Steve del Vecchio discusses his lifelong career as a gardener in the Charlotte area and his identity as a gay man since his family moved to the city in the 1950s. Topics discussed include the different clients Mr. del Vecchio worked for including Elizabeth Lawrence and Elizabeth Clarkson (whose properties on Ridgewood Ave in Myers Park, the Elizabeth Lawrence House & Garden and Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary, are historic and open to the public); Mr. del Vecchio's relationship with Robert "Jake" Freese, owner and publisher of the queer journal, Charlotte Free Press; his own contributions to the paper as a horticultural columnist; his experience and participation in the growing queer community of mid-twentieth Charlotte.