2016
Journal Photos courtesy of Thunderwood Farms
Table of Contents 03 Calendar of Events for 2016
04 Partnership in Sustainability 06 2016 Board of Directors 08 Letter from the Chairman 09 A Message from the Executive Director 10 2015 Award Winners 15 2016 Academy of Crop Production 16 Hoke Smith 18 GGIA Recognizes CES Specialists 19 Legislative issues 20 Water: Conflict or Collaboration? 26 Capitol Day 27 Infographic on GA’s Green Industry 28 Disease Update: Boxwood Blight in Georgia 32 2015 Landscape Industry Hidden Gems 34 Status Check on Overtime Rules 35 Spring Into Color 5K Dash 36 UGA Ag Forecast 37 Important Herbicides Update 38 ANSI approves standards 39 Center for Applied Nursery Research 40 GA Gold Medal Plants for 2015 44 GATE 46 AmericanHort’s SHIFT Initiative 48 Wintergreen Exhibitors 59 WINTERGREEN Schedule of Events 64 GGIA Membership Benefits 65 GGIA Membership Application
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2016
Calendar of Events
JANUARY
January 27-29: WINTERGREEN Wednesday, January 27 Exhibitor Move-In Day Education Sessions Thursday, January 28 AGNGA/Harrell’s Breakfast Trade Show Ribbon Cutting Board Member Legislative Update Education Sessions Friday, January 29 GGIA Annual Business Meeting Trade Show Open Education Sessions
FEBRUARY February 2: Georgia Agribusiness Council Annual Meeting February 3: Georgia Agribusiness Legislative Breakfast at the Freight Depot at the Georgia Capitol February 17: GGIA’s Plant Day at the Georgia Capitol
MARCH March 8: GGIA Board and Council Meeting Location TBA
APRIL April 23: Spring Into Color 5K Dash in the Town Center Park in Suwanee, Georgia
49-52 For times, see pages gia.org! More info at www.g
MAY
May 24: GGIA Executive Council Meeting at Hills and Dales Estates
JUNE June 12: GGIA Roundup at the GGIA/UGA Academy of Crop Production in Athens, Georgia June 13-14: Educational Tracts June 15: UGA Trial Gardens Industry Open House in Athens, Georgia June 21-22:
GGIA Planning Retreat at the UGA Bamboo Gardens in Savannah, Georgia. All current and new 2016-2017 board members are encourgaged to attend.
OTHER EVENTS January 11-15: Green and Grow Show Greensboro, North Carolina January 20-22: Gulf States Horticulture Expo Mobile, Alabama January 21-23: South Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association Show Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
PARTNERSHIP IN SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM CHAMPION
GUARANTOR
GUARDIAN
PATRON Abbey View Farm • Buck Jones Nursery • Going Green Horticultural, LLC • Alex Smith Garden Design, LTD • Ganious Shade Trees, Inc.
SPONSOR Cofer’s Home & Garden Showplace • Eason Horticultural Resources, Inc. • Foothills Compost • Graco Fertilizer Co. • Granite Industries • Griffin Green House • HORTech LLC • Lake Tree Growers • Sun Gro Horticulture
FRIEND Horticultural Specialty Services • The Henry F. Michell Company • Wolfskin Growers, Inc. • Going Green Horticulture, LLC • Hulls Treeland • Nursery Supplies • Summit Plastic Co.
(Letter from Chris re: PISP)
Board of Di
irectors 2016
Letter from the Chairman
Reflecting back on the time that I have spent on the Board of Directors for GGIA I can now realize that things have come a long way! We struggled through a terrible drought and a recession unlike most people have ever seen or lived through. We fought battles for water, labor, and immigration. Recently, we have hired a new Executive Director, relocated our office, changed our accounting system, revamped ggia.org and added a new website for the public, plantsomethingga.com. How did we do all of this? Commitment to the Green Industry. Our new Executive Director is not new to us. He has served on this Board or worked for the Board since 2008. After a nationwide search to find the most qualified person to run GGIA, our suspicions were correct. Chris Butts is our guy. His experience as our lobbyist and Director of Legislative Affairs and his contacts in the industry and at the State Capitol made Chris the obvious choice. Since taking over, Chris has been busy realigning our focus and our association. Support has come from many different avenues such as more participation at board meeting, more committee involvement from non-board members, and of course your financial support. During this time we moved our office to Blue Ridge and adopted a new accounting system that will let us bill electronically, saving paper and postage, and allow us to keep up with our members and their individual needs. One thing did remain the same during this time. We are grateful and fortunate to have Jennifer Addington and Sarah Mickens remain with GGIA through the transition. These ladies have done a great job amidst a sea of change and we are glad that they will be with us going forward. Have you been to ggia.org lately? It is better, faster and more user friendly. There is advertising space for our members, a job board, and an area for forums. And because it is linked through our accounting system, you can log in and pay your membership fee, Wintergreen booth fee or make a donation to our Partnership in Sustainability Program! Another site we are working on is plantsomethingga.com. This site is going to be our outreach to the public. The site allows users to find a landscaper, garden center, irrigation specialist, or landscape designer in the area near them. All GGIA members will be able to input their individual business offerings into the database and the public will be able to search for Green Industry professionals specifically suited to their needs. Not open the public? No problem! Our data base allows us to block your business offerings from the public, but you can still be found by your peers. That's right folks, things have changed a lot. The one thing that has not changed is our focus. Our Board of Directors is more focused now than ever before. Now I am asking for your help! The war is not over. We are still fighting for water, labor and immigration. We have new challenges with technology, consumer misinformation, and new production crops possibly coming to Georgia in the near future. We need good people that want to see our Industry succeed and flourish in the coming years. Your Board of Directors meetings are open to any member that want to participate, and I promise that your input will be valued and your voice will be heard. We also have a few vacancies on the Board that need to be filled. The only requirements are your time and passion for your Industry. Thank you for this wonderful experience and allowing me serve this Industry,
Gray Riner
A Message from the Executive Director
Thank you for being a part of the Georgia Green Industry Association. The staff and I are grateful for the trust you place in us in order to operate your association. The past year has seen many changes within GGIA and thanks to the support of our members, we have embraced that change and vowed to push further. Sherry Morris had held the post of Executive Director since the inception of GGIA 28 years ago. There would be no GGIA without Sherry. She guided the association from its humble beginnings, working with leaders like Jake Tinga, Bill Craven, Larry Ward and Skeetter McCorkle. Through mergers and growth, Sherry helped grow GGIA from a small organization representing growers and landscapers to the association that today represents all of the diversity that is the Green Industry. We owe Sherry for her years of service and dedication and we have her to thank for the vibrant association we know today. But even as we celebrated the past, we realized that it was time to move GGIA forward. Our mission as a staff is to evaluate every function that we perform as GGIA and to insure that everything we are doing is in the best interest of GGIA. If it’s not, we ask ourselves why we are doing it. If it is something we feel