{"id":40648,"date":"2026-02-25T10:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landscapeinstitute.org\/?page_id=40648"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:42:34","slug":"landscape-research-and-digital-innovation-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/landscapeinstitute.org\/awards\/award-categories\/landscape-research-and-digital-innovation-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Landscape Research and Digital Innovation Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"40648\" class=\"elementor elementor-40648\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9359c77 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9359c77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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