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 MEETING

See ya' in the Fall!

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Green Webinar Series
Getting the Best of Pests
Next Quarter Schedule

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.

July 17
Dr. Rick Brandenburg, Dept. of Entomology, North Carolina State University; Topic: Dealing with Social Concerns in Urban Environments while Providing Excellent Insect Pest Management: It Is Possible and Dr. Jason Schmidt, Dept. of Entomology, University of Georgia; Topic: What's the Buzz About: Protecting Pollinators and Beneficial Enemies

More info here

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ARBORIST CERTIFICATION REVIEW COURSE

June 11-12, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Alpharetta City Hall, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta

sponsored by Georgia Urban Forest Council

Certified Arborists Susan Russell and Rob Swanson will help attendees prepare for the exam with 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.

$100 GUFC member, $115 non-members

SCHOLARSHIPS: The Georgia Forestry Commission is offering scholarships to cover the cost of registration for tree board members and tree care workers employed by a city, county, school or university who are not ISA-certified arborists. Click here to download a scholarship application.

Register here

CEU'S will be available for those taking the class as a refresher course.

LUNCH is included on both days.

Questions? Call 470-210-5900 or e-mail marylynne@gufc.org.

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PLANTING FOR POLLINATORS:
Conserving Native Pollinators in Towns and Cities
Saturday, June 22nd, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
sponsor - Xerces Society

Please join us to learn about bees and butterflies, and what you can do to provide the habitat they need in urban and suburban gardens and greenspaces.

This workshop will open a window into the fascinating world of North America’s native bees and butterflies, introduce you to what they need, and examine the threats that make the future daunting for them. You will learn about native bee and other insect natural history, their importance to our environment and food supply, and most importantly, the straightforward steps you can take to create lasting change in our urban landscapes to better support bees and other wildlife in your community.
cost - $25/person
advance registration required

more info here

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Lawrenceville Irrigation Training
Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
750 S. Perry Street, #400
Second Floor Conference Room
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
sponsors: Center for Urban Agriculture, GGIA, Hunter Irrigation
Cost: $45.00 per person
Click here for more information and registration

 

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

see them here

 

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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