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promoting the professional and ethical business practices of our members; developing public awareness of the value of the professional landscape industries and the environment; and education and networking.

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2019 Winners Just Announced

**Classic City Awards 2019**
from UGA Trial Gardens
check 'em out here
2018 winners here

**Best of the Best 2019**
from UGA Trial Gardens
check these out here
2018 winners here

Check these out!
Getting the Best of Pests webinars from UGA and The Center for Urban Agriculture.
Schedule and archives
here

from NOAA (01/05/2018)

Assessing the U.S. Climate in 2017: 2017 was the third warmest year on record for the United States
(GA had it's warmest year in history!)

full report here

CANR issued an alert for
Crapemyrtle Bark Scale
... a relatively new insect on crapemyrtles (Lagerstroemia) across the Southeast. The insect, which is from Asia, was first noticed in a north Dallas, Texas, suburb in 2004. By 2014, the insect had been reported in nine states.
(including TX, MS, TN)

more info here

Boxwood Blight FOUND IN GA
(Cylindrocladium buxicola = Cylindrocladium pseudonaviculatum)

Read UGACES Disease Alert here
29 June 2014

Before you install boxwoods, check out the results of NCStateCES research (2012) on which varieties are least (B. microphylla var. japonica ‘Green Beauty’) and most (B. sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa’) susceptible.
More info here

NEW UGA PUBLICATION

Management of Insect Pests in and Around the Home
FREE PDF HERE

Tree Talks from GUFC

no longer being published, but the archives are available

Summer 2018 issue here

Spring 2018 issue here

Winter 2018 issue here

Spring 2017 issue here

Winter 2017 Issue here

Fall, 2016 Issue here

Summer, 2016 issue here

Spring, 2016 issue here

Winter, 2016 issue here

Fall, 2015 issue here

Summer, 2015 issue here

Spring, 2015 issue here

Winter, 2015 issue here

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

WGGA MEETING

next meeting will be posted soon - please check back

UGA Survey About Plastic Use and Disposal

(This is part of a) ...research project inspired by the desire to help the environment by reducing the solid waste volume discarded at landfills and is a continuation of earlier research conducted by organizers at the University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The project is supported by the Georgia Green Industry Association (GGIA) and the Urban Agriculture Council (UAC) of Georgia. You may be receiving a message with the link to the survey from one of those organizations as well and we apologize for possible multiple ways of contacting you. We only ask you to complete the questionnaire once.

Please take the survey here

2020 WINTER TRADE SHOWS

SNA Conference
6-7 January 2020
Baltimore, MD
more info here

MANTS
8-10 January 2020
Baltimore, MD
more info here

Gulf States
15-17 January 2020
Mobile, AL
more info here

WinterGreen
GGIA
20-23 January 2020
Duluth, GA
more info here

SC Green
21-22 January 2020
Columbia, SC
more info here

From UAC
presentations from November 5, 2018 dinner
Industry Disrupters: Technology, Automation, and What’s Next

see them here

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

Proud sponsor of WGGA

******
Updated-September 2019

USDA/NRCS
ONLINE SOIL SURVEY
free, detailed soil info
down to lot!
******

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)

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

By Douglasvillian (?)
Betty Benson
more info here

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!

Bulldog Bytes
Disposing of Pesticides
right here

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

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

Got 45 minutes?
checkout UGA Urban Ag webinars
The complete archive is available here

Fire Ant Control

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.

Georgia Gold Medal Plants
plant a winner!

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

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.

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.

UGA Publications of Interest
(courtesy Willie O. Chance, UGA-UrbanAg)

Weed Control in Liriope & Mondo

Controlling Poison Ivy in the Landscape

Winter Protection of Ornamental Plants
(what not to do late Summer/early Fall)

Uso de Herbicidas de Preemergencia para Digitaria y Otras Malezas Anuales de Verano

Control de Poa annua en Céspedes Comerciales no Residenciales de Georgia

Soil Preparation and Planting Procedures for Ornamental Plants in the Landscape
available here

UGA publications offer a wide variety of professionally targeted, as well as homeowner interest, publications. Some are free, some have a small cost. All are written by UGA Cooperative Extension and CAES or FCS research faculty and all are full of the latest scientific info on many topics of interest to green pros. More info is right here.

West Georgia Beekeepers meet
4th Monday of each month
6:30pm
Douglas Co. Extension Office
6279 Fairburn Rd

SHADE
GUFC magazine

*Hot Off the Press*

no longer being published, but the archives are available
2018 issue here

2017 Issue here

2016 issue available here

2015 issue available here

Urban Forests
Improve the Quality of Life

NEW UGA REPORT
Economic Contribution of Turfgrass Production,
Ornamental Horticulture, Landscape Services, and
Related Industry in the Georgia Economy, 2010
read it here

Proud WGGA Sponsor

Community Supported Agriculture
LOCAL FARMS
FRESH PRODUCE
CHOCOLATE
JAMS&JELLIES
MORE&MORE&MORE
fine one near you here!

