Black Men Flower Project

09/22/2026

09/01/2026

I’m at a loss for words. Thank you, one hundred time thank you.

08/26/2026

Check us out on WBEZ Chicago!

The project’s mission is to allow Black men to be seen and celebrated one bouquet at a time.

08/25/2026

We got 6 events across Chicago and New Mexico this week! Please consider donating to help us pay artists, florist, chefs, and musicians, donating their time and resources to put flowers in the hands of Black Men and Boys! Link in Bio 💐♥️🌿🌻

08/24/2026

The 8 Domains of Wellness are:

🎭 Emotional / Mental — managing stress, emotions, self-awareness, and mental wellbeing.

💪🏾 Physical — movement, nutrition, sleep, and taking care of your body.

🧠 Intellectual — learning, creativity, curiosity, and developing new skills.

💰 Financial — budgeting, saving, financial stability, and building wealth.

💼 Occupational — meaningful work, career growth, purpose, and work-life balance.

🫱🏿‍🫲🏾 Social — friendships, family, community, connection, and belonging.

🌱 Spiritual — purpose, values, reflection, faith, or connection to something greater.

🌍 Environmental — safe housing, healthy surroundings, access to nature, and the spaces we live in.

08/24/2026

This this this!!!

Everyone is "healing" right now. It's in bios, captions, podcast intros, and coffee shop chat. People "hold space," "process," "release," "reparent," and "protect their peace." The promise is personal growth. The reality is that a lot of us still feel fried, anxious, and vaguely unwell.

Part of the problem is language. A 2025 paper in PubMed Central describes "therapy-speak" as the imprecise, superficial use of psychotherapy terms in everyday communication, especially online. It quotes a clinical psychologist warning that social media boils "very complex situations and conversations into 30-second sound bites."

When "healing" gets used for everything from leaving a bad relationship to buying a $38 magnesium powder, it sounds like a grossly overused label to slap on anything.

Feeling "seen" has become the consolation prize of modern healing. Cleveland Clinic notes that learning therapy terms can feel validating, then warns that overusing them in personal relationships can backfire. Having language helps, but language alone doesn't treat depression, calm a nervous system, or fix your life logistics.

Keep reading in the comments below.

08/04/2026

Santa Fe!

For the last three years, we’ve called this place home. Now we have the honor of celebrating five years of Black Men Flower Project with the community that has embraced us so fully.

Our health has been reduced to a conversation about mental health that always frames us as victims or villians. But science recognizes eight dimensions of individual health because we are not a monolith that only a therapist can solve.

Join us on August 29 as we’re bring together some of Santa Fe’s most impactful community organizations so you can connect with resources that nourish every part of your life. From the financal and social health to intellectual and physical. All human health resouces will be available.

An unforgettable afternoon will feature live jazz by Michael Burt and friends, free soul food and empandas, free flowers, and the radical act of investing in yourself and one another.

Healed people heal communities.

See you on August 29. 🌻

¡Santa Fe!

Durante los últimos tres años, hemos llamado a este lugar casa. Ahora tenemos el honor de celebrar cinco años de Black Men Flower Project con la comunidad que nos ha abrazado tan plenamente.

Nuestra salud se ha reducido a una conversación sobre salud mental que siempre nos enmarca como víctimas o villanos. Pero la ciencia reconoce ocho dimensiones de la salud individual porque no somos un monolito que solo un terapeuta pueda resolver.

Únase a nosotros el 29 de agosto mientras reunimos algunas de las organizaciones comunitarias más impactantes de Santa Fe para que pueda conectarse con recursos que nutren cada parte de su vida. Desde la salud financiera y social hasta la intelectual y física. Todos los recursos de salud humana estarán disponibles.

Una tarde inolvidable contará con jazz en vivo de Michael Burt y sus amigos, comida soul y empandas gratis, flores gratis y el acto radical de invertir en ti mismo y en los demás.

Las personas curadas curan a las comunidades.

Nos vemos el 29 de agosto. 🌻

02/24/2026

I’m extremely thankful to this panel for their sincerity and the thought provoking conversation with Mayowa Tomori at his Truth + Memory Mixtapes Event at the Santa Fe Community Gallery.

I specifically want to honor and acknowledge Mr.Joe Powdrell for recovering his flowers for the first time in his life, and for being the catalyst of that moment.

Other BMFP floral recipients include: Cedric Roberson Jr. and Mayowa Tomori.
us floral recipients include: Shirley Ann Griffin-Martin, Rita Powdrell, and Professor Marsha Hardeman.

Happy Black History Month!

01/23/2026

I’m looking for folks to donate time, flowers, or money. That’s the caption. Check our link in bio contribute 🌻

01/22/2026

Extremely honored for Black Men Flower Project to be honored by the NM MLK Jr. Commission for keeping Dr. King's dream alive!

The New Mexico Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission is proud to honor Black Men Flower Project, founded by Robert Washington-Vaughns, as the 2026 Livin’ the Dream Award recipient.

The Livin’ the Dream Award recognizes individuals and organizations who embody Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy through service, equity, nonviolence and community uplift. Since establishing roots in New Mexico, Black Men Flower Project has uplifted Black men and boys through intentional acts of beauty and care, challenging stereotypes, restoring dignity and strengthening community.

This award is community-driven: nominations are submitted by the public, reviewed by commissioners and finalized by the officers of the Commission.

Please join us in celebrating Black Men Flower Project and their powerful commitment to living Dr. King’s dream every day.