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Fiesta Place Community Garden Seed Swap & Sip

City of District Heights Senior Ct 2000 Marbury Drive, District Heights, MD, United States

The last Saturday in January is National Seed Swap Day. The ritual of swapping and sharing seeds happens anytime one is ready to grow. Join the Fiesta Place Community Garden for our first Seed Swap and Sip. We are celebrating the garden as we invite our community to bring clean small tools, seeds no more than two years old and correctly labeled, books, seed catalogs, and inspirational garden magazines to share. We have a seed […]

Seattle On My Mind! Northwest Flower Show

Seattle Convention Center 705 Pike Street, Seattle, WA, United States

The Northwest Flower Show is held every year at the end of February. I have often wondered how this show would compare to the Philadelphia Flower Show on the East Coast. This year, I will find out. I am speaking!!! Not once, but twice at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. I will share my newly released book, Black Flora - Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture's New Vanguard (Timber Press) on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at 10:45 […]

NYBG – BLACK FLORA: Revased, Revisited, and Revised

New York Botanic Garden 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY, United States

NYBG, also known as the New York Botanic Garden is known for celebrating and inspiring horticulture. Through floral displays, art, and its programming, NYBG brings to the forefront the many different voices in horticulture and floriculture. Teri Speight, author of Black Flora: Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture's New Vanguard (Timber Press) will share how the stories found within the pages of this book have been revased, revisited, and revised. Like the garden, the world of floriculture […]

Minnesota Nursery Landscape – Shade Tree Short Course

Bethel University 3900 Bethel Dr, ST Paul, Minnesota, United States

The Shade Tree Short Course offers a variety of speakers with a broad range of topics. Teri will be sharing a talk, Growing Community Through Gardening. This is a topic very close to Teri's heart. From her many roles as a Founding Farmer of the Eitt CSA, Stafford County, Virginia to the current co-chair of Fiesta Place Community Garden in Maryland, growing a community with hands in the earth has been a huge part of […]

Black Flora – Bloom into Spring

Gwinnett County Library 1001 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville, GA, United States

Black Flora - Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture's New Vanguard (Timber Press) is a book that shares the journey of the new faces in floriculture today. Our hands have played a role in agriculture including floriculture from flower farming to designing and beyond. Abra Lee, Conquer the Soil, will join Teri as they discuss how our presence is important and how our journey continues. It promises to be an enlightening and engaging conversation. Won't you join […]

African American Legacy in gardening Symposium

Hayti Heritage Center 804 Old Fayetteville St, Durham, North Carolina

Join a gathering of African American voices in horticulture for a Symposium highlighting our gardening Legacy. Teri will contribute to discussing Beyond Borders: The Ethono-Botanical and Horticultural Influence of Africans, African Americans, and Immigrants on the American Landscape.  The weekend starts with a screening of Family Tree on Friday night. Saturday will feature three sessions - The Wisdom of Trees: Urban Forestry and Black Land Ownership in the Subaltern South, Beyond Borders: The Ethno-Botanical and […]

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