WGGA is a proud member of the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce

Thank you everyone who participated in 2016!

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

Keep Douglasville Beautiful is proud to introduce the Douglasville Military Honor Garden. Created as a place to celebrate the honor and courage that members of the Douglasville community have made in the service of our country, the Military Honor Garden will welcome visitors to a place of beauty and who wish to pay tribute to the brave military men, women, and families who sacrifice for our freedoms.

The garden has been conceived as a beautiful public space, built with the support of citizens, service organizations, and businesses in our community for the benefit of the community. Memorial trees, garden spaces, markers, and benches will be placed throughout the garden to create a vibrant, social space to enjoy and inspire.

More info here

Thank you to the following WGGA Members for your help on
the 2011 Freedom Island project!
McPlants, Douglasville Ace Hardware, Alternative Environments, Wynn's Intensive Lawn Care, Black Rock Landscaping, Keen Edge Lawn Care, Douglas County Extension Office, Accent Nursery & Landscaping, Chip's Lawn Care, Hydro Irrigation, John Deere Landscapes, NGTurf, Triple Creek Flower Farm, Well Done Lawn & Landscaping, Mood Swings

WGGA on YouTube!
Freedom Island Renovation
courtesy DouglasvilleCITITV

Get the landscape plan right here

Your donation of professional time, equipment, and material is greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your support!
Craig McManus-Chan Weeks-Kevin Livingston

Wanna be famous?

Write an article for the WGGA website!
Preferably something educational - how you solved a problem that might be seen by another member, or something unusual you tried and what happened (failures are as educational as successes!) - or hints for homeowners (how to prune, different turfgrasses, what's a weed) - or something interesting - or something intriguing - or funny - or -

You and your company will be given full credit and we'll show your logo and phone number very large.
Right here on the first page!

Please e-mail them here.
Photos are good.
(Please identify any people and give a date and city location.)

Please note all will be reviewed before publication and may be edited.

Problems? Questions? Please contact webmaster.

