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Tag: The Curious Nature Guide

  • Saturday, September 17, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Reflecting On Our Connections With Nature

    Join naturalist, educator, author Clare Walker Leslie at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Saturday, September 17 from 10 – 1 for a little time just Being With Nature. Clare will guide you in ways to become more attentive to the small events happening continually in the nature just beyond your doorstep, wherever you are and in any season. Inspired by Clare’s most recent book The Curious Nature Guide: Explore the Natural Wonders of Nature All Around You, you will watch, listen, and reflect as we walk around the gardens and landscapes of Tower Hill as they transition to fall. Clare will give you prompts for recording in word and in simple image. Participants will leave with ways they can continue these nature reflections on their own and where they live.

    Bring paper and pencil, pen and color if you want. Suitable clothing for walking outdoors recommended. The session will take place part indoors and part outside.

    Clare Walker Leslie is a nationally known naturalist, artist, educator and author of 12 books on connecting with nature.  She teaches workshops in Observing Nature throughout the country for schools, colleges, nature centers, and environmental organizations. Information on Clare can be seen at: www.clarewalkerleslie.com.  Session is $35 for Tower Hill members, $50 for nonmembers.  Register online at www.towerhillbg.org.

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  • Wednesday, September 9, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Nature Walk with Clare Walker Leslie

    Join Clare Walker Leslie, author of The Curious Nature Guide, for a North Cambridge nature walk. The walk leaves the Porter Square Bookstore, 25 White Street in Cambridge at 5 pm, and returns in time for a 6:00 reception at the store.

    With dozens of simple prompts and exercises, best-selling author, naturalist, and artist Clare Walker Leslie offers adults of all ages an invitation to step outside for just a few minutes a day, reignite the sense of wonder and curiosity about the natural world, and discover the peace and grounding that can be found by connecting to nature as part of daily life. Using photography as well as the author’s own illustrations, The Curious Nature Guide invites readers to start at home, using all of their senses to notice the colors, sounds, smells, and textures of the trees, plants, animals, birds, insects, clouds, and other features that can be observed right outside their doorstep, no matter where they live. Prompts range from suggestions to note one daily exceptional nature image to learning to identify cloud types and the weather they bring, or creating a record of nature spottings on daily walks with the dog.

    Clare Walker Leslie is a nationally known wildlife artist, author, and educator. She has been connecting people of all ages to nature using drawing, writing, and observation of the outdoors for more than 30 years. Her other books include the bestsellers Keeping a Nature Journal and The Nature Connection, as well as Nature Journal and Drawn to Nature. For more information visit www.portersquarebooks.com.