Category: Events
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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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March 26, 2025 – Central Alberta Plant Study Group
The next Central Alberta (Edmonton) Plant Study Group will be held on Wednesday, March 26th at 6:30 pm at the University of Alberta Herbarium (BioSci B-512). The topic this month is Boreal Wetlands: From classification to delineation, an interactive workshop, presented by Morgan Randall. Note if you have trouble accessing the building, your best route…
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March 11, 2025 Webinar – Fun with Permaculture Design – Part 3
Join ANPC on Zoom for the LAST webinar of the 3-part mini-series on March 11, 2025 at 12 PM MST as Jenn MacAusland and Cynthia Acebo share more Fun with Permaculture Design! In this final part of the series, we’ll learn how we can create depth and design using plants and trees and inspire meaningful…
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March 1, 2025 – Calgary Plant Study Group
The next meeting of the Calgary Plant Study Group is Saturday, March 1st: Establishment and Maintenance of Native Plant Communities. Nathan Gill & Kaitlin Mercier from EcoLogic Horticulture, a local plant nursery and seed supplier, will present on the challenges facing large-scale native plant restoration and landscaping projects as well as tried and tested solutions…
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February 26, 2025 – Central Alberta Plant Study Group
The Central Alberta (Edmonton) Plant Study Group will meet Wednesday February 26th, 2024 at the University of Alberta Herbarium from 6:30-9:00 pm.
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February 11, 2025 Webinar – Fun with Permaculture Design
Join ANPC on Zoom for the second webinar of the 3-part mini-series on February 11, 2025 at 12 PM MST as Jenn MacAusland and Cynthia Acebo share more Fun with Permaculture Design! We’ll learn the nine layers of the forest and purposeful plants and trees to add to your landscape and design process. We’ll understand and categorize the roles that these plants…
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February 1, 2025 – Calgary Plant Study Group
The Calgary Plant Study Group is back! Flood damage to the Isaac Rotstein Memorial Herbarium at the University of Calgary has been repaired. Our next meeting will be on February 1st and will highlight specimens from the recently donated collection of Isaac Rotstein. Isaac collected the world over and prepared his pressed plants with detailed…
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January 21, 2025 Webinar – Elements of Permaculture
We are back with a monthly lunchtime webinar mini-series for 2025, Elements of Permaculture. Join us for this 3-part mini-series where we’ll start by learning the foundational elements of regenerative ecosystems and how to apply these concepts to any landscape. The first webinar will broadcast on January 21, 2025 at 12:00 pm MST. Register here:…
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CANCELLED EVENT: January 11, 2025 – Calgary Plant Study Group
Due to flooding in the meeting space, Calgary Plant Study Groups are currently on hold. The Calgary Plant Study Group meets from October to March. This winter season we will be meeting January 11th, February 1st and March 1st. Please join us at the University of Calgary Herbarium between 1-3 pm for informative presentations, plant…