we need to do, we ask if we are doing it in the most efficient and productive way. The word sustainable is clichéd in today’s society and in business in particular. But sustainable serves as a good measuring stick for all we do at GGIA. Once we determine that we are doing the right thing and doing so in an efficient matter, our final metric is sustainability. Can we keep doing this way? When all three answers are yes, we know we are on the right path. We have had a productive and fruitful year. With support from the industry we completed an incredible landscape on the campus of The University of Georgia at the home of Cooperative Extension, the Hoke Smith Building. In October, the industry gathered at the home of Dr. Michael and Bonnie Dirr for an evening of fellowship that benefited the GGIA Partnership in Sustainability. The Wintergreen Conference boasts a strong education program and booth sales have outpaced the every year since we moved to the Gwinnett Center. As an industry, we will face our share of challenges in 2016. Pollinator health, labor, immigration and other legislative issues will continue to command our attention and action. Rest assured that your association will be there for you, working for the betterment of all of the industry. With your continued support and the help of our partners, we will continue to tell the story of the green industry and work for the benefit of all. As we are enthused about GGIA, we are also enthused about 2016. The economy is on a steady path of improvement, the housing market in Georgia looks poised for growth and we hear from our members that sales forecasts can once again look for growth in the new year. We are excited about the future and hope that you will join us for the ride. Sincerely,
Chris Butts
2015 AWAR The Georgia Green Industry Association awards recognize excellence in the industry as well as those who selflessly give back to support the greater good of horticulture and landscaping in Georgia. This year’s winners are an exemplary group who do that and more. They were recognized at GGIA’s “An Evening in the Dirr Gardens” in October 2015.
JEFF FISCHER
Jake Tinga Distinguished Young Professional Award The Jake Tinga Distinguished Young Professional Award was presented to Jeff Fischer of FIS Outdoors. Jeff Fischer made his entry into the green industry as a delivery driver for FIS Outdoors. Since then he’s worked his way up the ladder having held six different management roles within the company. During part of that time he also served as a volunteer firefighter and EMT. Once he moved to Georgia he retired from that service to focus full time on his career in the green industry, redirecting his focus to sales. Jeff’s commitment to the industry is illustrated in his view of sales which he sees not in terms of dollars and cents but as industry growth through relationships. Jeff is married to Dani and is father to Kyleigh. He supports Dani’s home business and says that she and Kyleigh help keep him grounded even when often away from home. Jeff has been involved with GGIA for over three years and has been a driving force within GGIA’s Irrigation Division. He says that his passion for the industry grows every day and that he feels like he has spent a decade helping to grow the awareness of our industry and has many more ahead of him. He singlehandedly secured Toro and FIS Outdoor as the donors of the entire irrigation system at UGA’s Hoke Smith project, designed the system and oversaw every piece during the installation. We are fortunate to have Jeff working for and in the Green Industry. We know that he will be around for a long time to come and we look forward to watching his continued growth.
RD WINNERS BRIAN JERNIGAN
Jake Tinga Distinguished Professional Award The Jake Tinga Distinguished Professional award goes to the person who contributes the most to the advancement of the industry. Brian Jernigan from McCorkle Nurseries will humbly tell you that he just does his part. But when you step back and consider the many hats that Brian wears, you wonder how he has enough hours in the day to make all the contributions he makes in all the different ways he makes them. As a family man, you rarely see Brian without his wife Maria and daughters Kimberly and Bella. As director of the Center for Applied Nursery Research, Brian spends those hours looking for projects, looking for ideas and looking for people to help him improve the industry. As a GGIA transitioned to a new executive director, Brian single handedly took over the associations’ finances, logging each invoice, each payment and each receivable by hand and quietly molded that into a working budget, week by week, month by month for the transition and then for all of the next fiscal year. When GGIA has a need, we turn to Brian. When others in the industry have a need, they turn to Brian too. He describes his role at McCorkle as including production management, propagation, potting and plant health and then adds that he has picked up a few more things along the way to include planning and shipping. His leadership within GGIA and CANR make both organizations better. But most telling is this, among all those tasks and skills Brian says that it’s the people that make the industry and GGIA special, doing what they can for the betterment of others. It’s certainly something for the rest of us to strive for, to give back to those special people as much as Brian does.
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MATTHEW CHAPPELL
Communicator of the Year Award
The Communicator of the Year Award was presented to Matthew Chappell from The University of Georgia-College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences- Horticulture Department. Effective communication is important. So much so that we annually recognize those individuals who do so for the industry. Dr. Matthew Chappell serves the industry in so many ways that he realized that it was best to communicate in a way that is easily understood so that he doesn’t have to repeat himself. Dr. Chappell has held the position of Assistant and now Associate Professor of Horticulture and Statewide Cooperative Extension Specialist of Commercial Nursery Production since August 2007. Since his hire, Dr. Chappell has been actively involved in many state and regional Green Industry organizations including the Southern Nursery Association (SNA), Georgia Green Industry Association (GGIA), Center for Applied Nursery Research (CANR), Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council (GA-EPPC), and Georgia Gold Medal Plants committee. He has authored 22 Extension Publications that have been viewed 165,216 times (CAES) as well as 22 refereed scientific publications, 20 scientific abstracts, 21 proceedings articles, 27 popular press articles – he also edits 2 reoccurring newsletters. Dr. Chappell has also participated in a push to move nursery producers toward sustainable production practices that has resulted in the “Moving Nursery Producers Toward Sustainable Practices” website that serves as the only Nursery Industry sustainability website in the world. This website is home to over 300 links to sustainability documents and websites in 19 categories as well as sixteen refereed and ADA compliant videos on sustainable practices. There have been 11,524 unique visitors to the site (Google Analytics) and 19,471 video views (YouTube). As his credentials illustrate, Matthew is a busy man and an asset to the industry. Most importantly, Matthew genuinely cares about the industry and its members. His dedication and long hours prove this. He provides a great service by helping all of the industry keep up to date on his research and other findings and is a tremendous representative for Cooperative Extension. We know that we will be hearing much more from Dr. Chappell in the future.
