Colah wants us all to get matching Black in the Garden t-shirts and eradicate some very stubborn weeds.

As we dig deeper into Season 3 we are Joined by the multi creative video maven and storytelling content creator, Hallease! 

Hallease knew plants were important from a tender age influenced by her grandfather, but it took decorating her apartment to claim some additional plant benefits leading to an unexpected way of growing (and killing a few) plants. As a Plantdemic plant mama, Hallease wasted no time incorporating her growing journey into her beautiful YouTube videos. Colah was hype to expound on the connection between defeating ignorance and growing with Leca. Go getchu a cup of tea to catch the vibes!

▶️Watch the brilliance: YouTube.com/hallease 

📷What she do 4da gram: @Hallease.mp4

💸Support with coins: Patreon.com/hallease

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Colah has some announcements, most notably Merch is AVAILABLE now on blkinthegarden.com 🥳and supplies are limited so cop yours TODAY! This episode may not be for the faint of heart but it definitely is for the open minded as our conversation is centering entomophagy: the practice of eating insects.🍴🐌🍴

Colah and JaVon Lattimore, our resident entomophagy enthusiast, have a very insightful conversation starting with Gardening vs farming and her entomology origin story. They also unpack forensic entomology, the entomophagy spectrum of interest, ambitions as a entotarian, where to shop to start  on your entomophagy journey, dating with ‘quirks’ and predictions linking the future of entomophagy and ♻️sustainability. 🐜Spoiler alert: bugs could be the protein source and saving grace of the future!

Follow JaVon on Instagram for visuals and inspiration:

@En.tune

@Insectinsight

@Vonnroach

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Colah is solo this week (Last week was a bye week because: moving) reflecting on when the seed of this podcast took root and getting hype about sowing spring seeds! 

Spring is springing optimism and this episode connects sowing seeds to a few themes like Setting intentions, Optimism and Visualizing. 

Colah shares a few tips for sowing seeds (which we will revisit in depth again soon) and sowing with kids!

Check out The Plant Nook Podcast:

https://linktr.ee/theplantnook

Listen to Setting Intentions with Plants: episode 6 of Season 1

The Grow Guide podcast

https://linktr.ee/thegrowguidepod

Seedmailseed.co code: BLACKINTHEGARDEN 

Buy 5 get 1 FREE

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Episode 12 of Season 3 is upon us as Colah B Tawkin reflect on some lessons from Black History Month 2021. 

We’re joined by floral and wood designer, John Pendleton from Chicago. Colah and John unpacked quite a bit on topics like:

🪵Masculinity in the floral design world.

🌷His love for sawdust and creating boutonnières.  

💐Musings on the vision and six figure flower budget of the Roc Nation brunch. 

☠️The silent and rusty G in HGTV.

🎥Some of John’s favorite scenes of Black folks with flowers like Black is King.

😒The whitewashed floral supply chain. 

👧🏾Engaging Black youth in floristry and much more!

Shout outs: the legend, Marsha P. Johnson and 

Maurice Harris @bloomandplume
@oldchapcharity

Follow and support John’s floral artistry.

@Planksandpistils

Facebook: Planks & Pistils

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***If this episode appears late or double please excuse the technical hiccup. If this episode was missing from your library...Enjoy!***

Colah B Tawkin is back like she never left in the Season 3 PREMIERE of Black in the Garden. 🥳We start on a vulnerable note as Colah makes a passionate call to action.
 We have a cute new segment with the kids and our Urban Farm Sista Nadia to help us learn and embrace #BUGLIFE🐞 You’re going to need your biggest bag to collect the gems 💎 that are dropped in this incredible Season opener of Season 3: Black in the Garden with the soulful-est Sista, Lucrecer who literally brought the THUNDER⚡️! There was so much life game given in this conversation between two Soil Sista frands. 
You’re gonna want to sip tea to this! ‼️
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Tune into The Plant Kiki and join the Compost Society ‼️ Shout outs: Amber @fromcarpools2cocktails Brayan @brother.earthh, Rob @planterrob and Ashley Renne
Follow and support Lucrecer: 
Get into HELLA PLANTS on Instagram @soulsistaplants 
Twitter: soulsistaplants 
Facebook: Soul Sista Plants 
Shop her beautiful online store featuring her original art: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LucrecerBraxton?ref=shop_sugg . 
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Colah needs your feedback! 

Complete the Soil Cousin survey to be entered to win $$

 ✏️ https://forms.gle/hJZuUdnLxMMrXkb37

On Episode 11 of Season 3 Colah talks with Environmental artists and community service visionaries: Tim and Nicole of  Detroit Hives!

