Safe Lawns - Please Come

On behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society, Wildsight and the Pesticide Free Columbia Basin network, I am pleased to invite you to join us and special guest Paul Tukey, author of The Organic Lawn Care Manual and Executive Producer of the award-winning documentary A Chemical Reaction on his tour of the East Kootenay. Further details about events happening in your community are listed below.
Paul Tukey, of  http://safelawns.org/   is the author of the Organic Lawn Care Manual and is the Executive Producer of the award winning documentary A Chemical Reaction. Winner of the prestigious Horticultural Communicator of the Year Award from the American Horticultural Society, Mr. Tukey makes upwards of 100-120 appearances a year across North America. Lauded for his ability to turn a mundane subject — lawn care — into a rousing public discourse, he has been featured in thousands of media outlets from Good Morning America in the U.S., to the CBC in Canada, as well as National Geographic, Readers Digest and the New York Times, which called him “The godfather of the natural lawn care movement.”

Monday April 18 in the Elk Valley


At 3:00 pm in Fernie join a public workshop with organic lawn care expert Paul Tukey on how to have a healthy and pesticide-free lawn and at the Fernie Aquatic Centre in the multi-purpose room. This workshop will provide you with tips, strategies, resources and tools as we learn together about how we can have beautiful, and healthy, lawns and gardens while protecting ourselves from the health and environmental risks of non-essential pesticides.

At 7:00 pm, ‘A Chemical Reaction’ community film screening will be held at the Sparwood Curling Club Lounge. Admission by donation. Film to be followed by a discussion and Q&A with Paul Tukey.

Tuesday April 19 in the Columbia Valley


1:00 pm – in Golden, join a public workshop at the Kicking Horse River Lodge with organic lawn care expert Paul Tukey on how to have a healthy and pesticide-free lawn and garden. This workshop will provide you with tips, strategies, resources and tools as we learn together about how we can have beautiful, and healthy, lawns and gardens while protecting ourselves from the health and environmental risks of non-essential pesticides.

At 6:30 pm, join the Invermere Lawn & Garden Kick-Off at the Lions Hall at the Crossroads where 'A Chemical Reaction' film screening will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with Paul Tukey. Admission by donation.

Wednesday April 20 in Kimberley
 At Centre 64 in Kimberley, join the Lawn & Garden Hoe Down where Paul Tukey will be providing a series of How To Lawn and Garden workshops offered at 2:30 pm, 4:30 pm and 7:00 pm. This event will include simultaneous community screenings of A Chemical Reaction at these times. Join us for a workshop, the film or both! Please note for the Kimberley Lawn and Garden Hoe Down you do need to pre-register for the workshop time of your choice. Please register by providing your name and phone number to kimcran@wildsight.ca or to 250 427-2535. For more information: http://www.wildsight.ca/events/kimberley-garden-hoe-down

Thursday April 21 in Cranbrook
At 7:00 pm at the College of the Rockies Lecture Theatre, join us for a community screening of the award-winning documentary ‘A Chemical Reaction’ followed by a discussion and Q&A with special guest Paul Tukey. Admission by donation.

You may wish to watch some of these videos:
http://safelawns.org/video.cfm

For more information:
Patti Moore
Health Promotion Coordinator
Canadian Cancer Society, Southern Interior Region
Tel: (250)-426-8916 Fax: (250)-426-3947
Toll-Free: 1-800-656-6426
pmoore@bc.cancer.ca
http://www.cancer.ca/