Nature U Series
Upcoming Workshops
Forest Bathing at Pinnacle Park
Friday, May 23, 2025 from 1pm to 4pm
Friday, June 6, 2025 from 1pm to 4pm
Pinnacle Park, Sylva
$40
Certified guide, Debby Singleton, will offer invitations for safely engaging with
nature through our sense of sight, smell, touch, hearing, and taste. This is an opportunity
to slow down, unplug, destress, and practice presence in the moment. Inspired by the
Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, which translates to 鈥渂athing in the forest鈥�, this
immersion is an opportunity to experience the restorative benefits of the forest around
us. At the end of this immersion, participants will share their experiences with a
peaceful tea ceremony.
Instructor: Debby Singleton
The Art of Nature Journaling
Friday, April 25, 2025 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 蘑菇短视频Picnic Area
Instructor: Debby Singleton
Cost: $60
Nature Journaling helps to deepen your observational and drawing skills of the natural world around us. The practice
of keeping a nature journal is an extremely effective and engaging way to observe, spark curiosity, and think creatively. When we use words, pictures, and numbers to journal it helps us to think differently and make a more complete record of what we see. Starting (or maintaining) a nature journal is a way to rediscover the thrill of science. It helps us to slow down, look, ask questions, and piece together answers.
Join Debby Singleton for this supportive, engaging, and nature-based workshop for journaling and creating art. Debby will provide all materials needed for this workshop. At the end, each participant will take home a completed nature journal of their observations and a resource list to further their practice. Debby is a firm believer that everyone can 鈥渃reate鈥� and uses this mantra to help others find the joy in the 鈥減rocess鈥�.
About the Instructor: Debby Singleton is a retired professor of Parks & Recreation Management from 蘑菇短视频 and a certified Nature & Forest Therapy Guide. Debby is also an educator, experiential facilitator, and a multimedia artist who uses observation, creating, and journaling to connect with nature. She specializes in pen and watercolor mediums, but also dabbles in just about every source of creating. Primarily a landscape and wildlife artist, Debby captures the natural world on paper while adventuring and from her basement studio overlooking her hollow near Cullowhee, NC. She is a firm believer that everyone is an 鈥渁rtist鈥� and uses this mantra to help others find the JOY and the WELLNESS benefits of connecting art with nature. She currently guides Forest Bathing walks, nature immersion hikes, and creative explorations in Western North Carolina and beyond. Debby is excited to share her love of nature journaling, writing, sketching, and exploration with everyone in this workshop.
Supports, Modifications, and/or Accommodations for Participants
All participants are welcome. For questions regarding access and accommodations, please contact 蘑菇短视频Educational Outreach at learn@wcu.edu or by phone at 828.227.7397.