Shandon
Anderson.
2006
The Court.
Before the soil, there was the hardwood. Shandon Anderson is an NBA veteran — drafted in 1996, suiting up for the Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets, New York Knicks, and Miami Heat, where he won an NBA Championship in 2006.
He earned his B.A. in Sociology from the University of Georgia — a degree that quietly shaped how he sees community, neighborhoods, and the food that holds them together.
The Kitchen.
After basketball, Shandon opened DrinkArt in Atlanta — a vegan Thai restaurant that became a quiet cult favorite. There he learned that flavor is a love language, and that plant-based food, done right, doesn't ask for apology.
That kitchen is where Royal Palms Pepper Estates, the cooking classes, and the farm-to-table philosophy of Rerooted were first seasoned.
The Farm.
Today, Shandon is rooted in Fort Myers, Florida — a Lee County Master Gardener, coach at Dunbar High School, and the founder of Rerooted Farm. He grows premium peppers, teaches gardening and vegan Thai cooking, and builds raised-bed gardens for the people who built him.
This is the third chapter — and arguably the truest one.
For Jackie Mack.
The Jackie Mack Garden Association is named for Shandon's godmother — a teacher, a gardener, and the woman who first showed him that food grown with love tastes different. The programme builds raised-bed gardens for retired teachers in the Dunbar community.
Learn about the programme"Grow where you're planted. Cook what you grow. Feed who's around you. The rest is just soil and time."