<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Janiece Marie Meek]]></title><description><![CDATA[Surface pattern designer & writer. Nature-inspired fabric & print designs available for licensing. Nature essays & memoir in progress. Prairie-rooted,]]></description><link>https://www.janiecemariemeek.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:52:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.janiecemariemeek.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Meeting Textiles, Meeting Myself]]></title><description><![CDATA[J.C. Penney, Montgomery Ward, Sears, and even F. W. Woolworth all had fabric and sewing notion departments, but the most magical of them all was Kaplan's Fabrics on the Country Club Plaza.]]></description><link>https://www.janiecemariemeek.com/post/meeting-textiles-meeting-myself</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a302bf54eb83abb35285ab0</guid><category><![CDATA[Creative Hub]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:26:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/79d82d_91fbfb43872d4e8ebcad2b8489bba5ce~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Janiece Meek</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Walk]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I headed out for my morning walk yesterday, I turned right, instead of left to walk a few blocks to the Budd Park Esplanade. Kansas City Parks and Recreation has moved  quickly on their commitments to the neighborhood to prepare spaces for native plantings, and I was interested to see what might have transpired since my trip to the site earlier in the week.   I drive this section of Van Brunt Boulevard daily, yet on foot it is a different world altogether. Behind the wheel, my eyes scan...]]></description><link>https://www.janiecemariemeek.com/post/morning-walk-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1f44ccb63f5fb828e9c6de</guid><category><![CDATA[Community]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:02:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/79d82d_8690fd239b2a45069554ee6d480f2f94~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_541,h_496,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Janiece Meek</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEKC Native Garden Collective Kicks Off With the Budd Park Esplanade Native Planting Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[A small band of gardeners in Kansas City's Historic Northeast is growing organically around a simple idea: improving the neighborhood through the beauty and ecological benefits of native plants. The effort began with a conversation. During an Indian Mound Neighborhood Association meeting last November, Kay Hopkins and I discovered a shared interest. Kay, an association board member with training in the Master Naturalist program, and I, a longtime Master Gardener, quickly found ourselves...]]></description><link>https://www.janiecemariemeek.com/post/budd-park-esplanade-native-planting-project</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1f35ebae0d73d1087ecd3f</guid><category><![CDATA[Community]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:33:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/79d82d_8c1d62b11e874de590df8940eaf6f4fd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Janiece Meek</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>