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		<title>Wildlife Plants:: Lavender</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Brenner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Plant Profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pollinators]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are few other plants so closely associated with scent than Lavender. The purple flowers and gray/green foliage is unmistakable and found in gardens around the world. The various forms can grow from ground high up to waist high and it is used and appreciated by both humans and wildlife. Lavandula (more commonly known as <a href='http://www.metrofieldguide.com/wildlife-plants-lavender/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Foragings:: The latest news, resources, designs and more</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Brenner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News Nature and the City:: &#8220;If we are ever to reach the stage where we can value the benefits as ecosystem services, or design therapeutic landscapes, we need to understand what the benefits are and how they operate.&#8221; A Wilder Way:: Dutch designer, Piet Oudolf, who is responsible for the planting design of the High Line <a href='http://www.metrofieldguide.com/foragings-the-latest-news-resources-designs-and-more-28/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>On Being Misunderstood:: Dogwood</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Brenner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Native Plants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Being Misunderstood is a feature at The Metropolitan Field Guide which will look at the variety of flora and fauna we live with which are too commonly misunderstood. From plants to wildlife, many of our daily interactions with these species are often negative or confused. Many of these reactions are based on misinformation. This new <a href='http://www.metrofieldguide.com/on-being-misunderstood-dogwood/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Julie Feinstein</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Brenner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Julie Feinstein is a Collection Manager at the American Museum of Natural History. She lives in New York City and writes about urban wildlife on her blog, Urban Wildlife Guide. She has recently published a fantastic book (which I&#8217;ll be reviewing soon) titled Field Guide to Urban Wildlife. You may remember her from her guest post about <a href='http://www.metrofieldguide.com/interview-with-julie-feinstein/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stinging Nettle Poster</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Brenner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Plants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Be Nice to Nettles Week in the U.K., here is a poster highlighting the benefits of Stinging Nettles. I plan to make more of these posters in the future. For more information about this plant, see Wildlife Plant:: Stinging Nettle. &#169; 2013, Kelly Brenner. All rights reserved.]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtuous Weed:: Common Groundsel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 14:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Brenner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Weeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Virtuous Weed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Virtuous Weed is a new feature on The Metropolitan Field Guide inspired by The Weeds in My Street on the Cryptoforestry blog. The definition of weed is a highly complicated and controversial affair as Richard Mabey discusses in his fascinating book, Weeds: In Defense of Nature’s Most Unloved Plants. Are they simply plants in the wrong place or defined as <a href='http://www.metrofieldguide.com/the-virtuous-weed-common-groundsel/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Urban Garden of Keith Geller</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Brenner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Site Visit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Backyard Habitat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Northwest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Standing on the sidewalk, looking up a steep slope towards the home of Landscape Architect Keith Geller, you know you&#8217;re about to enter a special landscape. Over the past 30 years, Geller has transformed a bare, grassy slope into an forested urban haven. His yard has been featured in magazines, books and newspapers stories and <a href='http://www.metrofieldguide.com/the-urban-garden-of-keith-geller/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Film:: What Plants Talk About</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Brenner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friday Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Friday Film is &#8216;What Plants Talk About&#8217;, an episode of Nature from PBS. When we think about plants, we don’t often associate a term like “behavior” with them, but experimental plant ecologist JC Cahill wants to change that. The University of Alberta professor maintains that plants do behave and lead anything but solitary and <a href='http://www.metrofieldguide.com/friday-film-what-plants-talk-about/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens Post:: 5 Great Parks &#8211; Seattle Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.metrofieldguide.com/native-plants-and-wildlife-gardens-post-5-great-parks-seattle-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Brenner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excerpt from my latest post at the Native Plants &#38; Wildlife Gardens blog. Click the link below to visit the full post. Every city has parks, however not all parks are created equal. Many are used primarily for recreation, others for dogs, but some are devoted to nature. Seattle is lucky to <a href='http://www.metrofieldguide.com/native-plants-and-wildlife-gardens-post-5-great-parks-seattle-edition/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Species Profile:: River Otter</title>
		<link>http://www.metrofieldguide.com/urban-species-profile-river-otter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Brenner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Urban Species Profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While many species may come to mind with the term &#8216;urban wildlife&#8217;, otters are not likely among the first to come to mind. Despite this, they can be seen in urban areas. In fact in three of the last cities I&#8217;ve called home, I&#8217;ve seen River Otters in two of them. River Otters can be <a href='http://www.metrofieldguide.com/urban-species-profile-river-otter/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Film:: An Original DUCKumentary</title>
		<link>http://www.metrofieldguide.com/friday-film-an-original-duckumentary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Brenner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s Friday Film is An Original DUCKumentary, from Nature on PBS. Ducks are some of the most common and visible of urban wildlife. this episode will reveal much about these birds. From the PBS website: Masters of the water and air, they have conquered the globe. From deft dabblers to great divers, these are one <a href='http://www.metrofieldguide.com/friday-film-an-original-duckumentary/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Foragings:: The latest news, resources, designs and more</title>
		<link>http://www.metrofieldguide.com/foragings-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Brenner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[News Experimental Landscapes: Alexander Felson on Ecology and Design:: A very interesting interview with &#8221;Alexander Felson, an assistant professor at Yale in both the School of Foresty &#38; Environmental Studies and the School of Architecture, is a different kind of urban ecologist. In his research and his design work, he calls for an ecological practice that moves from <a href='http://www.metrofieldguide.com/foragings-2/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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