The Plantmoji Project: 2020 Updates

Gardening 🌿 teaches us many things, including patience  and the acceptance of failures πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ. So too, it turns out, does emoji-making. In 2019 the Garden submitted πŸ“© a proposal for an official orchid emoji to the Unicode Consortium, the governing body that oversees emoji. One year later the orchid remains close to reaching its goal…

The Case for More Plantmoji

There are nearly 3,000 emoji available at your fingertips ☝️. These images depict everything from emotions πŸ€ͺ to animals 🦎, national flags πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ to sports equipment πŸ’.  Emoji have become an integral part of how we communicate in a digital world πŸ“±. Emoji have grown to be more diverse πŸ‘ΆπŸ»πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸ¦±πŸ‘¨πŸΎβ€πŸ¦± and inclusive πŸ‘³πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ‘¨πŸΏβ€πŸŒΎπŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬, at least…