This episode is focusing on artist Kristine Mays who's wire sculptures are currently touring public gardens across the U.S.(most recently featured at Atlanta Botanical Garden). The exhibit is called Rich Soil. Join us for part 2 of this conversation to hear Kristines story of how the Rich Soil exhibit was inspired, the process of her labor and the exhiobit's bi-coastal journey. Learn more and support via these links: Kristine Mays, artist (18) Rich Soil by Kristine Mays - YouTube Season 5 proudl...
May 14, 2022•33 min•Ep. 8
Soil Cousins, come join me this weekend at the 2022 Soil Festival in Atlanta, GA presented by Food Well Alliance, Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture and WABE! I’ll be doing some live interviews and catching up with some of my Soil Cousins you’ve heard on the Black in the Garden podcast. You can enter to win passes to Atlanta Botanical Garden during our exclusive Soil Festival GIVEAWAY! You have to pull up to enter! Enter the giveaway and purchase your signed copy of The Black...
May 06, 2022•8 min•Ep. 10
This episode is focusing on artist Kristine Mays who's wire sculptures are currently touring public gardens across the U.S.(most recently featured at Atlanta Botanical Garden). The exhibit is called Rich Soil. Join us for part 1 of this conversation to get inspired by Kristines story of starting from humble beginnings in San Francisco. Learn more and support via these links: Kristine Mays, artist (18) Rich Soil by Kristine Mays - YouTube Season 5 proudly sponsored by Atlanta Botanical Garden! Co...
Apr 29, 2022•58 min•Ep. 7
This Year's 420 episode welcomes Cannabis Cup winner, vermicompost king and soil researcher Jules Giuliano. Jules gets into the weeds about cannabis cultivation with Colah B Tawkin. They discuss the life cycle of the plant and how vermicompost makes it less stressful to cultivate. Jules shares how he learned vermicomposting from a Chi Town stoner, how he taught his mom to compost and the unexpected story of his claim to the Cannabis Cup. Jules and Colah conclude with a plot for the next great st...
Apr 21, 2022•46 min•Ep. 6
Born in Ghana and raised in Liberia before coming to America as a child, landscape architect Jeanette Ankoma-Sey shares her journey, experience and unique perspective with Colah B Tawkin in this insightful conversation! She shed a lot of light on what goes into the work of pros like herself that is largely unappreciated by those they serve. Jeanette got her landscape architecture master's degree at Cornell and works for Arlington county in Arlington, Virginia, Department of Parks and Recreation....
Apr 07, 2022•51 min•Ep. 5
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 Flowers went to tiktok account @iamlegallyhyp...
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 4
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: https://www.harpercollins.com/p...
Mar 26, 2022•50 min•Ep. 3
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...
Mar 18, 2022•49 min•Ep. 16
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, ...
Mar 11, 2022•48 min•Ep. 16
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. Learn more about Underground Arborist and SUPPORT: undergroundarborist.org Like what you heard? Text Colah at (833)819-3926 about your favorite moments. Here’s what to do to Help sustain this show: 🤳🏾SHARE IT! @Blackinthegarden on Instagram @Blacknthegarden on Twitte...
Mar 04, 2022•47 min•Ep. 2
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 Botanic...
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 1
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. Like what you heard? Here’s what to do to Help sustain this show: 🤳🏾SHARE IT! @Blackinthegarden on Instagram @Blacknthegarden on Twitter ⭐️Rate 5 stars on Spotify! ⭐️Rate 5 stars and leave a review on Apple podcasts! 🌱Sow...
Dec 28, 2021•44 min•Ep. 14
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. Follow and support our resident botanical Blackspert Derek: @thechocolatebotanist in Instag...
Oct 30, 2021•51 min•Ep. 13
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 Support Farmer Cee! https://www.greenheffafarms.com Like what you heard? Here’s what t...
Oct 14, 2021•40 min•Ep. 12
Ayyyeee! Back from a bereavement hiatus: Let’s catch up on catching up as we tap in with Colah before season 4.5 begins! Did you order the Black in the Garden Coloring Experience thooo? Link below!🖍 Like what you heard? Here’s what to do to Help sustain this show: 🤳🏾SHARE IT! ⭐️Leave five stars and review it on Apple podcasts! 🌱Sow a seed of Support for Black in the Garden by becoming a PATRON! patreon.com/blackinthegarden 🖍Buy MERCH! Blkinthegarden.com Visit linktr.ee/blackinthegarden for ...
Oct 05, 2021•8 min•Ep. 16
Colah took some time to elaborate on how the Black in the Garden theme song 🎶came together and pontificated on ancestral connections to seed starting. 🌱She still wants you to text her! 📱833-819-3926 This episode was Recorded early spring before Mothers Day with our plantrepreneurial guest, Karla Smith-Brown founder of OLIVEE Floral, an artistic floral design studio in Brooklyn, New York. Karla talked with Colah about her grandmother’s legacy in relation to how she named her floral business an...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 11
Colah is excited about the new Black in the Garden Coloring Experience! Get yours TODAY: https://blkinthegarden.com/store/p/bitg-coloring-book This episode digs deeper into Colah B Tawkin’s journey that lead her to becoming the host of Black in the Garden podcast. She fills in some of the blanks that needed filling on this transparent and vulnerable episode. Text Colah: 833-819-3926 and save the number! Like what you heard? Here’s what to do to Help sustain this show: 🤳🏾SHARE IT! ⭐️Leave five ...
