Colah B Tawkin and co-host Derek the Chocolate Botanist get caught up on some March events as the Spring is springing!  They're giving flowers, celebrating Botanical Black Excellence, and sharing their Plant Praise Reports. We even have a pop quiz assignment, Soil Cousins!
 Much respect was given to the legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer, emphasizing how her humble beginnings shaped the vision for her Freedom Farm.

Proudly sponsored by Atlanta Botanical Garden

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Our Soil Cousin, Christopher ‘Plant Kween’ Griffin is releasing their book: 'You Grow, GURL!' and is back on the podcast to tell us more about it. We're excited about this milestone and the growth that’s taken place since our last conversation.
 Colah and Christopher laughed and cried discussing the highs and
lows of the journey towards this remarkable
accomplishment: published AUTHOR!

 If you haven't already preordered, you can getchu a copy today! Here’s the link:
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Colah had a conversation linking plants and technology with Helen Greiner, co-founder of iRobot (producer of Roomba) and head of consumer robotics company, Tertill Corporation to discuss the launch of the Tertill weeding robot. Helen discussed some of her contributions to robotics before she became a plantrepreneur.

To learn more about Tertill and the newly-launched Tertill Garden Program, an annual care plan for raised-bed gardens that includes a soil test, customized fertilizer plan featuring Tertill Organics, and personalized garden advice from experts – click here and use the offer code BITGROBOT25 at checkout to get $25 off your next purchase.

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We’re revisiting a special Throwback episode 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, and our new Soil Cousins will enjoy this conversation about fictional black gardener Miss Juanita👩🏾‍🌾(played by AJ Johnson) from the John Singleton film, Baby Boy. Colah B Tawkin and Nora (the doula with the green🍃aura) discussed the pivotal plot point in the film that was set in Miss Juanita’s garden 

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Colah B Tawkin hosts a solo episode to speak from the heart about the most disappointing thing she learned In February 2022. Tune in to get the tea on what George Washington Carver’s relationship with Henry Ford had to do with it.

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WE BACK Soil Cousins!

Welcome to season 5 of Black in the Garden podcast, proudly sponsored by Atlanta Botanical Garden. We back like we never left with Colah B Tawkin and Derek Haynes, the Chocolate Botanist! 

Dig in to to this episode to hear 

Giving Flowers to: Wendy Williams for Black broadcasting excellence.  

Botanical Black History Mixtape Volume 1 feat. Wangari Maathai, Blanche King Hurston, Cleopatra and young Kendall Rae Johnson

Story time: Colah’s journey from volunteer at Atlanta Botanical Garden in 2018 to an unprecedented partnership with them in 2022.

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Colah checks in to answer a burning question by tapping into the WHY with a critical piece of the Black in the Garden origin story and Kwanzaa principle du jour. Thanks, Soil Cousins, for tuning in during 2021 and cheers to ringing in 2022 along with Season 5 of our podcast. 

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Colah is joined by CoHost and ethnobotany expert, Derek ‘the chocolate botanist’ Haynes to explore the questionable ethics of chocolate cultivation. They want you to think twice before you take your next bite! Turns out, Derek is also a Roald Dahl expert as he brilliantly connected Willy Wonka lore to the subject at hand.

Trigger warning: this episode contains mention of sex trafficking and child slavery.

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It’s the jump off of Season 4.5: Black in the Garden & Friends! Colah’s friend/ friend of the show Derek Haynes aka The Chocolate botanist cohosts with Colah to unpack the experience of grief during this recent season of loss. 

This episode is dedicated to the memory of our recently departed ancestors Mama B Tawkin: Mary Rogers, Ronald Areson Godette, uncle Adolph brown Sr, Karen Booker and Castillo Godette 

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Ayyyeee! Back from a bereavement hiatus: Let’s catch up on catching up as we tap in with Colah before season 4.5 begins! 

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