TODD HURT
Educator of the Year Award
The Educator of the Year Award was presented to Todd Hurt from The University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences- Office of the Associate Dean for Extension.
Many in the industry got to know Todd through his role as Training Cordinator for the UGA Center for Urban Agriculture in Griffin. Under Todd’s watch, these programs have flourished. There are now over 1,900 certified professionals in GCLP and GCPP. Todd joined GGIA in 2002 and has served on the board as certification chair for ten years. Todd has always looked for ways to improve access to education by making Super Crew Training available online, creating landscape Jeopardy games, the GGIA Golf outing tee box pesticide CEU quiz, he has built 5 green industry related online classrooms, and worked with Extension specialist to host monthly webinars. Gary Wade, Teri Hamlin, Wayne Juers, and Todd developed the GGIA Jr. Certification program in 2007 and hosts two exams a year for the students and a three-day workshop for teachers every summer. Todd coordinated the Extension Booth at Winter Green for over a decade and one of the craziest years Todd, Jenny Hardgrave, and Becky Griffin dressed as pirates and handed out keys to a treasure chest filled with horticultural books. This native of Cordele Georgia has 22 years of varied experience in the green industry. He has worked as a county extension agent in Florida and Georgia, was a general manager of a foliage greenhouse operation in Apopka, worked as a horticulturist for a landscape pest control company, and was the training coordinator for the Georgia Certified Landscape and Plant Professional programs for nearly a decade. Todd completed his PhD. In Higher Educational Leadership in 2014 and is currently working in Athens as the Program Development Specialist developing training programs for Extension Agents statewide. GGIA has been blessed in our long relationship with Todd. As he moves on to other endeavors within UGA, we know that we can still call on him when needed. His dedication to certification set the program up to excel into the future and for this we owe Todd a tremendous debt of gratitude.
CLARK HOWARD
Environmental Friend of the Industry Award The Environmental Friend of the Industry Award was presented to Clark Howard- Atlanta Radio Personality. If you have been a GGIA member for very long, you know that we have a long standing relationship with Clark Howard and his Clark Builds for Habitat for Humanity. Working with Clark, GGIA and its members have been honored to provide plant material and volunteers for numerous Habitat Houses. Wintergreen Exhibitors have the option each year to donate their booth materials to Habitat and these contributions along with those from our members have made quite a difference in Clark’s projects. In 2016 GGIA will once again be coordinating donations for yet another set of homes with Clark as the driving force. We salute Clark for his contributions to Georgians in need of a helping hand.
SCOTT ANGLE
Vivian Munday, Buck Jones Lifetime Achievement Award The Vivian Munday, Buck Jones Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Scott Angle, Former Dean of the UGA College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences who is now with the International Fertilizer Development Center. Many people in the industry were disappointed when they learned that Dean Scott Angle would be leaving the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences in late 2015. During Scott’s ten year tenure with UGA, he made quite an impact on the industry. Despite crippling budget cuts and lean economic times, Scott was a tireless champion for agriculture and horticulture in general. During his time at UGA, significant hires were made that directly impacted the horticulture industry including Donglin Zhang who serves in the Michael A. Dirr Endowed Professorship for Woody Plant Instruction and Introduction. Dean Angle played a part in the naming of John Ruter as Allan M. Armitage Endowed Professorship for Herbaceous Plant Instruction and Introduction. He is also to be commended for keeping the horticulture faculty intact and at home at UGA during these difficult times. While Scott is already missed, he has followed his passion and his heart to the International Fertilizer Development Center. Here he will have the opportunity to help people in impoverished areas around the world develop the infrastructure to have readily available fertilizer to help grow crops and feed their families. Something we take for granted here at home. He will also be able to spend more time with his wife Teresa for whom he has also been a fierce protector and devoted husband. The next Dean at UGA will have big shoes to fill. As an industry we are thankful that we got to enjoy Scott as long as we did.
