What the June Garden Holds: On Heritage, Harvest, and the Table We Keep

Black father gardening with two children in a backyard garden, teaching them how to plant and care for vegetables as part of a family gardening tradition.

What does a June garden hold besides vegetables and herbs? This reflection explores how gardening connects heritage, family, and community through generations of knowledge passed from one season to the next. From tomatoes, peppers, and basil growing in backyard beds to the heirloom crops carried across the Atlantic by enslaved Africans, the garden becomes a […]