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Black Flora: Profles of Inspiring Black Flower Farmers + Florists

  • Friends of Brookside Gardens 1800 Glenallan Avenue Wheaton, MD 20902 USA (map)

Speaker Series (Virtual)

Sponsored by the Friends of Brookside Gardens
Free, but registration required
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Teresa J. Speight, Urban Gardening Chair for National Garden Clubs, founder of the Jabali Amani Garden Collective and host of Cottage in the Court

There is a rich, beautiful, and complex narrative being told by African Americans and other persons of color in the foral marketplace. It is long past time to recognize their excellence and contributions to cut fower farming and foristry. Garden writer, podcaster, and blogger Teresa J. Speight shares her interviews and profles with leading pioneers and explores their lives rooted in the foral world.