2016 Academy
HOKE SMIT
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RECOGNIZES CES SPECIALISTS
GGIA recently recognized four specialists from the University of Georgia as Advisors to the GGIA Board of Directors. From the very beginning, professors and extension specialists from the UGA have played a vital role in GGIA. Dr. Jake Tinga, the namesake of two GGIA awards presented annually, cranked out copies of a handwritten newsletter in the early days of the Association. In the years since, these dedicated professionals have developed education events, headed committees and worked behind the scenes at many GGIA functions. Never afraid of hard work and never asking for recognition, the GGIA Board decided that it was time to officially recognize those specialists who work closely with the board and staff on a regular basis. GGIA would once again like to give our sincere thanks to these individuals for their tireless dedication to the industry. We look forward to working with these professionals as we strive to improve Georgia’s Green Industry. Those recognized as advisors:
Nursery Production Advisor Dr. Matthew Chappell UGA Athens Campus
Landscape Advisor Dr. Bodie Pennisi UGA Center for Urban Agriculture Griffin Campus
Floriculture Advisor Dr. Paul Thomas UGA Athens Campus
Certification Advisor Greg Huber UGA Center for Urban Agriculture Griffin Campus
Legislative Issues
Water: Conflict or Collaboration? Tim Thoms
You might have heard the old western saying, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting,” widely attributed to Mark Twain, though never actually verified as have been spoken or written by him. As I write this article on the eve of the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party”, those words rain down more true than ever. As Georgia and Florida revelers down their whiskey and cheer on their teams, both state governments continue a decades old fight over the rights to water in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. Instead of an old-fashioned western gunfight, this conflict entails lawyered-up legal contestants in a lawsuit, Florida v. Georgia, in the Supreme Court of the United States. The Florida/Georgia suit is only one of the cases filed in the SCOTUS and was a Complaint for Equitable Apportionment and Injunctive Relief filed by the State of Florida “to equitably apportion the interstate waters of the ACF Basin”. There are other cases that have been heard over the years prior to
this Complaint, and an additional case that was filed by the State of Georgia involving the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Lake Allatoona in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) Basin. All of these cases are, in essence, a fight over the same thing. Who has the right to how much water that flows from Georgia into Alabama and Florida? Currently this ACF case is the headliner act and has been turned over from SCOTUS to a Special Master, the Honorable Ralph Lancaster, to collect evidence and develop an opinion for presentation to the Supreme Court. Even though Special Master Lancaster has explicitly stated that he urges parties to settle this case because “if it continues in its present order, before this case is over, both states will have spent millions, perhaps even billions of dollars to obtain a result which neither one wants.” And “when this matter is concluded— and I hope I live long enough to see it happen— when this matter is concluded, at least one and probably both of the parties will be unhappy with the Court’s Order.” The process of reaching a
conclusion to this litigation will be slower than the movement of water through the ACF Basin from above Helen to the Gulf of Mexico, and like the water cycle itself, will probably fall again as rain in the form of some other litigation from a different source. The extreme consumption of resources in the sense of lost productivity and tax dollars (requiring payment for literally hundreds of lawyers at overtime rates reviewing millions of pages of documents) is mind boggling and could serve as a totally separate topic of discussion. You can delve more into the SCOTUS case at the website of the Special Master, http://www.pierceatwood.com/ floridavgeorgia142original. In a state that has abundant (approximately 50”/ year) rainfall as compared to many other areas, how in the world did we get to this point? First is that the rivers that lie in the upper portion of these basins are comparatively small for a metropolis like Atlanta. Add to that the explosive population growth of Atlanta in the past couple of generations, growth which is projected to continue for several decades. This growth drives increased needs for water from citizens, businesses (just think of the number of new green industry businesses in our state alone in the past three decades) the generation of supporting services and business that go beyond Atlanta to include areas of the entire ACF Basin and the Southeast. This requires increases in almost all aspects of life from more landscape plants, more food and fiber production from farms, more traffic and urbanization, to more power through coal, nuclear and hydroelectric dams to power all this growth. Throw in a few years of extreme droughts, and outdated and constrained management of basin operations and use of resources, and you create a scenario for a perfect storm where water really is for fighting. The beginnings of this Water War probably date back to the time of building of the Buford Dam and the politics that surrounded that congressional authorization. Although the conflict itself did not start really claiming casualties until the mid-tolate 1980’s, when the combination of drought and rampant growth led to actual water shortages, and the first use of outdoor water bans and limitations in landscape. This early problem was mainly due to water distribution limitations rather than supply which is what the current fight is about. There were not enough treatment plants and distribution lines to reach all the areas of new
growth in the dry summer periods when demand peaked. The green industry was targeted as a highly visible alleged culprit of wasting water to maintain lawns and plants. The answer from many water providers was to limit or ban outdoor watering or use the odd/even policy as to when you could water. With customers and clients unable to water new plantings, green industry companies had to adjust to survive. Some retailers even sold thousands of cases of Coca-Cola just to provide some type of income. Landscape companies offered services other than planting. Wholesale growers saw orders ready to be delivered cancel and crops wither away as those orders never came through. The industry started an aggressive campaign to educate customers and clients on proper water use and also started educating political leaders as to the effects of water bans and non-science based restrictions on our industry’s ability to earn a livelihood as well as effects on the urban environment. Do you recall the Water Wise campaign and the owl who pointed out the 10 basic principles of how you could be Water Wise and thus have your landscape survive droughts and water restrictions? This was a cooperative effort between water providers and the green industry to educate and propose the idea that water decisions should be based on sound science. This period also saw the development of permits for agricultural water use on wells that use over 100,000 gallons per day. Time rolled on and droughts and wet years came and went. Meanwhile some major policy steps were enacted as law. The Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District was established. A Comprehensive Drought Management Plan along with the Flint River Drought Act were adopted. 2004 saw the adoption of the State Wide Water Management Planning Act creating the Regional Water Planning Councils. Then came the long term drought of 2006-2008 and beyond. The Governor proclaimed boldly that “brown yards and dirty cars” were the new symbols of water conscientious Georgians. Total outdoor water bans were the new mantra of many municipalities and counties. In one instance of response, several hundred landscape industry members showed up one night in the landscape hot bed of the time, Alpharetta, where the City Council was considering their total water ban, one of many government authorities proposing such action. The idea that these bans would take food off the table of thousands of green industry members was advanced in a very visual
