The Plant KiKi

Kamili, Derek Brayan and Colah take time to appreciate biodiversity as it is in nature and as it should be IRL in solidarity with our Asian Soil Cousins. Join us for some Kikis and a sip of Biodiversi-TEA!

Thanks for Kiki’ing with us!

Keep up on Instagram and Twitter @theplantkiki

Hosted by:

Kamili: @plantblerd 

Gloria: @blackgirlrooted

Derek: @thechocolatebotanist

Brayan: @brotherearthh 

Colah: @blackinthegarden

The Kiki is back like we never left for the 20 AND the 21 in the spirit of forbearance (life been LIFING) and in observance of fuckboy shenanigans. Our plants deserve better.🤦🏾‍♀️

Thanks for Kiki’ing with us!

Keep up on Instagram and Twitter @theplantkiki
Hosted by:
Kamili: @plantblerd 
Gloria: @blackgirlrooted
Derek: @thechocolatebotanist
Brayan: @brotherearthh 
Colah: @blackinthegarden

After a long nap and the ending of the Tangerine Regime🥳, The Plant Kiki is back in time for the Negro New Year✊🏾! The Kiki goes on and in the interest of pod sustainability(and Colah's sanity) we're getting on a bi-weekly schedule, so love us this week and miss us next week like a toxic relationship.😝

This week on The Plant Kiki:

Kamili has a dark secret for dealing with pests.

Derek wants all the Dr. Sebi smoke...email him! 

Fave mall plants: Aglaonema vs. Dieffenbachia

Colah's emotional support plant is petty.

🍃Botanical Black History is unfortunately obscure and we think we know why. On this celebratory return to the air we have a Kiki in observance of Dr. Marie Clark Taylor who earned her PhD in Botany by bustin down them books!🧑🏾‍🏫

🗣Blackety Black 'soundtrack' disclaimer:

Derek was frying chicken for the ancestors while not missing a beat.

Also, the kids were present aka ...this is real life!👫🏾

Links:

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

🔗  blackfacts.com

How Long 'til Black Future Month? by American novelist N. K. Jemisin. 

🙌🏾Shout outs:

@blackboyplantjoy

@nurturetopia

😆Thanks for Kiki’ing with us!
Keep up on Instagram and Twitter @theplantkiki
🎙Hosts via IG:
@plantblerd
@thechocolatebotanist
@blackgirlrooted
@brotherearthh
@blackinthegarden

Beyonce and Solange x Plants! Beyonce deniers please sit this one out and water your plants because Kamili is stanning in her Ivy Park. We know you're wondering what kinda plant energy Beyonce and Solange are working with and we are too so join our official Beyonce historian host Gloria as she leads us in a Kiki with our guest: subject matter expert on plants AND Beyonce, Planter Rob! Derek, Kamili, Brayan, Rob and Colah are lead by Beyonce historian, Gloria for a Kiki considering the botanical secrets of the Knowles sisters and their beloved matriarch.  Get it into it!

Follow Rob on Instagram: @planterrob
Buy plants from him! www.planterrob.com 

Thanks for Kiki’ing with us!
Keep up on Instagram and Twitter @theplantkiki

On episode 5 Brayan and Derek are joined by Colah for a Kiki with our homies Honey Gajardo (@plantsofmama), her fetus (first pregnant guest alert!)🤰🏻and Pablo Alarcón (@diyplantboy) about some of our faves who we’ve loved...maybe a bit too much.😅 Turns out most of us are Philo-hoes but it’s a safe space so judge ya mama.
We shout out the ones who didn’t make it and have a spiritual moment of plant dedication. 
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Thanks for Kiki’ing with us!

Keep up on Instagram and Twitter @theplantkiki

Follow Honey : @plantsofmama and 
Pablo:  @diyplantboy both on Instagram 

This week on the Kiki we are joined by Madison and Jillian, the dynamic duo behind 2 Girls 1 Plant Podcast. We get into all manner of things from wet stick scams, plant status symbols/ elitism to advice for Plantdemic plant parents on navigating the online plant market. There was so much more to Kiki about...we’re going to have more conversations like this so stay tuned!

Thanks for Kiki’ing with us!

Keep up on Instagram and Twitter @theplantkiki

Tune in to 2Girls 1 Plant on all your fave podcatchers like Apple, Spotify + Youtube 

2girlsoneplant.com

Episode 3 is our first dive into Shady Plant History with our resident chocolate botanist, Derek! We’re joined by our first guests: our friends LaKeesha and Lucrecer to Kiki about politically incorrect and straight up offensive plant names and origin stories.
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Follow our guests on Instagram:
💚LaKeesha: @followthegap
💚Lucrecer: @soulsistaplants

Thanks for Kiki’ing with us!
Keep up on Instagram and Twitter @theplantkiki

On episode 2 of The Plant Kiki we are joined/hosted by Colah B Tawkin as Gloria, Kamili and Derek unpack their Plantdemic experience. Gloria had a plant entanglement reminiscent of Carrie and Big, Derek rooted a snake plant and exterminated yet another pest, Kamili (who loves the smell of soil)converted to online plant shopping. We saved some gems for new Plantdemic parents for the end. Shout outs include @noireoasis @soulsistaplants and @theurbanacademic

Thanks for Kiki’ing with us!
Keep up on Instagram and Twitter @theplantkiki

In episode one of The Plant Kiki we take some time to get to know our hosts:

Brayan!

Brayan is a botanical enthusiast, budding CANNApreneur and proud Puerto Rican plant Papi!  He arrived on the Jersey scene with a love for plants, pizza and all pink EVERYTHING. Well read on Zen Meditation and Taoism, Brayan is a true nature spiritualist legend. Our @brother.earthh is here to show us how become one with nature and look good doing it.

Gloria!

Gloria works in communications and is a freelance writer/editor based out of Canada. A Beyoncé historian and staunch nap enthusiast, she is the tongue-popping personality behind @blackgirlrooted. When Gloria’s not writing (or napping), she’s probably tending to her plants. Or buying a new one. And that's what? Period!

Kamili!

Kamili is our OG plant ma and the comic book, star wars-harry potter-#DemThrones lovin Blerd behind 2 dope IG pages: @PlantBlerd and @BlackPeople.W/Plants. She lives in New York with her Blerdy family. When Kamili isn’t nose deep in a book or styling beautiful interior/exterior plantscapes for clients she’s cutting up online or chopping and propping her plant babies. 

Derek!

Derek is a WHOLE chocolate botanist! This plant daddy is from DurHAM, NC where he serves his community and in the house of the Lord faithfully. He’s the botanical highlander most likely to be hosting your fave zoom function and least likely to do so with pants on...Heavy on the single so do send nodes.

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On this sampler episode: The Pre Kiki, we plant the seeds that provide the shade, pay homage to the true origin of Kiki and break the ice a bit. Issa pilot!