Please contact any Board member or send us an e-mail with your suggestions for the association or this website!

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WGGA MEETINGS

Meetings will start again in Fall.
Have a great season!

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GUFC Second Quarterly Program:
The Natural History of Georgia Forests and the Relationship to Community Trees
Wednesday, April 25, 10am-2pm
Rome E.C.O. Center
393 Riverside Parkway Northeast, Rome, GA 30161
Dr. Martin Cipollini of Berry College discusses the "Natural History of Georgia Forests and its Relationship to Community trees, and well as his research on the American chestnut and the Mountain longleaf pine. Arborist and horticulturist Rick Barnes will lead us on "A Trail of Trees to Georgia’s History," a retrospective of the trees that defined Georgia’s past, including information about historic uses of trees. Dr. Allison Bailey, Associate Professor at the Institute for Environmental & Spatial Analysis at the University of North Georgia will speak on "Web-based and Mobile GIS Applications used for Crowd-sourcing and Citizen Science in Urban Forestry,"
2.75 ISA CEU's and 1 SAF Forestry hours available
More info here

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Master Gardener Plant Sales

Douglas County
Saturday, May 5, 8a.m. - 1p.m.
Master Gardener’s greenhouse, adjacent to the
Woodie Fite Senior Center at 8750 Dorris Road in Douglasville, 30134
There will be a large variety of perennials, shrubs, annuals, herbs, and vegetables--many ‘old favorites’ and some ‘hard to find’ plants.
Proceeds benefit a variety of causes throughout Douglas County including the group’s garden for ‘Feed the Hungry’.

Paulding County
Saturday, May 5, 8am - 1pm
Paulding County Extension Office, 530 West Memorial Drive, Dallas
A variety of vegetables, perennial and annual flowers, house plants, herbs, shrubs and trees will be available along with gently used gardening items from Second Hand Rose.

Carroll County
Saturday, May 12, 9am-1pm
Carroll County Ag Center, 900 Newnan Road, Carrollton
Annuals, Sunny Perennials, Shady Perennials, Vegetable Plants, Native Plants, Shrubs and Trees, and more. Thousands of plants to choose from.
Come early as some selections sell out quickly.
Cash, Check or Card
Master Gardener Volunteers will be available to assist with questions.

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THANK YOU!

Video recap of the multi-year
Military Honor Garden project
now available here

thanks to Chan Weeks,
Executive Director, Keep Douglasville Beautiful

These fine WGGA companies/organizations
have contributed to the
Military Honor Garden project in 2017!

Douglasville Ace Hardware*Southern States
Alternative Environments*Reslawn
McPlants*Barnett Irrigation
W & W Lawn Care*Accent Nursery
Keep Douglasville Beautiful*UGA DC Extension
UGA DC Master Gardener Extension Volunteers
Well Done Lawns and Landscaping
Black Rock Property Service , Inc.
NG Turf

 

Find a pro!
WGGA members are listed here

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Proud sponsor of WGGA

 

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USDA/NRCS
ONLINE SOIL SURVEY
free, detailed soil info
down to lot!
Updated-November 2017

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Latest Research Findings from

Diagnosing Nutrient Deficiencies
in Ornamental Plants
By Dr. Geoffrey C. Denny, Assistant Extension Professor, and Dr. Karl K. Crouse, Associate Extension
Professor, Plant and Soil Sciences Department.(MSU)

Relative Effectiveness of Various Chemicals for Disease Control in Woody Ornamentals
by Extension Plant Pathologists Kelly Ivors (NCSU), Jean Williams-Woodward (UGA), and Alan Windham (UTenn)

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A guide to native wildflowers, ferns, shrubs, trees and vines for gardens in the State of Georgia

By Douglasvillian (?)
Betty Benson
more info here

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Africanized Honey Bee
Now in Georgia!

(photo Utah CES)
UGA CES info here
Run, don't swat.
Be safe, but remember honeybees pollinate about 30% of our food!
Don't harm the good ones!

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Bulldog Bytes
Disposing of Pesticides
right here

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Great info from Mary Carol Sheffield, CES, on garden and lawn diseases
right here

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Trees Eat Pollution Better Than Expected
research from the National Center for Atmospheric Research
published in the Oct. 21, 2010 issue of Science Express
summary here

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Recorded webinar (March, 2015) from extension.org (national) here.
Thorough discussion of behavior and biology and use of baits and contact kill insecticides. Runs about 60 minutes.

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Georgia Gold Medal Plants
plant a winner!

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Plant Classic City Award Winners
and dazzle your clients!

2012 - 2016 Winners here

Classic City Awards
from UGA Trial Gardens
The Classic City awards are based on garden performance over the entire season in the Gardens at UGA, where spring is glorious, and summers are hot, often dry, and rather miserable.

from The UGA Trial Garden's Blog
see what's selected as the best of the best

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Georgia Forestry Commission recently held three workshops in Gainesville, Marietta and Mansfield to help communities develop a personalized Community Forest Storm Mitigation Plan that focuses specifically on trees and ways to avoid or mitigate the damage they cause during a storm or other catastrophic event. Community Forest Storm Mitigation plans serve as a guide for assessing current storm readiness, for creating a summary of your community's current forest management program and as a storm mitigation checklist. Presentations from the workshops are available and Georgia Forestry Commission staff are available to assist your community.

A Community Forest Storm Mitigation PlanningWorkbook and Template are available here

PowerPoint presentations are available here.

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eLearn Urban Forestry
The Office of the Southern Regional Extension Forester, the USDA FS Region 8--Urban and Community Forestry Program along with the Southern Group of State Foresters have partnered to design, develop and implement a state-of-the-art online, distance-learning program geared specifically toward beginning urban foresters and those allied professionals working in and around urban and urbanizing landscapes

To access the modules for International Society of Arboriculture and Society of American Foresters credit, please visit cfegroup.org.
To access the modules for free, please visit elearn.sref.info.
To access the modules for volunteer credit or a certificate of completion, visit campus.extension.org and look for the eLearn Urban Forestry--Citizen Forester course.
For more specific information, please contact Sarah Ashton, Educational Program Coordinator, Southern Regional Extension Forestry at sashton@sref.info.

 

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Thank you everyone who participated in 2016!

MILITARY HONOR GARDEN
HUNTER PARK, DOUGLASVILLE
Friday. December 9, 2016