{"id":11975,"date":"2026-03-09T18:15:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/?p=11975"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:48:55","slug":"march-9-2026-grande-prairie-plant-study-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/?p=11975","title":{"rendered":"March 9, 2026 &#8211; Grande Prairie Plant Study Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Topic<\/strong>: Representing Native Plants in Alberta: How Art Shapes Conservation<br><strong>Date<\/strong>: March 9th, 2026<br><strong>Time<\/strong>: 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<br><strong>Location<\/strong>: Grande Prairie Public Library (<a href=\"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/?page_id=11980\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"11980\">Google Maps <\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The way we visually represent nature shapes how we see it, and the way we see it influences how we care for and protect it. Together, we will explore how scientific illustration, photography, and other tools shape the way we identify and understand Alberta\u2019s native flora. By looking closely at how plants and plant features are represented across different contexts, we will consider how art and visual knowledge shape cultural attitudes toward native plants and the landscapes they inhabit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Grande_Prairie_workshop.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Grande_Prairie_workshop.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11976\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic: Representing Native Plants in Alberta: How Art Shapes ConservationDate: March 9th, 2026Time: 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pmLocation: Grande Prairie Public Library (Google Maps ) The way we visually represent nature shapes how we see it, and the way we see it influences how we care for and protect it. Together, we will explore how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-grande-prairie-plant-study-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11975"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11983,"href":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11975\/revisions\/11983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}