Patrick Carr’s Legacy of Lilies

More than 200 cannas gifted to Queen Villagers.

Former Queen Village resident, Patrick Carr loved canna lilies. A self-taught organic gardener, Pat grew hundreds of cannas—the summer-blooming lily that grows from a bulb to a six-foot flower in a few short months. More than 200 of Pat’s towering flower bulbs were given to QVNA to share with neighbors. The gift came from Pat’s wife, Maria Kefalas, in memory of her husband who passed in April.

The canna lily bulbs were shared with Queen Village neighbors in May as part of QVNA’s #FreeFlowersR4U program, in which the cana lilies and 300 additional flowering perennials were given away free to residents.

A sociology scholar, Pat loved talking to kids in the streets of Philadelphia to gain real-world insight to fuel his writing. A Philadelphia Inquirer article article about Pat and his life’s many contributions is at https://bit.ly/PatrickCarr-Inquirer2020. ■