Annual Workshop

Every year ANPC hosts a workshop to convene novice to professional botanists on topics related to Alberta’s native plants and their conservation. The location of the workshop moves around the province each year to accommodate our diverse membership, with recent years offering online or hybrid attendance options.

In 2021, ANPC hosted their first virtual workshop with great success. To continue online access and increase accessibility for attendees in Alberta and across the globe, in 2023 ANPC ran their first hybrid workshop with a total of 126 attendees joining in-person and virtually. Select presentation recordings from our virtual workshops, including the popular 2022 Growing Native Plants event, are available to ANPC members on the Member’s Portal.

Typical attendance for the ANPC workshops range from about 75 to 150 people in total. To celebrate the beautiful natural spaces we have in Alberta, the day following the workshop is typically a day in the field. Attendees who are interested in the field trip sign up during the workshop and meet with field trip leaders and experts at a selected natural area near the workshop location. We typically see about 20 people at these workshop field trips.

We hope to see you at one of our future ANPC workshops and workshop field trips.

ANPC 38th Annual Workshop – Grassroots Grow Deep: Local Action, Global Impact

Registration is OPEN for the 38th Annual Workshop on Saturday May 2nd, 2026!

Join us at The Barracks Room, Wild Rose Brewery, 4580 Quesnay Wood Dr SW, Calgary, to celebrate the works of inspiring Albertans making a difference for native plants and their habitats with projects of all types and sizes, all supporting native plants in Alberta.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the ANPC’s Annual Workshop!

Workshop parking is adjacent to the rear of the Wild Rose Brewery – accessed via Falaise Ave SW or Victory Ave SW.

Enter through the SE entrance, shown by the yellow arrow on the map below.

Look out for our sidewalk sign!

Doors open and registration begins at 8:30 AM. Event runs from 9 AM to 5 PM.

Silent Auction:

Our Silent Auction is held as part of our Saturday May 2, 2026 Workshop: Grassroots Grow Deep: Local Action, Global Impact at the Barracks Room, Wild Rose Brewery, Calgary.

Our fundraising goal is to support our 2026 Botany Alberta event to be held Friday, June 12, to Sunday, June 14, at Writing-on-Stone/Áísínai’pi Provincial Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This year we are holding a hybrid Silent Auction.
Our Workshop attendees and ANPC members have the opportunity to bid on items donated by Nature Calgary, visual artist Julya Hajnoczky, Brittney Miller (“Brittney the Botanist”) and David Reid (DR Carpentry and Woodwork Inc) via Bid Beacon part of our Communibee platform.

Bidding opens 9 am Saturday April 25
Bidding closes 3:20pm Saturday May 2

Many more items are available for our workshop attendees to bid on at our workshop donated by our generous donors for example by Wild About Flowers, University of Alberta Botanic Garden, etc.

Winners are welcome to collect their item from 5pm to 6pm at the Barracks Room, Wild Rose Brewery, Calgary, or arrangements made to deliver items.

• Vendors – Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Southern Alberta, ALCLA Native Plants, Grassland Restoration Forum, book sale in support of Alberta Plantwatch and ANPC
• Posters by CPAWS youth
• Door prizes from ANPC merchandise and Telus World of Science – Edmonton
• Non alcoholic drinks will be available all day, guests responsible for drinks otherwise
• Banquet – 6 PM to 9 PM – Anyone unable to attend the Workshop is also welcome to join us at the Banquet. Just register via the forms below!

Sunday May 3rd Field Trip:

Our volunteers, including our new President Sara Jordan-McLachlan, will lead a 10 AM to noon walk around the Weaselhead Natural Area (Weaselhead Flats) to learn about the native plants found there. Through our registration form we are gathering an indication of the number of people interested, but the field trip will also be open to ANPC members and members of the public as in previous years but capped at 50 attendees. We will gather from 9:30 AM at the South Glenmore Parking Area West (just off of 90 Ave S.W. and Oakmount Dr. SW). More information about the Weaselhead Natural Area can be found at the Weaselhead/Glenmore Park Preservation Society at https://theweaselhead.com/.

Registration: Early Bird rate extended to Monday, April 27!

Register online: https://pci.jotform.com/form/260124850343247

Register by mail.

*Group rate accommodation has ended*

More details will follow and will be uploaded to our Events Calendar.

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Past ANPC Workshops