Growing a restorative community 🌱Jodianne Beckford, Noire Girls Plant - Get Together

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"I kept doing events after that first one. I guess that became my community. Even now saying it out loud, it is very strange. I never thought I could be someone that would be a part of like creating a community.” - Jodianne Beckford Jodianne created Noire Girls Plant , “from a dark place of feeling numb.” At a low point, she found plants were givinging her joy. She searched on Eventbrite and asked around, trying to find a space with others to nerd out and talk about plants with. When she couldn’t find the space she craved, she decided to create it herself. She stood up an event and designed it with all the elements she would have wanted - yoga, spoken word, meditation, a plant gift and goodie bag. People left that first event with more than just goodie bags and time well spent. Attendees both had fun and saw each other, as people of color, being vulnerable. They asked, “when’s the next one?” and so Noire Girls Plants began - a community of growers, in aspects of health, prosperity and nature. We talked with Jodianne about how she created her first event to explore her interests with others and what keeps her going through hard times.

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