Colah B Tawkin is excited to share their story with you that started with A jar of local honey from the corner store on a snack run. That honey helped to heal Timothy from a chronic cough and ultimately lead to an amazing community service initiative aimed to reinvigorate and activate spaces left blighted by Detroit’s Economic depression.

They even took time to drop some Black History facts on Shirley Anne Jackson, Charles Henry Turner and George Washington Carver that will help you to ‘bee inspired’ 

Show them some support and follow them:

Detroithives.org

Instagram: @detroithives

Facebook : Detroit Hives

Twitter : @detroithives

Email: [email protected]

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Soil Cousins! Issa CROSSOVER episode! Colah B Tawkin was interviewed by host of The Black Equity Podcast, our #Podcousin, DJ Moultrie. Enjoy learning more about Colah as she speaks candidly about her journey, creativity, visions for Black folks in agriculture and much more!

“What you do on one level, you do on another” DJ Moultrie

Subscribe and listen to Black Equity Network:

https://linktr.ee/blackequitypod

Follow on Instagram: @Blackequitynetwork

Shoutouts:

📊How to Acquire Podcast

🪴The Plant Kiki Podcast 

👨🏾‍🌾Food Talks in Color Podcast

🌶Afro Beets Podcast

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Colah rings in the Negro New Year aka Black History Month with her Soil Cousins Kamili and Derek from The Plant Kiki to (hilariously) highlight Botanical Black History Figure Dr. Marie Clark Taylor. Tune into the 'Bustin Down Botanical Black History' episode of the Plant Kiki for the whole conversation.

We continue our conversation with Alexander Hardy in the pre-quel from 2020 when he first became a proud plant dad. The theme of mental health prevailed as Alex candidly delved into first experiences with depression during his residence in Panama (land of his grandmother). We learn more about his struggles with homelessness in NYC while becoming a mental health advocate and striving to find a home of his own to feel safe enough to become a plant parent. Since we went deep on mental health and understand that some of our Soil Cousins may be in need of resources to get through thangs please consider these links provided by Alex:

💚BlackLine: 24/7 hotline to support, affirm and provide healing to folks who are most impacted by systemic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens 1(800)604-5841
💚warmline.org A national directory of lines by state, generally operated by those who’ve experienced trauma themselves and are in recovery.

📻Bassey Ikpi on NPR
https://wamu.org/story/19/08/17/bassey-ikpi-on-im-telling-the-truth-but-im-lying/

🧑🏾‍🏫On Dr. Marie Clark Taylor

https://www.womeninhorticulture.com/post/woman-of-firsts-marie-clark-taylor

Support Alex:
@Alexgottaeat :IG

TheAlexanderhardy.Com on Janet Jackson’s internet

Twitter : Chrisalexander_

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On Episode 9 of Season 3 we take time to Learn a bit from Dr. Hayley about Cover Crops aka Green Manure in the Garden 411.🍃♻️

Colah introduces the sequel to the prequel of her conversation with her writerly friend, Alexander Hardy who recently published an article🖊: Deeply rooted: What plant fatherhood taught me about caring for myself

In the conversation unpacking this dope article we get into Alex’s writerly origin story. The theme felt very much like: vulnerability🥺as Colah and Alex discussed homelessness and mental health as it relates to Plant Parenthood. The meditation was timely: a reflection on the Ari Lennox song, Grounded.

Shout outs: The Extraordinary Negroes, The Plant Nook, Bloom and Grow Radio and 2 Girls 1 Plant

Article link:

https://www.mic.com/p/deeply-rooted-what-plant-fatherhood-taught-me-about-caring-for-myself-55139204

Read more from Alex:
TheAlexanderhardy.Com
IG: @Alexgottaeat

Twitter: @Chrisalexander_

🎵 Get into the jam:

Ari Lennox ‘Grounded’ 🎶 

🪴Grounded-plants.com 

Youtube: https://youtu.be/EQjAuht_yyY

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Podcaster, author, business woman, plantrepreneur AND plantfluencer extraordinaire Jade aka the 

Fiddle leaf fig whisperer joins us on Season 3!  Jade chops it up with Colah B Tawkin and 

tells us how the plants chose her. If you’ve heard The Black Plant Chick podcast you know    How much Jade loves Big plant energy! She drops gems on building community, 

Consulting and knowing your worth. Of course Jade and Colah talked about Podcasting cause Issa podcast! 

Shoutout to 

Niyyah, @theBloomjourney 

Support our Soil Sista, get into her podcast, buy merch and hire her!

Blackplantchick.com

@blackplantchick on Instagram 

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