Join author, historian, and horticulturist Abra Lee for a celebration of the extraordinary achievements of both well-known and ordinary African-American trailblazers and visionaries who have been at the heart of American horticulture, including several notable figures with Midwestern ties.
Abra Lee is the owner of Conquer the Soil, a community that celebrates horticulture beyond the world of plants. She has been an estate gardener, greenhouse assistant, municipal arborist, county extension agent, and landscape manager for two international airports. Lee is a graduate of Auburn University College of Agriculture and an alumnus of the Longwood Gardens Society of Fellows, a global network of public horticulture professionals.