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Horticultural writer
Abra Lee
Born1978
Atlanta
Alma materAuburn University
Occupation(s)Historian; public horticulturalist
Awards2019-20 Longwood Fellow
Websitehttps://conquerthesoil.com/

Abra Lee (born 1978) is an American public horticulturalist, historian and writer, who researches Black garden history and raises awareness of the subject through social media.

Career

Lee graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Ornamental Horticulture. She has worked in a number of horticultural roles, including: with the University of Georgia as a County Extension Agent for Fulton County; as Landscape Manager for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; as a horticulturalist at George Bush Intercontinental Airport; as a municipal arborist at City of Atlanta Department of Parks.

As of 2021, Lee worked as a freelance horticultural writer and lecturer, for institutions such as the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Centre, Temple University, Smithsonian Gardens, and others. Her work seeks to break down the barriers that prevent black people participating in horticulture. She does this through researching and highlighting the lives of Black women in horticulture, from antebellum history to the present day. Lee says that the "beautiful thing about Black garden history is that it can't be separated from Black history and it can't be separated from American history". She founded the social media platform Conquer the Soil, which raises horticultural awareness through Black garden history and current events.

Lee was selected a 2019-20 Longwood Gardens Fellow. As part of her fellowship she travelled to Château de Villandry where she researched lesser known histories of the garden, as well as supporting a curatorial project which compared the lives of Ann Coleman Carvallo at Château Villandry and Anne Spencer of Lynchburg. Her first book Conquer the Soil: Black America and the Untold Stories of Our Country's Gardeners, Farmers, and Growers is due to be published in 2022 by Indigo Books.

References

  1. Chase, Nan K. (2011-04-01). "Garden Notebook: Airport". Atlanta Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  2. ^ "Abra Lee Highlights the History of African-American Horticulturists". Growing Greener. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  3. Dinsmore, Lucy (2019-04-05). "Abra Lee: On Horticulture, Fashion, Leadership and Mentorship". womeninhort. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  4. ^ Falkenthal, Gayle Lynn (2021-02-04). "Planting Seeds During Black History Month". Good Earth Plants. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  5. "About". Conquer The Soil. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  6. Lee, Abra (2021-02-28). "The Influencers". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  7. "Gardens as Sources of Resilience". Smithsonian Gardens. Archived from the original on 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  8. ^ "Celebration of Women in Horticulture: Abra Lee | Ambler Campus". ambler.temple.edu. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  9. Forkner, Lorene Edwards (31 October 2020). "The Northwest Horticultural Society's online symposium offers an inclusive look at diversity and ecology". Archived from the original on 2020-11-01.
  10. "Breaking Ground: Pioneering Women in Botany & Public Horticulture • The National Wildlife Federation Blog". The National Wildlife Federation Blog. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  11. ^ Locher, LeAnn (2021-02-18). "The Culture of Gardening with Abra Lee: "The Work is in Our Hands"". Master Gardener (Statewide). Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  12. "Society of Fellows | Longwood Gardens". longwoodgardens.org. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  13. "Our Fellows Reflect | Longwood Gardens". longwoodgardens.org. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  14. "Conquer The Soil: Black America And The Untold Stories Of Our Country's Gardeners, Farmers, And Gro..." indigo.ca. Indigo Books & Music, Inc. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  15. Lee, Abra (2022-03-01). Conquer the Soil: Black America and the Untold Stories of Our Country's Gardeners, Farmers, and Growers. Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-64326-062-4.
  16. "Abra Lee - African-American horticulturalist and historian". Garden Masterclass. Retrieved 2021-04-14.

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