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September 24, 2025 – Central Alberta Plant Study Group
The next Central Alberta (Edmonton) Plant Study Group will be held on Wednesday, September 24th at 6:30 pm at the University of Alberta Herbarium (BioSci B-512). The topic this month is Past, Present and Future of Herbaria, presented by Jocelyn Hall. Note if you have trouble accessing the building, your best route is through CCIS,…
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June 13-15, 2025: Botany Alberta in the Beaver Hills Biosphere
Join us for Botany Alberta from Friday, June 13, to Sunday, June 15, 2025, at the Strathcona Wilderness Centre in the Beaver Hills Biosphere, just east of Edmonton! Registration for Botany Alberta has closed. Weekend Guided Hikes: These field trips will showcase the region’s rolling terrain, which supports a mosaic of ecosystems, including lakes, wetlands…
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Vascular Flora of Alberta: An Illustrated Guide 2nd Edition Released!
With the newly released second edition, this guide includes illustrated keys to all native and naturalized vascular plants in Alberta. Additions from the first edition include keys to all new species, bonus keys to subspecies and varieties and many additional illustrations. Available as a paperback or e-book through Amazon.ca. If you purchased your copy in…
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2025 Native Plant Garden Challenge Launch!
Join ANPC as a member to access our exclusive toolkit (updated for 2025) with step-by-step resources on how to start your own pollinator garden. The toolkit contains key resources about planning your garden, sourcing plants and includes exclusive supplier discounts. Join today: https://anpc.ab.ca/?page_id=108 Already a member? Access the toolkit on our member’s portal: https://anpc.ab.ca/?page_id=6164
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May 25-31, 2025 – May Plant Count Events
These events are part of the province-wide May Species Count and are supported by both Nature Alberta and the ANPC, with the emphasis on tracking the flowering stage of vascular plants. For more information, go here: May Plant Count 1. May 25, 2025 Clyde Fen May Plant Count Located just minutes outside of Clyde, AB,…
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April 30, 2025 – Central Alberta Plant Study Group
The next Central Alberta (Edmonton) Plant Study Group will be held on Wednesday, April 30th at 6:30 pm at the University of Alberta Herbarium (BioSci B-512). The topic this month is ACIMS: Getting to know the Alberta Conservation Data Centre, presented by Joshua Wasyliw. Note if you have trouble accessing the building, your best route…
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April 12, 2025 AGM Announcement
in NewsJoin us on April 12th for our Annual General Meeting followed by a special presentation by Knowledge Keeper Matricia Brown, who will be sharing her Cree culture with the ANPC community on the use of plants from an Indigenous perspective. The AGM will be held online on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at 1:30 pm. All…
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April 5, 2025 – Calgary Plant Study Group – Think Spring!
Join us on Saturday, April 5th from 1:00-3:00 pm at the University of Calgary herbarium to sharpen your identification skills, and bring your favourite guide books for a botanical walk “through a meadow of spring flowers” a.k.a. bench tops of pressed specimens! We’ll work together to identify some of the early native plants that will…
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May 24, 2025 – ANPC Annual Workshop: Plants Through Time
The 2025 Workshop is happening on May 24th in Red Deer, Alberta! Some of this year’s workshop “Plants through Time” will highlight how plants, habitats, conservation and people’s knowledge have evolved through time, from decades to thousands of years. Our Keynote Speaker will be Jenny L. McCune with the University of Lethbridge (http://jlmccune.weebly.com/) speaking on…
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Native Plant Suppliers and Demonstration Bed Interactive Map
We are pleased to announce we’ve developed an interactive map of all the native plant suppliers and demonstration beds in Alberta (and some neighbouring jurisdictions)! This map was developed using our Native Plant Source List (Excel). New suppliers can be added at any time, just get in touch with us at info@anpc.ab.ca. To use the…