manner. In addition, policies across the over one hundred municipalities across the Atlanta region varied widely and were almost impossible to determine when you were compliant with the restrictions and when you were not. Still little relief for our industry was obtained. Enter the education of political leaders that GGIA and the industry had been building on for two decades. In 2008, H.B. 1281, which among other things prohibited local governments from enacting outdoor water restrictions more severe than those imposed by the State, was passed. This offered some relief to the beleaguered green industry who by now was also suffering the effects of the recession. Then in 2010 a more comprehensive law regarding water was enacted. The Water Stewardship Act (WSA) finally addressed long needed conservation strategies beyond just outdoor water bans and restrictions. Strong efforts of education and compromise working with elected leaders in the legislature along with allied green industry members led to the adoption of a sound water management policy that would allow green industry members to proceed in business without the threat of water bans and restrictions so severe that they were unable to do business. This incorporated into State law such things as exemptions for Commercial agricultural and horticultural operations, turf on athletic fields, golf courses and other public recreation areas, turf being planted and established through hydroseeding techniques, newly installed plants, seeds or turf during a 30-day establishment period after the
initial planting date, personal food gardens, drip and soaker hose irrigation systems, hand watering with a hose that has an automatic cutoff nozzle, or with hand-held containers, and irrigation system installation and repair. Opinions vary as to the reasons behind it, but per capita water use, as well as total water withdrawals in the Atlanta Metro District have continued to decline since 2007. The climate of conservation has taken hold and water use has dropped. Atlanta is now one of the leaders across the country in reducing water use. The green industry has been a leading partner in promoting water efficiency and in educating the public on proper watering of plant material. However, that has still not stilled the conflict over water either locally or across state lines. Inside the state, in 2014 the Georgia EPD proposed to re-write the Drought Management Rules (DMR) which were part of the WSA. After several informational gatherings among stakeholders which were attended and followed closely by GGIA, the new DMR was adopted in June 2015. Originally proposed to modify and eliminate the exemptions so important to the green industry, the version finally adopted kept in place the exemptions listed above only in Pre-Drought (a constant level which we are in currently) and Drought Response Level One. In Drought Level Two the exemptions are valid only two days a week on an odd-even address basis and in Drought Level Three the exemptions are not allowed at all. It was
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argued with EPD to no avail that this defeats the intent of the WSA and puts our industry at severe jeopardy. The Drought response level is declared by the EPD Director and can be put in place at any time as the Director sees fit. Also, among other requirements of local water withdrawal permittees, it does allow local governments to petition EPD for more stringent local restrictions putting us back into the situation of 2007 of having multiple types of landscape watering scenarios in place. Of course with higher than average rainfall there had been no test to determine how the new DMR will be handled. The DMR can be found here: http:// rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/391-3-30. On a much larger scale, while the conflict over ACF water has continued to be litigated, there has been a substantial effort to collaborate and encourage policy decisions based on science while accommodating the needs of ACF Basin stakeholders to the greatest extent possible. In May of 2015 a Sustainable Water Management Plan (SWMP) was adopted and presented by the ACF Stakeholders (ACFS). It provides a suite of recommendations that help sustainably manage the waters of the ACF Basin and is a reasonable alternative to the continued course of litigation. If you read Special Master Lancaster’s comments to attorneys representing both Florida and Georgia, you can almost imagine that his comments are directly referring to a settlement scenario such as that which is presented in the ACFS SWMP. One may ask why the SWMP is a reasonable solution and what does it mean to the green industry? Those answers come from the process and proposal that created the SWMP. Formed in 2009, the ACFS is a private non-profit corporation and has representation from 14 different stakeholder interests from each of four sub-basins. The author is a member of ACFS as an urban ag stakeholder in the Flint sub-basin. Stakeholders worked together over five years to fund this nearly two million dollar effort (all through private donations). During that time, with costly help from consultants, had to propose, determine, collect, analyze, model, debate and agree by unanimous consensus of 56 governing board members upon facts, data, metrics, needs, and management alternatives. The final SWMP provides a wealth of basis for informed water policy. Though not perfect, Brad Currey, an Upper Chattahoochee sub-basin member, described it well, “what we started out wanting was a beautiful mermaid and what we have is a big
ol’ catfish, but they can both swim and thus can help solve the problems the ACF basin faces”. It is certainly a point of beginning to develop a path forward outside of SCOTUS handing down a decision that neither side will like. Although all recommendations must be considered as a whole and not implemented on a pick-and-choose basis, the themes of the recommendations follow, but because of space limitations for this article, specifics, other than a couple of general examples, are left for you to view in the document itself. A full copy of the SWMP is available online at http://acfstakeholders.org/swmp/
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Recommendations are grouped into five themes: • Achieve Sustainable Use and Return Achieve Water Efficiency and Conservation Improvements which include among other items, maximize water returns wherever possible • Improve Water Storage and Control Operations USACE adopt a policy of adaptive management in the revisions to the Water Control Manual • Target Dry and Drought Years The states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia should collaborate in the development of a drought management plan, perhaps in the context of a regional MOU that includes the following: • Defines drought conditions, using NOAA as a resource • Identifies triggers for actions • Delineates responses by water use sector • Documents changes in operational strategies •Advance Scientific and Technical Knowledge for Future Decisions ACFS members recommend that investments in the knowledge about the Basin be made in the following areas: • Environmental and ecological studies • Climate variability studies • Shared real-time water use/return/ storage/flow information • Improvements in modeling • Strengthen Basin Coordination Establishment of a transitional organization that brings together stakeholders with state and federal agency representatives to develop a common vision and framework for a future permanent transboundary institution to facilitate sustainable and adaptive management of the Basin that shares water equitably among stakeholders, balancing economic, ecological and social values Also on the larger scale of water policy, the USACE recently released the initial draft EIS of the new Water Control Manual for public comment. In it they recognize, among other things, metro Atlanta’s need for water withdrawals and have proposed adjustments to their operating procedures to accommodate such. The extensive
document is also available at http://www.sam. usace.army.mil/Missions/PlanningEnvironmental/ ACFMasterWaterControlManualUpdate. This document is still being analyzed by several agencies and groups including ACFS. From the initial review it also includes several operational procedures similar to recommendations that are in the SWMP. This is the first real revision to the WCM in over 40 years and provides an opportunity to revise the way the USACE operates their facilities in relation to the current needs of stakeholders. This affects all of us in the basin as the amount of water that is able to reach downstream users while accommodating those upstream user needs is the crucial aspect in the whole picture. Because of the USACE dams there is the ability to mitigate impacts caused by man and nature. The less impact that upstream use has on flows downstream, the better the green industry ability to have water when and where it is needed. Water fights back when I was a kid were fun. Water balloons and water guns made for a great play date and there was not that much mess to clean up. As an adult, this water fight has all the fun of a slow drowning. Fighting over water has not seemed to work for several decades, except for the attorneys who argue the various cases. Is it not time for us to become responsible grownups and utilize all the resources we are putting into the fight to better use by managing our shared resource to the best benefit and least pain to all of those in the ACF Basin? Let’s try a different sane path since fighting through the courts seems to meet the definition of insanity of doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. I encourage you to be a voice of reason and urge our leaders to adopt a different approach.
