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What started as a way to reconnect with his past has led Abraham James to connect with his Central Phoenix community in ways he never imagined. Abraham James in his garden. Photo by Yuri Artibise. James started gardening in a small corner of his back yard about four years ago as a way to reconnect with his Southern roots. He grew up surrounded by gardens and tended one of his own as a teenager growing up in rural Georgia.

He moved to Phoenix in , and purchased his home in He has lived there since, except for a two-year stint to attend graduate school in Los Angeles. During his time in Phoenix, James has worked on many architectural projects throughout the Valley, including Amsterdam and Crowbar in the Downtown Phoenix core. About four years ago, his mind turned back to his youth and his family gardens.

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Despite being thousands of miles from Georgia, James looked around his yard and saw the potential to plant a garden like the ones he had growing up. He found that his home was ideally situated for a garden. Its western exposure and plenty of neighboring trees help to mitigate the summer heat.