Black in the Garden

Brother.earthh, the Botanical Brotha, Brayan discusses how plants were an integral part of his transition from Puerto Rico to New Jersey. We learn how plant shops aren’t necessary in Puerto Rico because of the rich biodiversity on every corner. He lies about his houseplant count yet keeps it beautifully transparent about culture shock and coming to terms with queerness as a teen in  New Jersey. Co...

Ayyyeee! Episode 13 is paying homage to Freedom Farmer, Fannie Lou Hamer, with a special guest from Mother's Finest Urban Farm, Samantha Foxx.  Colah B Tawkin opens with a lesson straight outta 'For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer' by Chana Kai Lee. It was called Freedom Farm but it certainly wasn't free! Colah chopped it up with contemporary urban farmer, Samantha Foxx about the true...

Episode 12  is part 2 of the conversation about OG Botanical Brotha, George Washington Carver, featuring botanist of today: Derek Haynes aka The Crazy Botanist. Colah B Tawkin and Derek got to talking DIRTY about soil because GWC was the Iyanla Vanzant of soil as he was out there FIXIN it! Our beloved ancestor was in them southern streets pushin his Agricultural School on wheels traveling from one...

Join us on Part 1 of 2 (Episode 11) for a discussion on George Washington Carver to kick off Black History Month TwennyTWENN! We're not here for the peanut lessons you learned in school either. Colah B Tawkin has a convo with modern day Botanical Brotha and crazy botanist, Derek. We get rap with Derek and come to learn a bit about Carver's influence on him because representation matters. Part 1 of...

It's episode 10 and we're observing the Kwanzaa Principle of Ujima to pay respect to Kobe Bryant's memory and legacy. No one has the 'right' words to say and Colah doesn't pretend to have any of them.  With the sads of collective grief Colah B Tawkin gets introspective and shares a lesson from observing her Alocasia  Regal Shield in bloom.  As much as we're encouraged to bloom, glow up and evolve...

On Episode 9 Colah B Tawkin celebrates 1000 followers on the gram  and looks forward to making a lasting impact for the culture of black plant keepers. The Kwanzaa principle of self determination, Kujichagulia is the word to live by that may or may not be pronounced correctly and that's aight!   We're welcomed into The Urban Academic's (aka Dr. Hayley) garden of wisdom.  The Urban Academic is a Dr...

On Episode 8 Colah B Tawkin shouts out our non binary peeps and insists we embrace Kwanzaa365. We tap dance on politics and climate change as opposed to being politically neutral. Colah charges wildfires and global decay to white supremacy then encourages us to seek refuge in plants! Giveaway winners are announced! Brittany aka @Blackgirlgreenworld joins us on the pod to get planty with us. We sta...

Episode 7 begins with planted intentions and Colah B Tawkin is here for celebrating WINS! We're encouraged to go out into our communities and show up for our people. Of course Colah wants you to remember that we can all be plantrepreneurs. We get into an interview with Yinka, creator of Rooted Pots and our first black sponsor! Art Director, 3D artist and proud black sheep son (spoiler alert: he's...

Episode 6 wraps up 2019 with a pod roll call saluting some great black podcasts that influenced Black in the Garden (listed below) and a quote from a contemporary negrolosopher to put it all into perspective. 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...

 On episode 5 Colah B Tawkin takes us down memory lane with a tribute to collard greens and a shout out to the ancestors. We welcome some Alpha male energy with our first Botanical Brotha to guest on the show: Geoffrey from Depend on Planet Earth. It's the D.O.P.E. episode y'all! *airhorns* Geoffrey shared his inspirational origin story about losing his mother and gaining a renewed purpose that pu...

On Episode 4 of Black in the Garden we take a beat to get into the origin story of the podcast as Colah B Tawkin recounts a few ways life tried to drag her during her pursuit of Black Excellence. This week we are joined by the illustrious Soil Sista: The PlantBlerd, Kamili, to get into some black nerd culture like #DemThrones and the unique ways we blackily engage on social media as Blerds. We dis...

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On episode 3 we venture into the garden of a beloved and revered fictional character, Ms. Juanita (played by A.J. Johnson), from the blackily acclaimed hood classic: Baby Boy. Colah B Tawkin calls on her west siiiiiiide soil sista,  Nora thee Doula +gardening enthusiast as the episode blackspert. They chop it up about propagating pineapple (and Colah's frosty fail), exposing synthetic soil product...

On episode 2 we blackily continue to electric slide at the intersection of black culture and horticulture with a very special guest! Stefane Hicks, founder of the dopest seed company, Seedmail joins us for a conversation about where all plants begin: With a seed! We discuss why presentation matters (+the art of Korean gifting), why REPresentation matters, Black Girl Magic seeds, the big fro show/n...

Black in the Garden is a podcast that resides at the intersection of Black Culture and horticulture  in a world where all the garden fairies and most of the gnomes are white. Hosted by millennial black plant enthusiast and self proclaimed Plantrepreneur, Colah B Tawkin. 'Conversations WILL be had' on a range of topics that directly influence and impact black plant keepers as we blackily impact and...