LANCASTER GARDEN CLUB PRESENTS
PETS AND PLANTS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 7PM
LANCASTER COMMUNITY CENTER, 695 Main St Suite 7
(Behind the Library and War Memorials), LANCASTER, MA.
Free for members $5 for non-members
Pets and Plants: Whether your pet is a cat, dog, chicken, or "other," your pet has the potential to be exposed to your plants indoors, outdoors, or both. There are many sources of information about plant toxicity but they can often conflict with each other. This presentation will help you to understand what "toxic" and "poisonous" mean to your pets and will provide you with a method to evaluate the pet, the plant, and as horticultural practices to assess how much risk is involved in each situation.
April Daley - Before completing the Massachusetts Master Gardener training course in 2009, April was a veterinary nurse for 25 years. Working in mostly small animal hospitals, April worked for 10 years in Emergency and Critical Care and also has worked as a Wildlife Rehabilitator and in exotic animal medicine. She currently lives and gardens on an acre+ in Upton with a small flock of chickens, one beehive, and two rescue dogs.
Since becoming a Master Gardener, April served for six years on the board of the MMGA including terms as Education Coordinator and President. She has an Advanced Master Gardener Certificate in Weed Ecology awarded in conjunction with the University of Massachusetts and recently trained and volunteers with Worcester Tree Initiative as a Master Tree Steward.
April’s work experience also includes Keeper of the Bressingham Garden and Education Coordinator for Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Volunteer Coordinator and Environmental Educator for Mass Audubon Society, and lead gardener in a fine garden maintenance business. April currently works doing fine garden maintenance and is active in the MMGA as a student mentor, doing gardening and outreach and speaking on Weed Ecology, Keeping Bees, and Pets and Plants.
THIS LECTURE IS RESCHEDULED FROM LAST JANUARY.
