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Book Launch: Celebrate the release of Manitoba Flora
Join us as we celebrate the official release of Manitoba Flora: A Guide to the Vascular Plants of Manitoba. This decades-long work of passion by Dr. Diana Bizecki Robson, Curator of Botany at the Manitoba Museum, describes the multitude of flora found in the province of Manitoba.
The afternoon event will include remarks by Indigenous Elder Shirli Ewanchuk, who provided the foreword for the book, and a presentation by author and Curator Dr. Diana Bizecki Robson. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Light refreshments will be served.
Details
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025
Location: Manitoba Museum Auditorium
Remarks & Presentation: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Book Signing & Refreshments: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Please RSVP by 3:00 pm on November 14, 2025 if you wish to attend:
RSVP Manitoba Flora Book Launch
Can’t attend?
Paperback editions of Manitoba Flora: A Guide to the Vascular Plants of Manitoba: Volume 1, Spore-producing Plants, Conifers and Monocots can be pre-ordered online or in person through the Manitoba Museum Shop for just $34.99. E-books and hard copy print-on-demand books can be purchased from FriesenPress. Royalties from the book will be used toward publishing Manitoba Flora: Vol. 2, Dicots, which is currently in progress.
This project was funded through grants from the The Manitoba Museum Legacy Fund, Manitoba Government, the Canadian Botanical Association / L’Association Botanique du Canada Special Project Fund, Nature Manitoba Native Habitat Grant Program, and Helios Hernandez.
