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A crowd browses the Trial Gardens at UGA at an industry open house earlier this summer. The gardens are expected to be in full bloom for the public open house on July 9. CAES News
The Trial Gardens at UGA 06/09/14 Merritt Melancon
Over the last three decades the Trial Gardens at UGA have introduced home gardeners and landscape designers to thousands of new plant varieties. The public will have the chance to get a first look at this year’s new varieties and some tried and true Georgia favorites at the gardens’ annual public house on July 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
UGA-licensed TifGrand installed at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil — one of three World Cup stadiums to use the turf this year. TifGrand was bred by UGA/USDA-ARS plant breeder Wayne Hanna and UGA Entomologist Kris Braman. CAES News
World Cup Turf 06/06/14 Merritt Melancon
When the world’s best soccer players make their way onto the world stage next week, chances are they’ll once again be playing on a University of Georgia-bred turfgrass.
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Planting for Drought Tolerance 05/29/14 Merritt Melancon
While Georgia is not currently experiencing drought conditions, it still makes good environmental sense to select drought-tolerant larger shrubs as the cornerstones of your landscape design.
Dario Chavez, the University of Georgia's new peach specialist, holds a few of the first crop of 2014 Georgia peaches. CAES News
Peach Specialist 05/28/14 Sharon Dowdy
As the University of Georgia’s new peach specialist, Dario Chavez’s first order of business is to listen. While he’s waiting for the new research orchard on the UGA Griffin Campus to be planted and develop, Chavez is hearing what Georgia peach growers have to say and planning projects to meet their needs.
Poison ivy grows up a tree in Jackson, Ga. CAES News
Destroy Weeds 05/22/14 Sharon Dowdy
Growing a vegetable garden consists of more than just keeping the plants healthy. It’s also about making sure the weeds don’t take over.
Georgia's Vidalia onions are available to purchase now. To keep their sweet taste around all year long, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension food safety experts say to store them in the freezer. CAES News
Onion Crop 05/14/14 Sharon Dowdy, Clint Thompson
Despite a frigid, rain-filled winter, Vidalia onion farmers expect a good, quality crop this season.
A watermelon plant is pictured in a field in Ty Ty, Ga. on Wednesday, April 30. The plant was planted on March 28. CAES News
Watermelon Crop 04/30/14 Clint Thompson
An abundance of rainfall hurt last year’s watermelon crop in Georgia. This year, late cold snaps stunted the growth of early-planted melons and may cause prices to plummet, say University of Georgia Extension experts.
The UGA PLANET Student Career Days team visiting Denver Botanic Garden. From left to right (front row); Dr. Tim Smalley, Rachel Wigington, Kaylee South, Russell Dye, Lauren Muller, Alex Hudson, Alex Ferguson, Cari Heinz, Jared Dobbs, Tanner Bailey, (back row) Dr. Matthew Chappell, Drew Payton, Kohler Brafford, Ashley Martin, Brian Harding, George Grant, Chase Ducharme, Will Hembree, John Scuderi, (not pictured) Dr. John Ruter, Mandy Bayer, Kevin Kelly. CAES News
Horticulture Competition 04/17/14 Merritt Melancon
A team of University of Georgia horticulture and environmental design students recently placed fourth nationally in the Professional LandCare Network Student Career Days competition in Fort Collins, Co.
Stanley Culpepper, professor in the UGA Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and Extension weed scientist, is located on the UGA Tifton Campus. CAES News
Hill Awards 04/10/14 Sharon Dowdy
Two University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences faculty have received Walter Barnard Hill Awards in recognition of their public service and outreach programs.