Black in the Garden

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. of Public Health who's read 'all of them books!' She shares wisdom she learned from her dad as a young gardener, encourages us of to see the value in urban food forests and waxes on black sustainability practices (including leftovers in the whipped cream tub). Dr. Hayley breaks down the differences in home and 'un'schooling and helps us understand how we can use the garden as an organic classroom  as well as unschool our black children regardless of the chosen institution.  Colah has so many Aha moments she had to invite The Urban Academic back for an episode in the spring to drop some more gardening gems on us. 

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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 start with her transition from long time beauty blogger @clumpsofmascara  to the plant lady we've come to cherish who still be fightin anxiety attacks and keeping it quite 100. Colah and Brittany recall their warm(hey FL hey) and mostly fuzzy memory of that one time in Orlando when literal Black Girl Magic (shout out to CaShawn!) brought them together pre-plants also pre-IG. A high key #Floridagardenersbelike bragging session ensues and Colah can't take it. Brittany shares her early bird self care/plant routine, succulents as unexpected divas, how to shop in your neighbor's yard for plants (again with the FL bragging) and so much more including how she was plant blind as a child. They discover is a mutual distaste for alocasia sanderiana and missed HBCU experience as FAMU Rattlers. Gems are dropped by the dozen and we all should appreciate how important it is to Stay #plantwoke!

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Keep up with Brittany on Instagram

@clumpsofmascara (same on Twitter)

@blackgirlgreenworld

Black Moms of Orlando (A safe space for black moms)
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#blackinthegarden #soilsista #botanicalbrotha #monsteraboo
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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 a Botanical Brotha!) of Nigerian immigrant parents. We discuss how Yinka combined his childhood love for video games and creativity with Self determination ( come on, Kujichagulia!) to take great strides down the path towards black excellence! He, shares how he made impact in the gaming industry contributing to the likes of  Madden NFL and Tiger Woods Golf as well as Disney, Hasbro, Pixar, Dreamworks, Mattel and MORE. He started his houseplant collection after getting his bag in the gaming industry and describes the unexpected origin of Rooted Pots, quality control and the thorough creation process. Turns out our gardening culture is way more fly than gnomes and fairies!

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We're excited to share the Rooted Pots giveaway details on this episode!

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Obviously, only a few will win but we can all support this black business by purchasing Rooted Pots. Black in the Garden listeners can support the podcast AND Rooted Pots by using the affiliate link https://getrootedpots.com/?ref=blackinthegarden to get 10% off your order!

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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 fine baby hairs.

Wes discusses how he went from failed attempts at planting flowers to talking to plants as self care. He helps us prepare for the upcoming decade by sharing his tips for setting intentions with plants, how to 'program seeds'  to get our manifestation on and how to use plants to honor ancestors. Wes wants us to remember that we're ALLL energy healers in our everyday lives and that there is healing frequency in classic soul music!

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Learn more about happenings at the Salt Lounge @thesaltloungelb (IG)
Getchu some high vibrational education @soulwerkacademy (all socials)
Learn more about plant magic with Wes @___kingwizard___ (IG)
Keep up with Wes on life and love via youtube : The Love Holders
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Podcast roll of influence: The Read, Another Round, Black on the Air, The Extraordinary Negroes, Kinda Hippie Kinda Hood, The Friend Zone, Epic Gardening, Small Doses, Therapy for Black Girls, The Nod and NPR's Snap Judgement

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@blackinthegarden
#blackinthegarden #soilsista #botanicalbrotha #monsteraboo
Holla at me: [email protected]

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 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 put him on the path to plantrepreneurship and community service. He literally switched from fast food to slow food; cause growing is a process that  should include a Chia Pet. We also chopped it up about keeping it real with the kids about shady produce origins to encourage the practice of organic gardening.  Geoffrey schooled us on how to save the pollinators by planting more flowers in our gardens from nature's sperm bank. We also salute our ancestors Tupac and Biggie with a reference to Pak choi and get some winter growing suggestions. In the end, we agree to disagree on one winter vegetable!
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Keep up on IG
@blackinthegarden
#blackinthegarden #soilsista #botanicalbrotha #monsteraboo
Holla at me: [email protected] 

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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 discuss plantfluencership and why so many of us create 'Instagram duality' via an alternative page to fully indulge our houseplant stanning in the digital green 'hood. Kamili dropped several gems, such as a life lesson from a fiddle leaf fig plant and even had time to quote Alice Walker! We discussed her #MonsteraBoo and how she acquired a Pink Princess philodendron named Grace Jones. Getchu some tea and get into this planty plantTEA, boo!

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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 products with full shade, gardening with the chi'ren, black+ landscapers and cannabis seed germination.

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@Norasgreenaura
@norathedoula

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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/natural hair pre-Youtube and MORE. In the end Colah B learns a lesson on progress over perfection from a few crunchy technical difficulties, but you gone get this episode! Grow along with Stefane by following: @seedmailseedco, @mint2grow and @mint2monstera Get you some FRESH 99cent seeds @ seedmailseed.co "Speak Back!" Don't be rude (your mama would not approve) and no need to be shy. We want to hear from YOU! Go to linktr.ee/Blackinthegarden , Tap ‘Speak Back’ then ‘Send a voice message’ and tell us about your #Monsteraboo to be featured on a bonus episode. Shout out your IG handle and let us know wassup with you and your Monstera, Boo! Follow us on Twitter @blackinthegarden --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blackinthegarden/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackinthegarden/support ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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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 influence the world.  

This episode/trailer is planting the seed for many conversations to come; touching on involuntary gardening and a theory on 'plant derived' black trauma that can only be healed by good old fashioned plant therapy. We have so much to unpack! 

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