On Episode 2 of season 2 Colah is celebrating World Nekkid Gardening Day (just take her word for it) and encouraging us to use our gifts for good! We're joined by our podcousin, Christin Riddick, host of the Afro Beets podcast. Chris is a D.C. native who started gardening as a service project that turned into a personal challenge and transition to a plant based lifestyle. We discuss how Chris was influenced by Botanical Brotha, Ron Finley (aka the Gangsta Gardener) as a testament to how represen...
May 05, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 2
We're back for Season 2 with some new sounds, fly art and more dope guests! On episode 1 Colah B Tawkin catches up about that one time she took a break from podcasting to deal with a pandemic and figure out how to return for another season. We get to know our Soil Sista Ashley Renne, vegan and sustainability coach, influencer and youtuber (with the ill production skills!) who came to drops gems about things like : Adapting to change during uncertain times, the Sustainable mindset, Sustainability...
Apr 30, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 1
What happens when an anniversary trip leads to finding 40 acres of land to create a Blackety Black homestead? Find out in the Season Finale of Black in the Garden with Matthew, founder of Black Haven Ranch. It all started on the South Side of Chicago when a community organizer and activist who happens to be a minister decided to embark on a mission to provide a safe space for his people. Finding a brown face on Homestead Rescue (Chantel Johnson) lead to starting an urban farm with big aspiration...
Mar 11, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 17
Episode 16 is a solo mission where Colah B Tawkin shares her enthusiasm for sowing seeds, kicking off Women's History Month, and Daylight SPENDING! Spring is about to Sprang and Colah is readayyy! Have you reviewed on Apple yet? The world needs you to tell them why you rock with this podcast + There are plants to win for that in a low key giveaway. We even got to hear a letter from a listener who thanks Black in the Garden for keeping her employed! Needless to say, Colah thanks all supporters pr...
Mar 04, 2020•26 min•Ep. 16
Disclaimer: some audio may be slightly crunchy but upgrades (i.e. studio access) SOON come!! Episode 15: Part II of paying homage to Freedom Farmer, Fannie Lou Hamer, with a special guest from Mother's Finest Urban Farm, Samantha Foxx. Colah opens with a moment of transparency about going hard as a baby podcaster and keeps it real about doing too much. . Samantha continues to drop gems about being dubbed the 'Lipstick Queen' (#farmherBAE) and representation of femininity + authenticity in male d...
Feb 25, 2020•35 min•Ep. 15
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. Colah and Brayan attempt to dismantle patriarchy as it relates to the disconnect between appreciating n...
Feb 19, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 14
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 cost of farm labor and legacy building as a grown ass woman. We understand how entrepreneurship = ma...
Feb 11, 2020•45 min•Ep. 13
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 busted farm to the next and Pimpin 'em like Xzibit! You may have never benefited from the resources ...
Feb 08, 2020•42 min•Ep. 12
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 our conversation gets into Carver's 'straight out of a Toni Morrison novel' origin story, how G. Du...
Feb 04, 2020•40 min•Ep. 11
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 let us remember to be patient with ourselves during our times of dormancy and loss. . . Check out linkt...
Jan 28, 2020•19 min•Ep. 10
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...
Jan 21, 2020•44 min•Ep. 9
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 t...
Jan 14, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 8
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...
Jan 07, 2020•59 min•Ep. 7
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 pl...
Dec 24, 2019•55 min•Ep. 6
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 t...
Dec 17, 2019•46 min•Ep. 6
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 f...
Dec 10, 2019•40 min•Ep. 5
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Dec 09, 2019•55 sec•Ep. 4
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. Foll...
Dec 03, 2019•44 min•Ep. 3
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 fro...
Nov 26, 2019•39 min•Ep. 2
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; touch...
Nov 19, 2019•20 min•Ep. 1
