Black in the Garden

Episode 7 of Season 3 is packed with all your faves including the kids, our resident entomologist Nadia and Garden 411 with Dr. Hayley!  Colah had a dope conversation with the brilliant and highly educated Farmer Ken who is as creative musically as he is in the garden. Ken dropped knowledge about Chickens and what a food forest is plus how to make the most of it. In discussing Hardiness zones/suns...

Colah comes into 2021 warmly from CP time zone to wish you a Happy New Year and encourage you to determine your own  interpretation of what a new beginning looks like for you. In the spirit of a bare tree, we consider the benefits of dormancy. Keeping the energy of our last guest, Travis, we’re beathing and pausing intentionally. From that breath, a new seed planting tradition came up  in memory o...

For Episode 5 of Season 3, Colah wraps up 2020 with a conversation with her friend and OG Soil Cousin Travis on hypercreativity, supporting Black in the Garden and #PlantsnPoses.   Follow Travis on Instagram : @plantsdecoop Youtube : plantsdecoop Sow a seed of Support for the podcast, get behind the scenes and become a PATRON! patreon.com/blackinthegarden   Tune in to The Plant Kiki on the same po...

Enjoy This Bonus throwback episode from Season 1 this time last year as Colah takes a mental health break this week.  We talk with Wes, founder of The Salt Lounge of Long Beach and learn how we all can benefit from a few visits to his soul spa IRL and the SoulWerk online Academy to get our chakras laid like fine baby hairs. Wes discusses how he went from failed attempts at planting flowers to talk...

Episode 4 features our first international guest hailing from Johannesburg in South Africa, Farmer Bae: Mathulare Ashler Mathikge. You are sure to learn something from our richly talented guest in this episode. Colah and Mathulare chop it up about the endearing richness of the diaspora, the path from model to #farmerBae, Soweto origins and some of the history and culture of South African agricultu...

On episode 3 of Season 3 Colah is excited to upgrade her supporters. The kids have a few questions for Nadia on bug bath behavior on Wee Black in the Garden and Tyler is back!  Artist, scientist, father, DNDphile, opalizer, hypercreative, chemist, husband, son, crystalizer, cave dweller, icon, philosopher...there are so many ways to describe our guest, Tyler Thrasher  in all his roles and talents...

If this episode appears late or double please excuse the technical hiccup from transferring podcast hosts last week. It’s Growing pains!😆 Episode 2 of Season 3 is part 1 of our 2 part conversation with Tyler Thrasher and we get the Garden 411 on fall garden prep from Dr. Hayley in 1 our new segments! For starters, Colah and Tyler discuss his symbiotic relationship with plants as a child that save...

In preparation for the Season 3 Premiere, we are revisiting a few Throwback episodes from the archive. This is ‘The Baby Boy Episode’ with our Soil Sista, Nora: Mama’s Gotta Have a Life Too! Straight outta Season 1 from our humble beginnings of the podcast (fun fact: this episode had Colah recording in her dad’s car) we done come a mighty LONG way💫! This is a throwback for some, but our new Soil...

Colah B Tawkin bout listener support and a MAJOR comeback! Issa check-in! After a not so brief (production) hiatus let's get into why your support matters (like  shorter breaks +MORE content) and how to support this one woman show.  Colah B Tawkin discusses hypercreativity related to procrastination, finding open doors/opportunities, creating a  WHOLE new podcast, perils of virtual schooling, Goog...

Colah B Tawkin caught up with Stefane, Thee Seed Slayer for her 2nd time on Black in the Garden! Art historian, foodie, Korean ceramicist, varsity jock, language teacher, artist, bartender and hoarders enthusiast; Stefane shares how the gardens she saw while studying abroad in Korea inspired her to become the seed slaying gardenista we know today. Colah B Tawkin and Stefane chop it up about growin...

In this bonus promo episode Colah B Tawkin is joined by the host of the Blaze Summit, Aja Yasir to learn more about why we need to hear from BIPOC(Black Indigenous People of Color) as authorities in the field of cannabis in a world where Black people are disproportionately criminalized and negatively attached to this plant's stigma. Y'all, it's a plant!  . . Blaze Summit is July 25-26!!!  Get tick...

On episode 11 Colah continues the  conversation with Monai who returned with the plantrepreneur squad, Bri Saintt and Maryah Greene! 3 dope queens joined Colah B Tawkin to discuss  what we not gone do: get dehydrated, be disrespected  or let our minds be colonized. Bri is Robin Hood with the plants, a hydration enthusiast and she be styling too.  Maryah is a plant sylist, plant doctor and  also th...

