Summer Journaling for Mental Health

 
 
A 6-Week Creative Course to Pause, Play & Connect with Yourself
Wednesdays 10:30am – 12:30pm
4th June – 9th July 2025
Locations: The Art Cabin, Hut 3, Craft Village
Coolings Garden Centre, Rushmore Hill, Knockholt, Kent TN14 7NN
 
Let this summer be your invitation to slow down, create freely, and reconnect with yourself through colour, nature, and gentle journaling.
 
This 6-week creative course blends expressive art-making with mindful journaling — designed to nourish your wellbeing and spark joy in the simple things.
Using the season of summer as our inspiration — its colours, textures, long days, and time spent outdoors — you’ll build a beautiful, personal art journal in an A5 sketchbook, filled with watercolour marks, pastel textures, collage, and words that matter to you.
Absolutely no experience is needed — just curiosity and a willingness to play.
 
Each week will offer:
A calming creative prompt inspired by summer
Gentle journaling exercises (just a few words or short reflections)
Time to explore with materials like watercolours, pastels, paint sticks & collage
Space to connect with others or work quietly — however you feel on the day
 
Themes we’ll explore include:
Creating your own Summer Colour Palette
The Textures of the Outdoors
Mapping a Summer Memory
Still Life & Slow Moments
Playing with Time, Sun & Rest
Blooming & Letting Go
 
This is your space to explore creativity in a relaxed, supportive environment — a weekly pause just for you.
 
All materials provided — just bring yourself (and perhaps a cuppa from the café!)
 
Come and create a little pocket of summer you can carry with you — on the page, and in your heart.