Welcome to The Black Thumb Posse

I don’t believe in green thumbs. At least not the way people talk about them. Like some people just have it and some people don’t.

I think we all start with a black thumb. Every single one of us.

Because growing something — really growing something — requires failure.

Plants die.

Leaves drop.

Things don’t take.

You forget to water.

You overwater.

You plant something in the wrong light.

And suddenly you think…

“Maybe I’m just not good at this.”

But that is just the beginnning.

A green thumb isn’t something you’re born with. It’s something you develop — slowly, over time, through trial and error, through paying attention, through being in relationship with the land. And even when you do develop a green thumb,you never lose your black thumb.

Because you’ll always try something new. A plant you’ve never grown. A tree you’re not sure will take. A season that behaves differently than the last.

Some years your garden is full and overflowing. Other years, it’s quieter. Thinner. Still figuring itself out. So really, we’re always both at the same time. Black thumb and green thumb.

That’s where the Black Thumb Posse comes in.

It’s not about being an expert, having the most beautiful garden, or even about getting it “right.” It’s about being in it: trying, growing, learning, and starting again.

The Black Thumb Posse is for the people who are:

• figuring it out as they go

• growing something for the first time

• starting over after something didn’t work

• dreaming about what they want to grow next

It’s a space where imperfection is part of the process because that’s what gardens actually are. Not perfect or controlled, but alive.

This is where we share:

• what we’re growing

• what we want to grow

• what didn’t work

• what surprised us

Not as a checklist, but as a conversation.

Over time, this will take shape in different ways: through totes, t-shirts, hoodies, and hand balms. Objects you can carry with you — a reminder that you’re in the process, not outside of it.

But at the core, it’s a community.

A quiet understanding.

You don’t need a perfect garden to belong here.

You just need to be willing to grow.

Welcome to the Black Thumb Posse.