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BOXWOOD BLIGHT Disease Update
Jean L. Williams-Woodward Extension Plant Pathologist
Boxwood Blight, caused by the fungus, Calonectria pseudonaviculatum (syn. Cylindrocladium pseudonaviculatum and Cylindrocladium buxicola) has been confirmed in multiple commercial and residential landscapes in GA. The disease could be found throughout the state; however, most of the confirmed detections have been within metro-Atlanta and the surrounding counties where boxwoods are common in formal gardens. Boxwood blight also has been detected on plants brought into GA for resale. Often the source of the introductions is unknown. In some cases new boxwood plants were recently planted. In others, it may be from pruning or other garden maintenance operations. The spores of the pathogen are very sticky and they can stick to worker’s tools, clothing, or even animal fur (cats, dogs, rabbits, etc.) that may move through the garden. Once introduced, the disease
can be devastating to boxwood in landscapes and nurseries. Hosts: Dwarf English boxwood (Buxus sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa’) is highly susceptible and develops severe symptoms and rapid leaf drop. American or common boxwood (B. sempervirens) cultivars are also very susceptible. Cultivars of Littleleaf (Japanese) and Korean boxwood (B. microphylla and B. sinica, respectively) appear less susceptible because they don’t show severe symptoms and leaf drop, but they are still susceptible. None of the commercial boxwood cultivars are immune to this disease. In fact, lesser susceptible (e.g. tolerant) cultivars may act as a ‘Trojan Horse’ introducing the disease into landscapes containing more susceptible cultivars. The value of lesser susceptible cultivars is in the establishment of new boxwood hedges. If planting a new area,
use a more tolerant cultivar to lessen your disease pressure in subsequent years. The disease also affects other plants within the Buxaceae family, including Pachysandra terminalis (ground spurge) and Sarcococca sp. (sweet box). History: Boxwood blight was first identified in the USA in the fall of 2011 in NC and CT. Since then, it has been identified within nurseries and/or landscapes in numerous states (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, KS, KY, MA, MD, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, VA, WV) and several Canadian provinces. The disease is spreading to new states each year (FL and WV were added to the list in 2015). Spread is most likely through the movement of infected plants. The disease has been known for over decade in the UK and Europe. Symptoms: Initial symptoms of boxwood blight include circular, tan leaf spots with a dark purple or brown border. Leaf spots may or may not have yellow to reddish halos surrounding the spot. Black stem lesions or blackening of the stems is often seen. This can be confused with black lesions due to Colletotrichum stem canker, a relatively new disease also affecting boxwood stems. Boxwood blight Infected leaves become tan and readily drop from the plant leaving bare stems. Rapid defoliation is
a characteristic symptom of boxwood blight that separates it from other boxwood diseases. Sections or whole plants turn tan and eventually die. The disease can resemble Volutella blight, except that with Volutella blight, as well as with symptoms of root stress or Phytophthora root disease, the leaves often remain attached to the stems. Box blight can move quickly through infected plants, gardens, and nurseries under favorable environmental conditions. Disease Cycle: Low light (shade), humid, warmer and wet conditions favor disease development. The pathogen requires extended periods of leaf wetness (24-48 hrs) to infect. Under these conditions, leaf spots can develop within days of infection. Disease is favored by moderate temperatures of 41-86°F, with an optimal temperature of 77°F. The fungus is sensitive to high temperatures and can be killed after 7 days at 91°F. This does not mean that the fungus can’t survive hot GA summers. The fungus produces structures (called microsclerotia) that allow the fungus to survive adverse conditions. Once favorable conditions and a host are present, the disease will develop again. In GA, the disease is likely most active during the late summer, fall, winter and spring months. Disease development may be slowed under relatively dry, hot conditions or where fungicides are used.
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Boxwood blight symptoms clockwise from upper left: Tan to gray leaf lesions with a darker purplish border on an English boxwood; Circular, tan spots with a brown border on upper leaves; Tan blighted leaves and bare stems on an infected plant; blackening of stems and browning foliage; and black stem lesions on bare branch tips. (Images by Jean Williams-Woodward)
Spread: The disease is primarily spread via infected plants and plant debris. Infected leaves drop and can contaminate the soil beneath the plant. Infected leaves may also be carried by water, wind, on shoes or tires, or on animal fur as they rub against infected plants. The fungus produces white tufts of clustered spores on the underside of infected leaves and on stems under wet conditions. The spores are very sticky and they will stick to pruning tools, shovels, worker’s clothing and hands, as well as fur and feathers of wild and domestic animals (dogs, cats, rabbits, wild turkeys, etc.). Although it is very easy to spread this disease, the spores are not wind-borne. They must be moved on plants, on tools, etc. or by splashing of irrigation or rain water.
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White tufts of conidiophores and spores of boxwood blight produced from black stem lesions. The darker tufts are plant trichomes. (Image by Ansuya jogi)
Management: The best control is exclusion. Do not introduce the disease on infected plants or tools. Inspect all new boxwood plants for symptoms of the disease. Be sure to check the lower leaf canopy and interior stems. Keep new plants isolated and separate from existing boxwoods. Do not apply fungicides to plants in isolation that would mask symptom development. Monitor plants for at least four weeks prior to introducing them into existing plantings. If Boxwood blight is detected, the infected plants and all fallen leaf debris needs to be bagged on-site and removed from the area to be buried in a landfill to prevent its spread. Transport plants in closed bags. Leaf litter blowing from open trucks could spread the disease to plantings along the roadway. Fallen leaf debris should be vacuumed and bagged, burned on-site or buried. Debris should not be composted. The fungus also produces microsclerotia (small clump of fungal hyphae) within roots and leaf debris of infected
plants that allows the fungus to survive for years. Removal of existing garden soil and replacing with new soil is an option, but there is no guarantee that this will completely remove the pathogen. Boxwood blight cannot be controlled with curative fungicide applications. Fungicides are only effective when applied preventively. Fungicide efficacy trials have shown that fungicides containing chlorothalonil (Daconil, Spectro, Concert II) and fludioxonil (Medallion, Palladium) provided the best control when applied preventively. To a lesser extent, fungicides containing azoxystrobin (Heritage), metaconazole (Tourney), pyraclostrobin (Pageant), tebuconazole (Torque), thiophanate methyl (Cleary’s 3336, OHP 6672), trifloxystrobin (Compass), provided fair to good preventative control. Most are not labeled for use on either boxwood, Calonectria (or Cylindrocladium) or both; however, this is changing, so check labels. Remember, spraying plants after the disease is present will NOT control this disease.
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Fallen leaf litter beneath boxwood blight infected plants. Debris must be removed or buried to reduce disease spread. (Image by Jean Williams-Woodward)
Summary: Boxwood blight is an extremely contagious disease of boxwood and pachysandra. It was first detected in GA in an established landscape where new plant introductions have not occurred. It is likely that the disease is present in other locations and may be mistaken for more common diseases such as Volutella blight and root disease. Landscapers and growers need to be vigilant in scouting for disease symptoms and take all precautions to avoid introducing the disease into nurseries and properties.