Aug 18, 2021•53 min•Ep. 10
Ayyyyee! Enjoy part 2 of our conversation with Natalie Baszile which opens with a thought provoking hypothetical question. Colah B Tawkin and Natalie discussed her father’s influence on her fictional world and Colah’s highlights from We Are Each Other’s Harvest. Natalie thoughtfully breaks down the difference between a Historian vs storyteller and helps us understand how to know you’re a storyteller. Gems were dropped as usual as should be expected from such a brilliant guest! To show your suppo...
Aug 11, 2021•42 min•Ep. 9
Colah B Tawkin had the pleasure of being in conversation with author Natalie Baszile who is most widely known for having written the novel 'Queen Sugar'. Natalie spoke with Colah from Oakland about her family gardening legacy, her writing process, her favorite flowers and how they're necessary in her life. In this beautiful exchange, Natalie shared her fave recipe for her homegrown lemons and Colah got to teach Natalie a new word! This is part 1 of 2 so tune in next week for more tea on Baszile'...
Aug 04, 2021•35 min•Ep. 8
Issa Throwback! We bringing back this episode to celebrate Black Botanists Week 2021. Join us on Part 2 of 2 for a discussion on George Washington Carver! 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 chocolate botanist, Derek. 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...
Aug 02, 2021•39 min•Ep. 7
Issa Throwback! We bringing back this episode to celebrate Black Botanists Week 2021. Join us on Part 1 of 2 for a discussion on George Washington Carver! 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 n...
Jul 27, 2021•37 min•Ep. 6
Episode 5 of Season 4 opens with an enthusiastic chat about a recent visit to Atlanta Botanical Garden between Colah and our Soil Cousin from NYC, Niyyah who you ought to know as @thebloomjourney online. Colah had the pleasure of welcoming Moe Hemmings, Community Outreach Manager at Atlanta Botanical Garden to the podcast. They chopped it up about Moe's interests and work at ABG. Colah was excited to chat careers at the garden, how ABG partners with similar organizations, the value of volunteeri...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 5
This week we’re joined by a dear friend of the show & OG Soil Cousin: mushroom enthusiast, moon and Monstera whisperer Carrington to discuss her passions. Spoiler alert: All her passions are linked to veganism and embodying the mission to do no harm but you gotta tune in for the tea. Carrington was an inspiration to Colah in a way that we hope will also be inspiring to you on your growing journey! Become a patron to see and hear the full uncut interview of this amazing episode! Keep up with ...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 4
Charleston native, Public servant, teacher, Founder of Red Rice day, food historian, sneaker head, founder of Black food Fridays (aka your fave Black foodie on Tik Tok) host of Fix Your Plate podcast, future television host and visionary Blackspert: KJ Kearney joined Colah for a deep dive on Black culture through the lens of Black food and Gullah Geechee culture. Find out how Black in the Garden influenced his viral Black Food Fridays movement and how you can support! Become a patron to hear the...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 3
Episode 2 of Season 4 kicks off with a new segment with the ‘chirren’ and The Chocolate botanist Derek Haynes. Our guest is media legend Ananda Lewis! Ananda was excited to be on Black in the Garden because of the 1000+ interviews she’s participated in she had never had a conversation about her relationship with plants. Colah and Ananda discussed how plants helped her survive cancer, how plants helped her bond with her Grandma June and a nasty vice she unconventionally overcame. This episode is ...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 2
Black in the Garden kicks off Season 4 during Juneteenth and Father’s Day weekend with a candid conversation between Colah and her Dad. Daddy B Tawkin discusses his dad and early years farming, his family’s garden and life in rural Georgia during the Civil Rights era. Mama B Tawkin even made a cameo! Dig in to this episode to hear more about: Why Daddy didn’t want to continue farming as an adult. An encounter with the KKK. Racism in the military, especially in Iceland. The struggle to claim his ...
Jun 20, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 1
Colah has another compelling conversation with our OG Soil Sista, Brittany from Season 1, Ep. 8: Stay #PlantWoke. This bonus episode (we still spring breakin) is all things momming and it’s explicit, real and as witty as you’ve come to expect from the conversations with Colah B Tawkin on Black in the Garden! Reference episode: Good Moms Bad Choices: How to Heal Your Inner Child ft. Devi Brown Keep up with Brittany: brittanyminor.com @blackgirlgreenworld on Instagram IGTV: Plants I Didn’t Kill Gr...
May 10, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 16
Episode 10 of season 2 is Part 1 of conversation with Monai, known by many as the Plant Mom of Amsterdam. She talks us through her journey from a kid in Jamaica Queens raised by a mama who made her go outside and camp every summer to becoming an international plant revolutionary in Amsterdam. She dabbled in floristry and fashion merchandising but a lunch break plant habit activated the plant mom in her who has helped and inspired many green thumbs! Monai's story is proof that it pays to see the ...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 10
Colah is pumping the (Spring) Breaks on Season 3 because: rest! Stay tuned for updates and Bonus episodes as we prepare for Season 4 in May. CawBFXULJBfBvOFPQMVd ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 07, 2021•10 min
Nubi Interiors boss, environmental curator and designer extraordinaire, Carmeon Hamilton joined Colah to discuss her journey from child of a Plant Lady to multi talented designer in high demand! Carmeon shares how she almost quit plants but they never quit her, how she feels about her feature in Architectural Digest and much more! Follow on Instagram: @carmeon.hamilton Go to carmeonhamilton.com 💁🏽♀️Lifestyle Blog 🪴plant guide 📅booking Go to blkinthegarden.com to get your Melanin on Mustard ...
Mar 31, 2021•46 min•Ep. 16
