Black in the Garden

Around the World with Plants! feat. Brooklyn Plant Dad

Episode 9 of Season 2 features our Botanical Brotha, Gerard Volel aka Brooklyn Plant Dad. Gerard is a horticulturist and landscaper and MORE who WILL travel for plants! Born to parents of Haitian and Jamaican descent, he grew up reading his dad's gardening books in their New Jersey basement. Gerard got grown and decided to re-locate to Brooklyn as well as spend time in Maui to live his best plant life via community gardening, planty workshops and landscaping. Colah B Tawkin originally spoke with him earlier in 2020 (before the world imploded) as he was preparing for a trip to Japan. Fortunately, we were able to get an update on the trip in the same episode!






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Amit S.
9 reviews36d ago

Gerard is amazing. He was super responsive to my inquiries. We discussed having him rework the plants on our small outdoor balcony and he picked out a great assortment. He was on time they day of and super easy to work with. Highly recommend!

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