By the time fall arrives, you may be swapping iced lattes for pumpkin spice or scrolling through your friends’ apple-picking photos. But for Colah B. Tawkin, the Atlanta-based host of the Black in the Garden Podcast and founder of Underground Arborist, harvest season means something far deeper. It’s not about hayrides or décor; it’s about memory, migration and lessons in survival from the earth.

Colah is the type to have never met a stranger. She greets you with a smile warm enough to distract a sunflower away from the sun itself. It’s that same warmth that draws thousands of listeners from more than 90 countries to her podcast. All who tune in to hear this garden futurist use the power of storytelling and the language of plants to reclaim history and reimagine belonging.

“Everything I d

See Full Page