Ready to get chat-TEA? Join the MSU Beal Botanical Garden and Kelsi Smith from the Allen Neighborhood Center for DIY tea blends and conversations about the resilience of people and plants in the African Diaspora, in conjunction with Esmaa Mohamoud’s exhibition COMPLEX DREAMS. 

Want more? Be sure to sign up for our free Black Botany: Resilience and Adaptions Tour, also happening on this day! 

This event is offered as part of the Deep-Rooted collaboration with the MSU Beal Botanical Garden, where art and plants intertwine in a conversation about the extraordinary ways our natural world has influenced art and human societies throughout history. On view from September 14, 2024–February 16, 2025, the inaugural Signature Commission Series exhibition COMPLEX DREAMS places the experiences of young Black girlhood center stage while forwarding a refreshing and resilient perspective on the power of Black women today.