Sat 5/16 @ 10:30AM

When you mention farmers, people often think of some white man in the rural midwest. But of course, the history of agriculture and horticulture includes people of all types and even predated the arrival of white people in America. Horticulturalist/writer Abra Lee has made a specialty of uncovering sharing the story of Black growers in the U.S. She’s worked for a variety of institutions and government agencies — she’s current the director of horticulture at Atlanta, Georgia’s Historic Oakland Cemetery, one of the odlest and largest such spaces in Atlanta. And she has a new book in the pipeline, with the self-explanatory title Conquer the Soil: Black America and the Untold Stories of Our Country’s Gardeners, Farmers, and Growers, sharing the contributions of black gardeners and farmer.

She will be speaking at the Cleveland Botanical Garden on Saturday May 16 on “Love Stories of Black History & Horticulture,” She’ll talk about the traditions and skills that have been passed down through the years and how they shape horticulture on the U.S. today.

To get tickets to the program, go here.

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