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!
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!

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HEAT SAFETY TIPS
FROM NOAA
https://www.weather.gov/safety/heat

for work and home

 

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Trees as Green Stormwater Infrastructure
August 27, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Rainwater Conference Center, Valdosta
presented by
Trees and the urban forest intercept rainfall and act as natural controls for stormwater volume. certified arborist Charlie Marcus of Legacy Arborist Services in Tallahassee, Florida will lay the foundation on why and how trees and vegetation work as natural stormwater management. Jenny Gulick of Urban Canopy Works in Union, Kentucky will update us on tools and resources for implementing green stormwater infrastructure into communities, and environmental horticulturist Mary Ann Uhlmann of Marietta will report on community case studies that show great success in using urban forest systems to manage stormwater. Lunch is included. This program is supported in part by Legacy Arborist Services.
CEUs:
Water Professionals, Landscape Architects, Engineers, and others will receive a Certificate of Professional Development (3 hours) for their continuing education hours records.
Certified Arborists: 3 ISA Arborist, Municipal Arborist, and BCMA Management CEUs will be available.
Registered Foresters: 2.5 Category 1 CFE hours from Society of American Foresters will be available.

More info and registration at
https://gatreecouncil.org/news-events/event-calendar.html/event/2019/08/27/trees-as-green-stormwater-infrastructure/249575

 

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Arborist Certification Review Course
October 8-9
City of Madison Public Safety Building Meeting Hall,
150 N. Main Street, Suite 400, Madison, GA 30650

Sponsor:

Presenters: Certified Arborists Susan Russell and Rob Swanson
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.

REGISTRATION FEE: $100 GUFC members; $115 non-members (Lunch and refreshments provided on both days.)

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 on the ISA website and on Amazon.

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. Download scholarship form here. Scholarship application must be approved by the Georgia Forestry Commission before registering for the class.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS: CEUs will be available for those taking the class as a refresher course.

OPTIONAL EXAM: An ISA Certified Arborist exam will be scheduled approximately one month after the review course for those wishing to take it then. Attendees will be responsible for completing their own application for the exam.
Questions? Call Mary Lynne Beckley at 470-210-5900 or e-mail her at marylynne@gatreecouncil.org

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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.
For full schedule and to register for webinars, visit the online registration site.

More info here

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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