Abra Lee

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 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 was selected a 2019-20 Longwood Gardens Fellow. 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.