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Pam Buckman is the Special Projects Supervisor in the Horticulture Department of Audubon Park and Zoo. She is responsible for the management and supervision of volunteers in horticulture as well as the development and management of horticulture therapy programming on and off site. Buckman has her Masters in Social Work from Tulane University and completed the Master Gardener Program of the LSU Agriculture Center. She has also completed a Certificate Program in Horticulture Therapy Studies through Colorado State University and the Denver Botanic Garden. Buckman, a licensed social worker, has previously worked in the criminal justice system in the Orleans Parish Prison and New Orleans Police Department Child Abuse Section, event planning, fund-raising, work in weight management/ eating. Her background led her to realize a need for horticulture/gardening as a rehabilitative therapeutic activity.
