Black Flora, Teresa J. Speight
Black Flora, Teresa J. Speight
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Black Flora
Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture's New Vanguard

Author: Teresa J. Speight

Narrator: Lynnette R. Freeman

Unabridged: 3 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 10/22/2024

Synopsis

Discover the growing community of Black floriculture leading the new vanguard in flowers.

Black Flora is the first book to feature profiles of contemporary Black experts innovating in the world of flowers. Author and longtime gardener, Teresa Speight, offers a beautiful intersection of flowers and community. This book is a homecoming, one that unearths the floral legacies of the past and present, while providing a source of inspiration for younger generations of plant-lovers seeking examples of successful Black floral artists and entrepreneurs. 

Black Flora showcases a range of floral expertise and as visionary horticulturalist and garden historian, Abra Lee, reflects in her foreword, the community represented in Black Flora has an important significance both today, and in garden history. 

Both a celebration of now and a vision for the future, Black Flora honors floriculture’s creative vanguard.  

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sasha

As a Black agricultural major, I was too excited to see how Teresa Speight and others put together Black Flora: Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture’s New Vanguard. A wonderful book highlighting the African diaspora within the floral industry. We meet floral artists, activists, farmers, and more from......more

Goodreads review by Kaila

Black Flora is a book that spotlights black florists and the many ways they express their creativity through their art. From floral designers and creative directors, from botanical artists and flower farmers- these individuals share their art in this book, along with their background, inspiration, a......more

Goodreads review by Annie

Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader. Black Flora is a collection of profiles featuring nearly 2 dozen floriculture allied artists of color showcasing their artistry & talent, collected and curated by Teresa J. Speight. Released 22nd Oct 2024 by Hachette on their Timber Press imprint, it's......more

Goodreads review by Victoria

This was really interesting and unique! This book showcases African American floral entrepreneurs and innovators. It is beautifully put together with gorgeous photos. I would highly recommend this! Special Thank You to Teresa J.Speight, Timber Press and NetGalley for allowing me to read a compliment......more

Quotes

"We are not all the same. With each profile, Black Flora so beautifully captures the essence of what we embody as Black designers and farmers and the many facets of our professions. Black Flora explores the heart behind what we do by highlighting some of this very moment's dynamic flower artists and farmers."—Valerie Crisostomo, President and CEO, Black Girl Florists

"An entrancing book that's more than a book: it's the gathering of a community. Black Flora lifts up our ancestors' relationship to the earth while profiling today's most exciting florists and farmers with zing, curiosity, and a depth that's long overdue." —Chantal Aida Gordon, Co-Founder of The Horticult and Co-Author of How to Window Box

"I believe Black Flora, like any art, creation, or work by Black people, is steeped in and deeply fertilized by the culture and experience of those who create and develop it. It celebrates the joy and exuberance of shared cultures and bloodlines as well as the past and present experience of being Black in America and in the world."—Pilar Zuniga, Owner and Lead Designer, Gorgeous and Green, and Host of @floristsofcolor

"Black Flora is an incredibly exciting, joyful, and healthy gift to us all as it offers page after page of inspiring Black flower artists and the beautifully wide-ranging flowers we create! Reading the "flower journeys" in each of the featured profiles reminds me so much of the experiences I went through to find my own path with plants and flowers. The stories are also refreshing proof that there are so many wonderful and unexpected routes to finding our way to beauty in this world. We Black flower farmers, gardeners, and designers are lighting the way for each other and for the world."—Leslie Bennett, Owner and Creative Director of Pine House Edible Gardens, Co-Author of The Beautiful Edible Garden, and Founder and Installation Artist of Black Sanctuary Gardens

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