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  "path": "/2026/04/why-cities-are-becoming-an-unlikely-refuge-for-wildflowers/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T00:00:54.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Climate Action",
    "Environment",
    "Evergreen",
    "Sustainable Urban Development",
    "Trending",
    "biodiversity",
    "brownfield wildflowers",
    "Conservation",
    "environment",
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    "pollinators in cities",
    "urban biodiversity",
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  "textContent": "BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Wildflowers are associated with rolling meadows, ancient grasslands, and a pastoral world that is rapidly disappearing. The UK has lost 97 percent of its wildflower meadows over the past century, driven largely by agricultural intensification. As Nadine Mitschunas, a pollinator ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, […]\n\nThe post Why cities are becoming an unlikely refuge for wildflowers first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.",
  "title": "Why cities are becoming an unlikely refuge for wildflowers"
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