Full Name
Abra Lee
Job Title
garden historian and author
Company
Conquer the Soil
Speaker Bio
Abra Lee is an American public horticulturalist, historian, and writer, who researches Black garden history and raises awareness of the subject through social media and her upcoming book "Conquer the Soil: Black America and Untold Stories of Country's Gardeners, Farmers and Growers." Abra currently serves as the Director of Horticulture at Historic Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. You can find her words greeting audiences at the 2026 joint USBG-Smithsonian Gardens orchid exhibit at the National Museum of African American Museum of History and Culture.
Abra Lee