Zora’s Garden

What a joy it is to write a book that brings our brilliant children and our beloved ancestors together. 🌻✨

What an honor it is to have supporters, like the wonderful visionaries at , steward that book in a way that makes it all possible.

Thank you for allowing Zora’s Garden and Zora Neale Hurston to be a part of your powerful program LaTasha! I pray that 50 new and bloom as a result of Literacy in the Garden.

PS I don’t believed Zora ever traveled to Oklahoma in her lifetime from my research but now she has in ours. 💐📚

It’s always a blessing to have Zora’s Garden in the places Zora Neale Hurston once lived, worked, and left her legacy.📚❤️

Did you know that Zora was in Overtown and Lemon City (Little Haiti) in 1929 to study the Seminoles as an anthropologist? But while there, she encountered so many people from the Carribean Diaspora that she was inspired to take her first international trip…

🌻Let us know in the comments if you know where Zora went. Bonus points if you know why!

Special thanks to for “planting” Zora’s Garden in Miami ☀️

What could be better than seeing so many smiling faces in Zora’s Garden??? 🌻📚

We can’t wait to introduce even more friends to Zora Neale Hurston, storytelling, and the power of imagination! Want to help? Just ask us how 💗

Imagine hitting the road at the top of Spring before the humidity takes its throne in the Big Easy. All to bring Zora and her time in New Orleans to life for 800 students from K-12 across two days. Plus a special public talk in the evening of Day 1 and an educators’ dinner on Day 2…

That’s just what did and just look at the excitement from the lower grades. She can’t wait to do more visits through the Zora’s Garden Book Drive, especially in places connected to Zora’s legacy.

🌻Learn more or nominate your learning space at the link in the bio.

🌼 WE HAVE OUR FIRST PARTIALLY FUNDED ZORA’S GARDEN BED! 🌼

Deep gratitude to our wonderful friends at for helping us get this garden growing. 💗

We are just 10 books away from being able to plant our very first Zora’s Garden bed—sowing stories, imagination, and l joy directly into children’s hands.

This is how it grows: one “bookseed”, one community, one yes at a time. 🌱

🌸 Want to help us finish this first bed?
👉 Link to donate is in the bio.

Let’s grow together. 💐📚

🌱 Community (AND ZORA) has a way of bringing the right stories to our doorstep.

We are deeply grateful to Dr. Sharon D. Johnson for officially nominating the as part of the Zora’s Garden Book Drive. We were especially moved by the personal memories and care shared in her nomination, stories of land, legacy, and learning spaces rooted in love across generations.

The Magnolia Tree Earth Center carries a spirit that feels closely aligned with what Zora’s Garden hopes to nurture. Imagination. Memory. Community care. We look forward to learning more and exploring this beautiful space as a potential garden bed.

In the meantime, family, enjoy the Zora connection in the photos and supporting our friends at

Ready to support the book drive? Check out the ways you can below. 🌼

🌿 Host a Zora’s Garden giveaway as a “garden bed”
🌱 Nominate a garden bed
💛 Donate or sponsor

Together, we are going to do amazing things.

Learn more and join us at zorasgarden.org ✨

In honor of our Zora Neale Hurston Birthday tribute on Jan 7, here are 4 fun facts about Zora’s Garden:

🌸The book was originally the name of the author’s garden given by her then 3 year old.
🌻 Zora’s Garden debuted in Eatonville with a multi-day Juneteenth celebration for Zora:
🌸 Over 1,500 copies have been distributed directly by the author.
🌻 The book mixes fact and fiction and honors Zora by preserving vernacular in the dialogue.

🚨Zora’s Garden Event Alert! 🚨

I am so excited to be a storytime author and vendor for Black Children's Book Fest: Chapter 1

Come grab your autographed copy if Zora’s Garden and hear the story live! This family fun even will help yih diversify your library with books by by amazing authors. Plus loads of interactive activities!

Grab your tickets because they are going FAST! Link in bio.

Event details:
- Saturday, March 25th
- 10am - 3pm
- The Writer's Center; 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
- Free Event for ALL Families
- Register via EventBrite through the link in bio!

This event is brought to you by Black Children's Books DMV+ & Porchfest DC !



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Happy International Women’s Day! Thank you to and my friends at for recognizing me and Zora’s Garden on this very special day…

And with such iconic company 📚❤️

PS I think Dr. Maya Angelou is coming through for me. Second time I have been placed that close to her in a display and I don’t take it lightly. 🙏🏾

Did you know that Zora’s Garden debuted at the Eatonville Branch Library? Yep, in Zora Neale Hurston’s hometown. Forever grateful to Orange County Library System] for it’s amazing support. ❤️

Posted • Talk about having your day made... sent me this photo at the Orange County Library System’s West Oaks Branch library in Ocoee, FL! I am honored to have not only myself, but also .garden pictured here.

Thank you Orange County Library System]! I am truly honored to be displayed with these iconic women. 📚❤️🍊