Sandy Baker began instructing and consulting on deer-proofing
gardens in the 1990s. The opportunity arose naturally through her leadership role in an education-focused wildlife organization where she became sensitive to people’s need for state-of-the-art
information.Sandy’s professional ( organization/board leaderships, presentation credentials) and personal (life-long organic gardener, past retail greenhouse/nursery owner) experience along with ongoing research opportunities keep her material fresh and current. She has co-authored several articles and authored the guidebook “How to Deer-Proof Your Garden in Five Easy Steps.”
In her capacity as consultant to the Humane Society of the United States, Sandy has presented deer-proofing seminars, educational programs and backyard consultations.
More about Sandy’s Work
Presenter/ConsultantBuffalo Environmental Law School International Symposium
Rochester Museum and Science Center: Living With Wildlife
Consultant to state arboretum
“How to Deer-Proof Your Garden” presentations
- Seminars: Maryland, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Wisonsin
- Garden Shows: Rochester GardenScape, Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show, Buffalo Home and Garden Show
- Buffalo Master Gardeners, Cornell Cooperative Extension
- Presidents, Upstate NY Chapter, Federation of Garden Clubs
- Numerous other garden clubs, public libraries, nature centers and town halls
How to Deer-Proof Your Garden in five Easy Steps © (2003)
S. Baker & R. Matwyshen, Seven Steps to Achieving a Genuine Public Consensus on an Emotional Issue: With Specific Examples of How Citizens’ Task Forces Have Sometimes Failed, 5 Buffalo Environmental Law Journal 410-419 (1998)
S. Baker & J. Fritsch, New Territory for Deer Management: Human Conflicts on the Suburban Frontier, 25 Wildlife Society Bulletin 404-407 (1997)
Wildlife Leadership
Consultant, Humane Society of the United States 2004-2009
President, Monroe County Alliance for Wildlife Protection 1992-Present
Representative, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation DMU 96 Task Force 1995, 1996
Board Member, Irondequoit Deer Action Committee 1991
Trustee, Helmer Nature Center 1987, 1988