Quiet Seeing: Creative Nature Journaling

As part of the Nature’s Medicine: Rest & Rejuvenate in Lebanon’s Japanese Gardens series, the Quiet Seeing: Creative Nature Journaling workshop invites participants to explore the healing garden through mindful observation and simple creative practices. This workshop brings participants into the hospital’s healing garden for a time of quiet attention, reflection and connection. Artist and instructor Elizabeth Higgins will guide participants to slow down, engage their senses and observe the natural setting through mindful drawing and writing. Gentle, accessible prompts support attentive looking and listening, sensory awareness and simple recording through sketches and brief written reflections. This event is geared toward adults 18 and older, and pets are not permitted. Participants should bring a notebook or journal.

About the Instructor:

Elizabeth Higgins is an Oregon artist and instructor who specializes in watercolor and nature‑based workshops. She has taught at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, the Eliot Institute, Hoyt Arboretum and other venues across the country. Known for her approachable style, she helps students explore creativity through connection with nature.

For more information, please contact Brandy O’Bannon at [email protected].