About

🌸 MUTAL AID+PLANTS 🌸


Nikki Minor (they/them) is the writer + folk herbalist behind Chicory Botanicals (@chicoryzine), a Black-owned line of handcrafted herbal products and plant zines. Nikki was born and raised in Bulbancha (New Orleans, LA) and has been practicing herbalism formally since 2017. 

Chicory Botanicals was started in 2018 with a mission to make affordable herbal medicines and raise money to donate to a local bail fund, the New Orleans Safety and Freedom Fund.

Every month Chicory Botanicals has donated 10% or more of its profits to various local and national mutual aid efforts with an emphasis on those that support and uplift the lives of QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color).

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Coursework & Community Engagement:

Featured in Botanica: Gardens, Landscapes, and Plant Medicines in South Louisiana Exhibit, The Cabildo Louisiana State Museum (June 2024 - January 2026) 

Spring Plant Circle at Speakeasy Farm, Event Coordinator (April 2023) 

Rise Up! Good Witch Plant Witch Mentorship (Fall 2022)

Chicoryzine Mutual Aid Program (2020-2025), Founder 

Sponsorship Coordinator, NOLA Herb Gathering (2019 & 2020)

Bioregional Herbalism Course, Maypop Community Herb Shop (Fall 2018)

Apprentice, Rosalie Botanicals (2017-2019) 

B.A. in History and English, University of New Orleans (2011)