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Multicultural, multigenerational volunteers attending to the Martin Luther King statue on our National Mall. Where is the multicultural voice in the wonderful world of gardening? Who wants to share a cultural story of how or why they garden? Where are the multicultural voices of those who still practice what was taught by the Elders? Where are the voices that are familiar and want to communicate on why the yards down South were swept or know

Around 1807 in Glen Ross, Maryland, a young African-American was born by the name of Henry Blair. This young man would become a local farmer and have two patents attributed to his existence. Did I mention that he was illiterate and there is no record of him ever being a slave? Let’s think about that for a moment….illiterate – yet unstoppable, when it came to creating things that made farming easier. This photo is from the

How many of us practice random acts of kindness on a regular basis??? How many people observe National Random Acts of Kindness Day or even knew when it existed??  Why can’t we embrace random acts of kindness every day? Did you know that today is National Random Acts of Kindness Day?? These are just a few of the thoughts that came to my mind as I embraced this beautiful “idea” on a mid-February Friday. If

It’s February and I am celebrating diversity in horticulture.  Why now? Why this month? Why not always??  This is a question that I often wonder about as well. Diversity in horticulture seems to be the best-kept secret around.  Although, if you are willing to do the research, there is quite a bit of diversity in horticulture that we never hear about.  Growing up the most common name dropped when discussing horticulture and the African-American was