Episode 1 0 of season 2 is Part 1 of conversation with Monai, known by many as the Plant Mom of Amsterdam. She talks us through her journey from a kid in Jamaica Queens raised by a mama who made her go outside and camp every summer to becoming an international plant revolutionary in Amsterdam. She dabbled in floristry and fashion merchandising but a lunch break plant habit activated the plant mom...

Call to action: Arrest the cops who murdered Breonna Taylor! Please sign the petition and share it! . Episode 9 of Season 2 features our Botanical Brotha, Gerard Volel aka Brooklyn Plant Dad. Gerard is a horticulturist and landscaper and MORE who WILL travel for plants! Born to parents of Haitian and Jamaican descent, he grew up reading his dad's gardening books in their New Jersey basement.  Gera...

Part 2 of our Conversation with our favorite neighbor, Nick is just as insightful as the first with just as many gems. Nick breaks down the difference between freedom and liberation on the heels of an extra Black Juneteenth.  Colah B Tawkin and Nick discuss how we define Black liberation. Nick shares a bit of his personal liberation from the drive-thru lines of Los Angeles and throws all the shade...

Our favorite Neighbor, Nick the OG urban farmer from Los Angeles joins us from a Maui mountainside to chop it up about liberation and drop some gems on it. Colah B Tawkin and Nick get into some current events in order to connect the solution(s) to the garden. In part 1 of this dope conversation topics include: understanding/owning the Black narrative, the vulnerability of the Black Messiah today,...

On Episode 6 of Season 2, Colah B Tawkin opens with a lot of transparency about what had happened to the 'lost' episode (and why), concerns about the white gaze and the state of the Black delegation. We're joined by the Host of Kinda Hippie, Kinda Hood  podcast: Siri Lorece!  She's a multi-passionate Iowa girl in a California World who does all the things:  multi-zone gardener, musician, homeschoo...

On episode 5, Season 2 of Black in the Garden, Colah finally reveals our tribe name: SoilCousins!  We joined The Plant Kween, Christopher Griffin, for a candid and in depth conversation while she watered her Green Gurls in her new apartment in NYC. She dropped a few bars about West Philly where she's born and raised. We learned about the positive parental support that makes up the foundation of th...

On Episode 4 of Season 2 on Black in the Garden we are joined by the Urban Farm Sista and entomologist, Nadia Ruffin to chop it up about that #BUGLife! Colah had lots of questions and Nadia was ready to drop all the science on this episode. We learned how love and encouragement from her great grandmother set Nadia on a journey to entomological excellence at a tender age and how education can help...

We asked 5 plants how to survive a pandemic. SURVEY SAYYYYS: the top 5 answers are in Episode 3 from Season 2 of Black in the Garden!! Shout out to Soil Sista,  Bri (@eargardn) for the Monstera gem and Sista Lu (@soulsistaplants) for the ficus wisdom! . . Get Coco and Seed by visiting linktr.ee/blackinthegarden Sow a seed of Support for the podcast and become a PATRON! patreon.com/blackinthegarden...

On Episode 2 of season 2  Colah is celebrating World Nekkid Gardening Day (just take her word for it) and encouraging us to use our gifts for good!  We're joined by our podcousin, Christin Riddick, host of the Afro Beets podcast. Chris is a D.C. native who started gardening as a service project that turned into a personal challenge and transition to a plant based lifestyle. We discuss how Chris wa...

We're back for Season 2 with some new sounds, fly art and more dope guests! On episode 1 Colah B Tawkin catches up about that one time she took a break from podcasting to deal with a pandemic and figure out how to return for another season.  We get to know our Soil Sista Ashley Renne, vegan and sustainability coach, influencer and youtuber (with the ill production skills!) who came to drops gems a...

What happens when an anniversary trip leads to finding 40 acres of land to create a Blackety Black homestead? Find out in the Season Finale of Black in the Garden with Matthew, founder of Black Haven Ranch.  It all started on the South Side of Chicago when a community organizer and activist who happens to be a minister decided to embark on a mission to provide a safe space for his people. Finding...

Episode 16 is a solo mission where Colah B Tawkin shares her enthusiasm for sowing seeds, kicking off Women's History Month,  and Daylight SPENDING! Spring is about to Sprang and Colah is readayyy! Have you reviewed on Apple yet? The world needs  you to tell them why you rock with this podcast + There are plants to win for that in a low key giveaway.  We even got to hear a letter from a listener w...

Disclaimer: some audio may be slightly crunchy but upgrades (i.e. studio access) SOON come!! Episode 15: Part II of paying homage to Freedom Farmer, Fannie Lou Hamer, with a special guest from Mother's Finest Urban Farm, Samantha Foxx. Colah opens with a moment of transparency about going hard as a baby podcaster and keeps it real about doing too much. . Samantha continues to drop gems about being...