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  • November 1st, 2025 – Calgary Plant Study Group

    Join the Calgary Plant Study Group on November 1st for Exploring Botanical Taxonomy and Terminology to Help Understand Plant Identification Guides. Bring your favorite guide book and a notebook for some hands-on exploration of herbarium plants. This group meets at the Herbarium at the University of Calgary from 1:00-3:00 pm. RSVP to calgarypsg@anpc.ab.ca to attend.…

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  • October 29th, 2025 – Central Alberta Plant Study Group

    The next Central Alberta (Edmonton) Plant Study Group will be held on Wednesday, October 29th at 6:30 pm at the University of Alberta Herbarium (BioSci B-512). The topic this month is Microcosms of Intact Parkland Meadow and Grassland Communities in an Urban Center with Kallum McDonald. Note if you have trouble accessing the building, your…

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  • October 20th, 2025 – NEW Grande Prairie Plant Study Group

    ANPC is pleased to announce that we are restarting our Grande Prairie Plant Study Group in collaboration with the Peace Parkland Naturalists. The first talk will be held on Monday, October 20th from 6:30-8:00 pm. Alexandra Mykitiuk will be leading this plant study group and providing the first presentation entitled “The Colours of Autumn: Understanding…

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  • October 4, 2025 – Calgary Plant Study Group

    Join the Calgary Plant Study Group on October 4th for Winter Botany 101: The Forest Floor – Wintergreens. Bring your favourite floral guide and a notebook for a hands-on exploration of plants that keep our winter green. The group will meet at the Herbarium at the University of Calgary at 1-3 pm. RSVP to calgarypsg@anpc.ab.ca…

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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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  • 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…

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • April 12, 2025 AGM Announcement

    Join 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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