Recommendations for Landscapers: • Inspect boxwoods on all properties. Look for symptomatic plants. As weather patterns become conducive (wet, humid, warm), disease symptoms may become noticeable and spread rapidly. • Submit suspect samples to the UGA Plant Disease Clinic in Athens through county extension offices for disease identification. • Train employees and clients on how to identify boxwood blight. Educate them on how easily the disease spreads. • Only purchase plants from nurseries that have a Boxwood Blight Compliance Agreement through their State Department of Agriculture. Many plants are brokered, so ask where plants were grown. Keep new plants in isolation and monitor for symptoms prior to installation. • Never install or prune or work in boxwoods when plants are wet. • Always visit non-infected landscape sites first. Move healthy to suspect diseased areas; never the other way around. • Disinfect pruners and other tools frequently within and between different blocks of plants within the same landscape, and especially when moving to different landscapes. The best product is Lysol Concentrate Disinfectant (containing 5.5% O-benzyl-p-chlorophenol). Mix 2.5 Tbsp per gallon of water. This can be made and kept in spray bottles. Tools need to be wet for at least 10 seconds and allowed to dry to be effective. A 10% bleach solution (1:9 part Clorox or 1:14 part Clorox Concentrate) for at least a 10 second soak can also be used, but this will oxidize tools. Soak and then let dry. • When leaving a site suspected or known to have boxwood blight, all tools, shoes, and clothing must be disinfected. • Get in the habit of wearing clean disposable booties or washing off debris and dirt entirely from soles of shoes between landscapes. • Changing and laundering clothes between sites would be ideal; however, it’s impractical. Wearing disposable paper pants is an option. Recommendations for Nurseries: • Follow the same recommendations as for landscapers. • Start with disease-free propagation stock. If you only propagate in-house, continue this practice. If purchasing propagative material, only purchase from GA nurseries, which are not known to have the disease. If purchasing from out-of-state, only purchase from nurseries with a
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state Boxwood Blight Compliance Agreement. Contact the Georgia Department of Agriculture to obtain a Compliance Agreement for shipment of Boxwood blight hosts for your nursery. Keep new plant introductions in an isolated holding area on a surface that can be easily cleaned of fallen plant debris. Debris should be vacuumed or swept regularly. Avoid blowing debris. Plants should be held for at least four weeks to monitor for symptom development. Avoid co-mingling plant material from different sources. Follow good sanitation practices. Clean debris and disinfect tools between blocks. Do not accept boxwood plant returns onto the nursery. Trucks, racks, carts and other equipment should be disinfested regularly (use Lysol Concentrate Disinfectant). All plant debris should be cleaned from the area. Avoid overhead watering and do not work in blocks when plants are wet. Train all employees on boxwood blight symptoms. Scout plants regularly. Submit any suspect plants to the UGA Plant Disease Clinic in Athens for identification. Remove suspect plants from blocks to reduce possible disease spread. Keep in isolation or discard by burning on-site or bagging and burying. Do not put infected plants into a cull pile. Establish a preventive fungicide spray program to reduce disease development. Keep records of all chemical applications, rates, and dates of application. Keep detailed records of incoming and out-going boxwoods and where plants have moved within the nursery. Don’t forget to inspect any boxwoods planted on the grounds of the nursery. These too could become infected.
Useful sites and links: North Carolina cultivar evaluations, fungicide efficacy, management guidelines: • http://plantpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/pp-ornamentals/ • http://plantpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/ uploads/2013/05/Box-blight-Guide-07.22.13.pdf • http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/ uploads/2013/05/final-Cult-trials-summary-2013.pdf University of Connecticut Boxwood Blight information and fact sheets: • http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view. asp?a=3756&q=500388
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LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY Hidden Gems
Gregg Wartgow and Maile Bucher
With another comeback year just about in the books, it's time to unveil our 2015 Landscape Industry Hidden Gems. This year we've highlighted 20 landscaping and lawn care companies that, from 2012-2014, outpaced the average industry growth rate of roughly 15%, and have continued growing sales and setting a good example for the industry this year.
Perfect Turf Landscaping in Dallas, GA. "It’s not what you know, it’s who you know and how you treat them," says Chad Smallwood, owner of Perfect Turf Landscaping in the northwest Atlanta suburb of Dallas. That philosophy has helped Smallwood and his team of now 12 employees quickly build a million-dollar business since opening in 2010. "We've been very blessed," Smallwood adds, referencing the significant presence his design/build/maintenance company has established in the affluent Atlanta neighborhood of Buckhead. Yes, they've been blessed—but also, what goes around comes around. The Perfect Turf team serves at an event call Community Makeover which is held every year throughout the NW Metro Atlanta Area. Perfect Turf has also mowed and provided general maintenance for up to 50 homes of the elderly, unable and underprivileged.
Outdoor Expressions in Canton, GA, has their customers coming back for more. Co-owner Ray Wiedman says that around 95% of their business comes from repeat customers or customer referrals. They service both residential and commercial properties and make communicating with customers a breeze. “Our customers know they can reach their project manager, account manager or even one of the owners virtually around the clock, and they know they will get a timely response. All of these key positions are filled with veterans from several different backgrounds encompassing design, construction, horticulture and maintenance,” says Wiedman.
Landscape Creations in Calhoun, GA, creates their designs to flow with nature so that the blend of indoor and outdoor living spaces don’t have a negative impact on the environment. Additionally, their organic land care program operates with the goal of maintaining soil health, increasing landscape diversity, and improving the health and well-being of their customers. That's not to say that using organic methods was an easy sell in the beginning. “The hard part was getting people to understand that grass clippings are actually good for the soil," explains co-founder Andrew Davis. The company also pushes native plantbased landscaping, though this too was no easy sell in the beginning. "We encourage people to add native plants because they don’t come under attack like the non-native, ornamental varieties that host pests. But people are reluctant to change,” Davis adds. Printed with approval of Green Industry Pros magazine and greenindustrypros.com.