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	The WEST GEORGIA GREEN ASSOCIATION is dedicated to promoting the professional and ethical business practices of our members; developing public awareness of the value of the professional landscape industries and the environment; and education and networking.
click above for more weather 2019 Winners Just Announced *Classic City Awards 2019* from UGA Trial Gardens check 'em out here 2018 winners here Best of the Best 2019** from UGA Trial Gardens check these out here 2018 winners here Check these out! Getting the Best of Pests webinars from UGA and The Center for Urban Agriculture. Schedule and archives here from NOAA (01/05/2018) Assessing the U.S. Climate in 2017: 2017 was the third warmest year on record for the United States (GA had it's warmest year in history!) full report here CANR issued an alert for Crapemyrtle Bark Scale ... a relatively new insect on crapemyrtles (Lagerstroemia) across the Southeast. The insect, which is from Asia, was first noticed in a north Dallas, Texas, suburb in 2004. By 2014, the insect had been reported in nine states. (including TX, MS, TN) more info here Boxwood Blight FOUND IN GA (Cylindrocladium buxicola = Cylindrocladium pseudonaviculatum) Read UGACES Disease Alert here 29 June 2014 Before you install boxwoods, check out the results of NCStateCES research (2012) on which varieties are least (B. microphylla var. japonica ‘Green Beauty’) and most (B. sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa’) susceptible. More info here NEW UGA PUBLICATION Management of Insect Pests in and Around the Home FREE PDF HERE Tree Talks from GUFC no longer being published, but the archives are available Summer 2018 issue here Spring 2018 issue here Winter 2018 issue here Spring 2017 issue here Winter 2017 Issue here Fall, 2016 Issue here Summer, 2016 issue here Spring, 2016 issue here Winter, 2016 issue here Fall, 2015 issue here Summer, 2015 issue here Spring, 2015 issue here Winter, 2015 issue here	*Please contact any Board member or send us an e-mail with your suggestions for the association or this website!* WGGA MEETING next meeting will be posted soon - please check back UGA Survey About Plastic Use and Disposal (This is part of a) ...research project inspired by the desire to help the environment by reducing the solid waste volume discarded at landfills and is a continuation of earlier research conducted by organizers at the University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The project is supported by the Georgia Green Industry Association (GGIA) and the Urban Agriculture Council (UAC) of Georgia. You may be receiving a message with the link to the survey from one of those organizations as well and we apologize for possible multiple ways of contacting you. We only ask you to complete the questionnaire once. Please take the survey here 2020 WINTER TRADE SHOWS SNA Conference 6-7 January 2020 Baltimore, MD more info here MANTS 8-10 January 2020 Baltimore, MD more info here Gulf States 15-17 January 2020 Mobile, AL more info here WinterGreen GGIA 20-23 January 2020 Duluth, GA more info here SC Green 21-22 January 2020 Columbia, SC more info here From UAC presentations from November 5, 2018 dinner Industry Disrupters: Technology, Automation, and What’s Next see them here 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 HardwareSouthern States Alternative EnvironmentsReslawn McPlantsBarnett Irrigation W & W Lawn CareAccent 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 Proud sponsor of WGGA **** Updated-September 2019 USDA/NRCS ONLINE SOIL SURVEY free, detailed soil info down to lot! ** 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) A guide to native wildflowers, ferns, shrubs, trees and vines for gardens in the State of Georgia** By Douglasvillian (?) Betty Benson more info here 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! Bulldog Bytes Disposing of Pesticides right here Great info from Mary Carol Sheffield, CES, on garden and lawn diseases right here 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 Got 45 minutes? checkout UGA Urban Ag webinars The complete archive is available here Fire Ant Control 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. *Georgia Gold Medal Plants* plant a winner! 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 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. 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.
UGA Publications of Interest (courtesy Willie O. Chance, UGA-UrbanAg) Weed Control in Liriope & Mondo Controlling Poison Ivy in the Landscape Winter Protection of Ornamental Plants (what not to do late Summer/early Fall) Uso de Herbicidas de Preemergencia para Digitaria y Otras Malezas Anuales de Verano Control de Poa annua en Céspedes Comerciales no Residenciales de Georgia Soil Preparation and Planting Procedures for Ornamental Plants in the Landscape available here UGA publications offer a wide variety of professionally targeted, as well as homeowner interest, publications. Some are free, some have a small cost. All are written by UGA Cooperative Extension and CAES or FCS research faculty and all are full of the latest scientific info on many topics of interest to green pros. More info is right here. West Georgia Beekeepers meet 4th Monday of each month 6:30pm Douglas Co. Extension Office 6279 Fairburn Rd SHADE GUFC magazine *Hot Off the Press* no longer being published, but the archives are available 2018 issue here 2017 Issue here 2016 issue available here 2015 issue available here Urban Forests Improve the Quality of Life NEW UGA REPORT Economic Contribution of Turfgrass Production, Ornamental Horticulture, Landscape Services, and Related Industry in the Georgia Economy, 2010 read it here Proud WGGA Sponsor Community Supported Agriculture LOCAL FARMS FRESH PRODUCE CHOCOLATE JAMS&JELLIES MORE&MORE&MORE fine one near you here! WGGA is a proud member of the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce	*Thank you everyone who participated in 2016!* MILITARY HONOR GARDEN HUNTER PARK, DOUGLASVILLE Friday. December 9, 2016 Keep Douglasville Beautiful is proud to introduce the Douglasville Military Honor Garden. Created as a place to celebrate the honor and courage that members of the Douglasville community have made in the service of our country, the Military Honor Garden will welcome visitors to a place of beauty and who wish to pay tribute to the brave military men, women, and families who sacrifice for our freedoms. The garden has been conceived as a beautiful public space, built with the support of citizens, service organizations, and businesses in our community for the benefit of the community. Memorial trees, garden spaces, markers, and benches will be placed throughout the garden to create a vibrant, social space to enjoy and inspire. More info here Thank you to the following WGGA Members for your help on the 2011 Freedom Island project! McPlants, Douglasville Ace Hardware, Alternative Environments, Wynn's Intensive Lawn Care, Black Rock Landscaping, Keen Edge Lawn Care, Douglas County Extension Office, Accent Nursery & Landscaping, Chip's Lawn Care, Hydro Irrigation, John Deere Landscapes, NGTurf, Triple Creek Flower Farm, Well Done Lawn & Landscaping, Mood Swings WGGA on YouTube! Freedom Island Renovation courtesy DouglasvilleCITITV Get the landscape plan right here Your donation of professional time, equipment, and material is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support! Craig McManus-Chan Weeks-Kevin Livingston *Wanna be famous?* Write an article for the WGGA website! Preferably something educational - how you solved a problem that might be seen by another member, or something unusual you tried and what happened (failures are as educational as successes!) - or hints for homeowners (how to prune, different turfgrasses, what's a weed) - or something interesting - or something intriguing - or funny - or - You and your company will be given full credit and we'll show your logo and phone number very large. Right here on the first page! Please e-mail them here. Photos are good. (Please identify any people and give a date and city location.) Please note all will be reviewed before publication and may be edited.

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