A year of seasonal invitations inspired by the life and legacy of Beatrix Potter.
Many people know Beatrix Potter as the creator of Peter Rabbit.
Fewer know her as a scientist who studied fungi, an artist who filled sketchbooks with careful observations, a letter writer, a prize-winning Herdwick sheep breeder and a conservationist who devoted her life to protecting the landscape she loved.
She understood that paying close attention could reveal extraordinary things.
She understood that the extraordinary is often found in ordinary moments.
A bird resting on a wall.
Water moving over stones.
A favourite tree.
A book read beneath an open sky.
Inspired by Beatrix Potter is a year of seasonal invitations created to celebrate those quieter parts of her legacy.
This project is not about becoming more like Beatrix Potter.
It is an invitation to carry a little of her curiosity into your own everyday life.
Rather than following in her footsteps, these invitations are inspired by the qualities that shaped her life: curiosity, observation, creativity and care.
Each season offers twenty gentle invitations to slow down, notice more and experience the everyday world with fresh eyes.
There is nothing to complete.
No right order.
No finish line.
Choose the invitation that speaks to you.
Return whenever you are ready.
Explore the Seasons
Together, the four seasons form one year-long journey.
Each season offers twenty new invitations inspired by the changing landscape and the enduring legacy of Beatrix Potter.
Summer Invitations
Long evenings.
Moving water.
Gardens alive with insects.
Summer invites us outdoors.
Invitations inspired by curiosity, observation, creativity and care.
As the landscape begins to change, autumn invites us to notice colour, harvest, migration and the quiet beauty of change.
Winter Invitations
Launching December 2026
Winter encourages us to embrace stillness, reading, reflection and the quieter rhythms of the season.
Spring Invitations
Launching March 2027
Spring encourages us to embrace renewal, curiosity, birdsong and the quiet joy of watching the landscape come to life.
We hope these seasonal invitations encourage you to discover another way of noticing the world around you.
Share Your Journey
Every invitation begins with noticing.
No two journeys will be the same.
Perhaps you discovered a new favourite book.
Perhaps you found a place you would like to return to.
Perhaps you noticed something you might otherwise have walked past.
If one of these invitations stays with you, we would love to hear where it led.
Share a photograph, a favourite sentence from your notebook or a short reflection on Instagram using #inspiredbybeatrixpotter and #wordsandwater.
Please tag @wordsandwater_ so we can follow your journey.
You are also welcome to reply to one of our Letters or send us a direct message on Instagram.
Throughout the year, we will share a small selection of these reflections with our community.
From Our Community
Like the seasons themselves, this project will unfold slowly.
As the seasons unfold, we hope to gather a small collection of photographs, favourite books, observations and reflections inspired by these invitations.
From time to time, we will share a selection here and in our Letters, celebrating the many different ways people have chosen to notice the world around them.
Before You Go
Carry a little of Beatrix Potter's curiosity with you.
