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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!)
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
Please contact any Board member or send
us an e-mail with your suggestions for the association or this website!
WGGA
MEETING
November 21, 5:30-8:30pm
Hunter
Park – Ike Owens Community Center
8830 Gurley Road, Douglasville GA 30134
Chainsaw
Safety
Speaker: Heather Kolich, UGA Extension, Forsyth County
OSHA-funded * ISA CEU available
Dinner
Provided by & Sponsor:
Marty Mahoney & BlackRock Property Services, Inc.
Please
RSVP by 11/14/2019 at 12:00 pm to
westgeorgiagreen@gmail.com
Georgia
Sod Producers Field Day
November 5 & 6
Friday reception: Super-Sod Turf Farm, Fort Valley, GA 31030
Saturday's program: Fort Valley State Agricultural Technology Conference
Center
more
info and registration here
GEORGIA
TREE CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW 2019
November 7-8
Atlanta Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort
4021 Lakeview Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083
Sponsor:
TREES
AND EQUITY, COMMUNITY COLLABORATION, AND BUILDING THE FUTURE WORKFORCE
Don't miss our annual state-wide education event that features keynote
talks, breakout sessions, tours and activities, our annual awards luncheon,
and a trade show.
read
more here (agenda, lodging, CEUs, and more) - registration is open!
Green
Industry Update
Wednesday,
November 12, 2019 9:30
a.m. - 3:30 p.m
North Fulton Government Service Center,
7741 Roswell Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30350
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Registration & Refreshments
10 - 11 a.m. Turf & Disease Management - Dr. Clint Waltz, UGA Crop
& Soil Sciences
11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Turf Pest Management - Dr. Shimat Joseph, UGA Entomology
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Hands-on Irrigation Workshop
more info & registration here
Green
Webinar Series
Getting the Best of Pests
The UGA Center for Urban Ag has a great webinar schedule lined up for
this year! You can see the topics and dates below and mark your calendar
now. Pesticide CEUs are available for each webinar. To register for
webinars,
visit
the online registration site.
November
13
Dr. Mussie Habteselassie, Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences, University
of Georgia; Topic: The Role of Biostimulants in Sustainable Management
of Turf and Dr. Frank Hale, Dept. of Entomology, University of Tennessee;
Topic: Preparing for Pest Control in the Winter and Spring
The
UGA Center for Urban Ag has a great webinar schedule lined up for this
year! You can see the topics and dates below and mark your calendar
now. Pesticide CEUs are available for each webinar.
For full schedule and to register for webinars, visit
the online registration site.
Arborist
Certification Review
December 3-4, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
58 East Main Street, Suite B, Statesboro, GA 30458
lectures
and hands-on demonstrations covering Tree Biology, Tree Identification,
Soil Science, Water Management, Tree Nutrition and Fertilization, Tree
Selection, Installation and Establishment, Pruning, Tree Support and
Lightning Protection, Diagnosis and Plant Disorders, Plant Health Care,
Tree Assessment and Risk Management, Trees and Construction, Urban Forestry,
Tree Worker Safety, and Climbing & Working in Trees.
STUDY GUIDE: Attendees should read through the ISA Arborist Certification
Study Guide (not included) to prepare for the review and the exam. The
Arborist Certification Study Guide is available at www.isa-arbor.com
and www.amazon.com. An ISA Certified Arborist exam will be scheduled
approximately one month after the review course for those wanting to
take it. Attendees will be responsible for completing their own application
for the exam.
REGISTRATION:
$100, Georgia Tree Council members:$115, non-members
includes lunch
Questions? Call 470-210-5900 or e-mail marylynne@gatreecouncil.org
more info and registration 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
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.