The Black Botanists

Welcome to our garden! Follow us to learn plant facts and botanical history🌺- Jeremy & Jamil (he/him) — residing in ancestral Kickapoo territory | 🏳️‍🌈🌱

[The Black Botanists @BlackBotanists]

It’s #BlackBotanistsWeek!

We are Jamil and Jeremy, two self-taught botanists here in San Jose, California! We share photos from our garden along with fun plant facts, and sometimes we even host house plant care workshops!

#PlantsAroundTheGlobe #BlackBotanistsWeek2021

[Julie Nieset @JENieset]

@BlackBotanists Please pass this info about Wetland Plant Ecologist position at UIUC along https://t.co/xfzOgiEJW2

[The Black Botanists @BlackBotanists]

Don’t let those expensive bouquets go to waste! 💰💐✨

[The Black Botanists @BlackBotanists]

That Fibonacci spiral is just *chefs kiss*

[The Black Botanists @BlackBotanists]

Ferns are one of the oldest plant groups at over 300 million years old. They’re so old that they don’t even produce flowers or seeds. Instead they release spores. Most people find them fascinating, but they can definitely set off your #trypophobia too 🫣

[Sandra Nnadi @sandrannadi1]

An amazing week...yeah! Turned a year older & presented results of my research to the dept @UVMplantbio ...what's next? More questions, more data analysis, more fun. BTW i love fall colors @BlackBotanists @Momademia #phdlife #winning #Grateful

[The Black Botanists @BlackBotanists]

Don’t let those expensive bouquets go to waste! 💰💐✨

[The Black Botanists @BlackBotanists]

We pickled our hot banana peppers!

[AsiaLangsOnline @AsiaLangsOnline]

Rejang maybe is the only language that has native name for these two gigantic "flowers": Rafflesia (especially Rafflesia arnoldii) and Amorphophallus titanum.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA releases first image from its new space telescope, deepest view of the universe ever captured.

[Sandra Nnadi @sandrannadi1]

Hi, it's my first in-person presentation @ASPB #PlantBio2022 please check out my poster 900-019 at the exhibit hall A. Thanks for your questions & feedback. @ASPB_WiPB @ASPB_ARN @UVMplantbio @UVM_FSRC @uvmvermont @UVM_GSS @BlackBotanists @blackinxnetwork @Momademia

[The Black Botanists @BlackBotanists]

That Fibonacci spiral is just *chefs kiss*

[Patrick Johnson 🌹 @PatDavidJohnson]

Hey @BlackBotanists I’m teaching a botany unit and want to show my kids contributions of Black botanists in each lesson. Any recs on whom to talk about (still living preferably) under the topics of the life cycle, anatomy, cell bio, photosynthesis, and cellular respiration? Thx!

[The Black Botanists @BlackBotanists]

Retweeting in hopes that one of our followers can help with this! 👨🏾‍🌾

[Patrick Johnson 🌹 @PatDavidJohnson]

Hey @BlackBotanists I’m teaching a botany unit and want to show my kids contributions of Black botanists in each lesson. Any recs on whom to talk about (still living preferably) under the topics of the life cycle, anatomy, cell bio, photosynthesis, and cellular respiration? Thx!

[The Black Botanists @BlackBotanists]

Ferns are one of the oldest plant groups at over 300 million years old. They’re so old that they don’t even produce flowers or seeds. Instead they release spores. Most people find them fascinating, but they can definitely set off your #trypophobia too 🫣

[frootcube🍍 @Frootcubes]

@BlackBotanists Scarifying seeds and letting them sit in warm water for 24 hours let's them germinate quicker. From what I just recently found out. Certain seeds really benefit from this!

[The Black Botanists @BlackBotanists]

So much good advice in these replies✨ Thanks, friends! 🌱

[The Black Botanists @BlackBotanists]

What’s a gardening tip you wish you would have known sooner?

We’re planning our rooftop garden for this year and are curious about what we don’t yet know 🧐

[𝕊𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚 𝕋𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕣 @SherriT66461375]

@BlackBotanists Good drainage and good draining soil are everything.

[Donna and Me @Donna_and_me]

@BlackBotanists @PollyWaterside Catch as much rainwater as you can, much better for the plants..