History of Nourish Botanica
Founded in 2014 by Quianah Upton | Homegrown in Atlanta, GA.
Nourish Botanica creates beauty, wellness, and connection through flowers, plants, food, and thoughtful experiences. We craft fresh and dried flower arrangements, herbal blends, and offer plant care guidance, while also designing workshops and experiences for communities and organizations.
At our core, we are driven by food access, land access, and economic justice. We work to support Black communities, uplift Atlanta’s organizers and farm communities, and foster systems that allow people, land, and culture to thrive.
We believe in creating for joy as much as for purpose, sometimes as vibrant blooms, playful arrangements, or gathering people together over food simply because it brings delight.
Nourish Botanica was watered by artists, mutual aid and community support. That is at the root of who we are.
Launched an art and retail business called Arbitrary Living that evolved into a food equity conversation event initiative, #ChopItUpATL, now Nourish In Black.
The experiences Nourish In Black have created, focus on culture & story sharing through visual and oral dialogue at the union of art and cuisine. This initiative highlights Atlanta’s local food justice organizations and farm community. The platform seeks to honor storytelling, art, and cultural foodways.
Our founder organized twenty one outdoor festivals, encouraging commerce and healing in greenspace by creating Simmer Down Picnic, then Friends and Neighbors Day Fest. We have collaborated and hosted six festivals highlighting local entrepreneurs, and black women in creative businesses.
Nourish In Black has organized twenty one dinner parties with facilitated conversations focusing on food justice and art including five Collective Impact Dinner’s fundraising for local black led food justice organizations like Carver’s Produce and Gangstas To Growers.
Nourish In Black developed a feed the protestors program, called Nourish The People, which fundraised and reallocated funds to black owned food based businesses to feed at least 150 protestors per week as a five week pop-up initiative Summer 2020. The program raised over $2,500 from the community that then went to purchase meals from black owned caterers and restaurants during COVID. We also facilitated donated resources from ally owned restaurants.
