I wonder, it reminds me of, with one big sketch box and fields for conditions
5. 5Notice, wonder, connect, three tall columns for writing and one thing you want to find out
6. 6Field notes, with a sketch, a close-up detail, numbers (how many, how big, minutes spent), notes and questions
7. 7 to 10Spring, summer, autumn and winter observations, each with a checklist of signs of the season, a box to sketch, plants and flowers, insects and animals, sky and weather, and sounds and smells
8. 11Leaf study, a life size box for the leaf, details of edge, veins and stem, leaf facts and checkboxes for edge, pattern and growth
9. 12Flower study, separate boxes for the whole flower, a side view, a petal, the center, a leaf and a bud or seed, plus flower facts and visiting insects
10. 13Pressed leaves and flowers, six specimen boxes, each with lines for a name and a place
11. 14My sit spot, a box for a map, facts about the spot, what lives there, what is always there and changes you expect
12. 15Sit spot log covering 17 visits, with date, time, weather, observations and what is new since your last visit
13. 16Tree portrait over four seasons, one box to sketch spring, summer, autumn and winter
14. 17Tree profile, a bark rubbing, a leaf or needle, a seed or fruit, measurements and who lives in or on the tree
15. 18Sky and cloud notes, a quick guide to six types of cloud, two boxes to sketch the sky and a ten line sky log
16. 19Weather and moon notes, undated, 31 daily lines for weather, high and low, moon phase and a short nature note
17. 20 to 21Species seen list, 144 numbered lines for the species, the place and the date
18. 22 to 7352 weekly prompt pages, each with a prompt of its own (a single leaf up close, listening only, a map of my walk, tracks and signs, the moon tonight and many more), fields for location, time, temperature, weather and moon, a sketch box, I notice and I wonder boxes and lines for notes or it reminds me of, in two layouts that alternate

What you download

• Nature Journal for Adults in US Letter, a 73 page PDF
• Nature Journal for Adults in A4, a 73 page PDF
• Read Me First, a short PDF printing guide

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• This is a PDF made for printing, not a hyperlinked digital planner. You can still open it in most note taking apps and write on it.
• You receive a digital download only. Nothing physical is shipped.
• Colors may vary a little between your screen and paper.
• Personal use only. The files may not be shared, resold or redistributed.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If a file will not open or print properly, email us and we will help right away.
• Please respect local rules when gathering leaves or flowers, and take only fallen material or what you have permission to pick.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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