Upcoming classes & workshops
Saturday, June 13
Ecstatic Painting, 1-2 PM (NEW!)
Mill Street Marketplace, 36 Mill Street
Wethersfield, CT
Call Mill St. Marketplace to sign up at (860) 888-9450
Wednesday, June 17
Intergenerational Craft, 2-4pm
Hartford Public Library, Barbour Branch
Saturday, June 20
Winding Trails Poetry Trail nature poetry class, 10am-12pm
Farmington, CT
Click here for more info and to sign up
Nature Journaling workshop, 1-3pm
Jerry’s Artarama of West Hartford
Click here for more info and to sign up
Thursday, June 25, 2-3 PM
Watercolor workshop
Bloomfield Prosser Public Library, Bloomfield, CT
July 11
Gentle Art of Calm, 10am- 1pm
Arts Center East
Click here for more info and to sign up
July 13
Watercolor workshop, 10-11:30am
Newington Senior Center
Newington, CT
July 18
Wake Up And Paint (NEW!) - 10am-12pm
Bridge Center for Healing Arts, Farmington, CT
Click here for more info to sign up
Ongoing classes at the following senior centers.
Contact the senior centers for details, as schedules change.
West Hartford Senior Center
Simsbury Senior Center
New Britain Senior Center
Bloomfield Senior Center
Recent Events
NEW ONLINE OPTION: Heart to Earth Nature Journaling Online
Starting Sunday, April 12th
4 week live online class with online community
Sign up at https://community.instillmindfulness.org
IN PERSON CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Saturday, April 4, 2-3 PM
Nature journaling workshop
Simsbury Public Library, Simsbury, CT
Wednesday, April 8, 2-4 PM
Haiga workshop (illustrated haiku)
Hartford Public Library Barbour Branch, Hartford, CT
Saturday, April 11 10:30 AM -1 PM
Nature Journaling workshop
Jerry’s Artarama, West Hartford, CT
Sunday, April 12, 1-3 PM
Nature poetry workshop
Winding Trails, Farmington, CT
Sunday, April 12, 6:30-8 PM
Heart to Earth Nature Journaling 4 week course
Online at Instill Mindfulness
Friday, April 17, 2-3 PM
Teen nature journaling workshop
Bloomfield Wintonbury Public Library, Bloomfield, CT
Saturday, April 18, 10 AM -12 PM
Let’s Talk Nature art workshop
(All ages Nature Art Explorations + Nature Conversation)
Lucy Robbins Welles Library, Newington, CT
Saturday, April 25, 10:30 AM - 1PM
Nature art workshop
Jerry’s Artarama, West Hartford, CT
Thursday, May 7, 6-7PM
Nature journaling workshop
Manross Library, Bristol, CT
Wednesday, May 13, 20, 27, 6:30-8:30 PM
NEW: Nature Journaling at Gather on Hopmeadow
Simsbury, CT
Sign up: Drop into one class or choose to attend all 3!
Saturday, May 30, 10AM - 12 PM
Let’s Talk Nature art workshop
(All ages Nature Art Explorations + Nature Conversation)
Lucy Robbins Welles Library, Newington, CT
Monday, March 23, 6:30-8:00 PM
Mindful nature journaling workshop
Glastonbury Public Library, Glastonbury, CT
Thursday, March 26
Nature Journaling Workshop Conference Presentation
Connecticut Outdoor & Environmental Education Association Conference
Sunday, February 22, 1-3 PM
Family Nature Art
Winding Trails, Farmington, CT
Monday, March 9
Keefe Bruyette Symposium
Nature Art and Nature Journaling workshops for educators
School for Young Children at the University of St. Joseph
Sunday, March 22, 1-3 PM
Nature writing workshop
Winding Trails, Farmington, CT
Saturday, January 24, 2 PM
Nature Journaling
Simsbury Public Library
Monday, January 26, 10AM- 11:30 AM
Art for the Winter Doldrums
Newington Senior Center
Wednesday, January 28, 5:30-6:30 PM
Winter Nature Journaling
Mandell JCC, Bloomfield, CT
Saturday, February 7, 10AM- 12 PM
Family Nature Art Explorations + Nature Conversation
Lucy Robbins Welles Newington Public Library
Past Events
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Nature Journaling at Simsbury Public Library
2 - 3 PM
Mondays, September 22, 29, October 6, 2025
Granby Public Library Tween/Teen Nature Journaling
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Saturday, September 27, 2025
”First, Love the Earth” Earth Art Connection Retreat
Holy Family Retreat Center, West Hartford, CT
10 AM - 3 PM
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Spirit of Autumn Nature Journaling workshop
Jerry’s Artarama, West Hartford, CT
10 AM - 1 PM
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Winding Trails Nature’s Open House
Farmington, CT
Saturdays, November & December 20, 2025, 10AM- 12 PM
Family Nature Art Explorations + Nature Conversation
Lucy Robbins Welles Newington Public Library
Friday, January 9th
Winter Reflections Creative Journaling Pop Up
Evolution Yoga, Newington, CT
Contact Art with Leslie for more information about any of my class offerings!
