Abra Lee

Abra Lee is a national
speaker, writer, and owner of Conquer the Soil a platform that combines Black
garden history and pop culture to raise awareness of horticulture. She has
spent time in the dirt as a municipal arborist, extension agen, airport
landscape manager, and more. Lee is a graduate of Auburn University and alumna
of the Longwood Gardens Society of Fellows, a global network of public
horticulture professionals. Her work has been published in the New York Times and she is the author of the forthcoming book Conquer the Soil: Black America and the Untold Stories of Our Country's Gardeners, Farmers, and Growers (Timber Press, 2022)