{"id":2409,"date":"2021-11-22T16:23:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/?page_id=2409"},"modified":"2026-05-27T19:31:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:31:59","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.floridainvasives.org\/heartland\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row animation_type=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1617989464977{margin-top: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_raw_html css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1665681746144{margin-bottom: -20px !important;}&#8221;]JTNDZGl2JTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJzZWN0aW9uLXRpdGxlJTIyJTNFJTNDaDIlM0UlM0NzcGFuJTIwc3R5bGUlM0QlMjJjb2xvciUzQSUyMCUyMzRlODQzYiUzQiUyMiUzRUV2ZW50JTIwU3BvdGxpZ2h0JTNDJTJGc3BhbiUzRSUzQyUyRmgyJTNFJTNDJTJGZGl2JTNFJTBB[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; 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