Status Check: Overtime Rules and Regulations As reported here before, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has proposed regulation changes affecting the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions from overtime. We’ve heard from a number of concerned retail and landscape company members. (The agricultural exemption, which covers many AmericanHort members, is statutory, and so unaffected by this action). So here’s a brief update on where things stand. The revisions would more than double the salary threshold for the overtime exemption to $50,440 per year from $23,660. WHD also proposes to increase this threshold annually. No changes to the duties test were proposed; however, WHD may be considering
a duties test “quantification,” where employees have to perform the primary duties “more than 50%” of the time. The administration’s regulatory agenda projects a final regulation in July 2016; our sources suggest a final regulation will be released by late 2016. As part of an ongoing effort to push back against the rule, AmericanHort joined like-minded business advocates on a recent letter urging Members of Congress to contact the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, urging the powerful OMB that the rule needs to be held back and reconsidered. Watch for more details.
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Atlanta Habitat for Humanity ReStore 271 Chester Ave SE Atlanta, Georgia 30316 (404) 525-2114 phone (404) 223-5103 fax heather.mewborn@atlantahabitat.org http://www.atlantahabitat.org Booth 209 The Atlanta Habitat for Humanity ReStore sells donated items to help fund Atlanta Habitat’s mission to partner with qualified, working families to become successful homeowners. Atlas Manufacturing, Inc. P.O. Box 558 Alapaha, Georgia 31622 (229) 532-2905 phone (229) 532-4600 fax service@atlasgreenhouse.com http://www.atlasgreenhouse.com Booth 217 Atlas Manufacturing, Inc. produces a full line of freestanding and gutter connected greenhouses, cold frames/high tunnels, shade structures, and supplies equipment and accessories for the commercial grower. Bailey Nurseries, Inc. 1325 Bailey Rd Saint Paul, Minnesota 55119 (651) 900-5855 phone (651) 459-5100 fax jack.odonnell@baileynurseries.com http://www.baileynurseries.com Booth 916 Growing a full line of bareroot and container plants for the nursery industry. Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Evergreens, Vines, Fruits, Perennials, Rooted Cuttings and Seedling Liners. Baker Environmental Nursery Inc. 949 Marshall Clark Rd Hoschton, GA 30548 (706) 654-9072 phone (706) 658-2347 fax sales@bakerenvironmentalnursery.com http://www.bakerenvironmentalnursery.com Booth 314 Specializing in ornamental and native grasses, wetland and bioengineering materials for ecological enhancement and restoration. Project contract growing service. Plants available Bareroot, Liners, and containers BASF 1070 Grace Hill Drive Roswell, Georgia 30075 (404) 788-6167 phone peggy.clanton@basf.com http://www.betterplants.BASF.us Booth 918 Manufacturer of Plant Protection Products.
Black Fox Farms 2724 Varnell Road’ Cleveland, Tennessee 37311 (423) 478-1600 jwash624@aol.com Booths 417, 419 Wholesale grower of a wide variety of woody ornamentals perennials grasses ferns, hostas, shade and flowering trees ranging from 1 gallon up to 25 gallon in size. Bottoms Nursery, LLC 519 Pullians Rd Concord, Georgia 30206 (770) 884-5661 phone (770) 884-5662 fax info@bottomsnursery.com http://www.bottomsnursery.com Booth 824 Your small fruit specialist, growing Muscadines, Rabbiteye & Southern Highbush Blueberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, Figs, Japanese Persimmons and other fruit trees in containers or Bareroot, Wholesale and Retail Boyd & Boyd Nursery 7960 Smithville Hwy McMinnville, Tennessee 37110 (931) 934-2613 phone (931) 934-2044 fax info@boydandboydnursery.com http://boydandboydnursery.com Booths 313, 311 For great trees at a great price and exceptional customer service, give us a call! We are open year around and keep a stocked sales yard as well! Bracy’s Nursery LLC 64624 Dummyline Rd Amite, Louisiana 70422 (800) 899-4716 phone (985) 748-9955 fax sales@bracys.com http://www.bracys.com Booths 320, 221 Retail-quality container ornamentals, fruit, perennials, tropicals, trees, crapemyrtles. Encore Azaleas, Southern Living, Plant Collection, Knockout Roses, Drift Roses, Endless Summer Collection, Proven Winners, Gardener’s Confidence. Weekly deliveries. Brantley Farms, Inc. 1460 Birdsong Rd Dawson, Georgia 39842 (229) 575-6564 phone (407) 869-5817 fax brantleyfarmsinc@gmail.com Booth 304 Growers and shippers of quality B&B ornamental shrubs and trees for the southeast market.
Brantley Nurseries 1931 W. Lake Brantley Rd Longwood, Florida 32779 (800) 940-6545 phone (407) 869-5817 fax bradk@brantleynurseries.com http://www.brantleynurseries.com Booth 302 We provide Quality annuals, perennials, tropicals, and woody ornamentals to landscapers, rewholesalers, and garden centers. We deliver to Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North & South Carolina. Buck Jones Nursery PO Box 339 Grayson, Georgia 30017 (770) 963-8227 phone (770) 339-0899 fax jcroberson@buckjones.com http://www.buckjones.com Booths 401, 500 Top quality grower broker and distributor of plants, sod and allied products. A family oriented service company with three locations in Georgia. Buffalo Horticulture Sales 314 Carola Lane Lexington, South Carolina 29072 (803) 532-7317 phone billy@horticulturesales.com http://www.horticulturesales.com Booths 518, 516 Manufacturer’s Representatives, Representing Sungro Retail Soils, Klerks Greenhouse Films, Natural Industries/Bio Fungicide, Wellmark pesticides, DeWitt Fabrics. BWI Companies, Inc PO Box 1410 Greer, SC 29652 (864) 968-8961 phone (864) 968-8968 fax barkleysippel@bwicompanies.com http:// www.bwicompanies.com Booth 506 BWI Companies, Inc. Georgia’s complete Horticulture Supplies Company. One stop for all of your professional growing needs. Byron Lakeview Nursery, LLC 2149 Lakeview Rd Byron, Georgia 31008 (800) 717-2362 phone (478) 956-3832 fax jdjbln@hotmail.com http://www.byronlakeviewnursery.com Booth 821 Growers of MIGHTY FINE LINERS since 1985. Many varieties of hollies and junipers; also Arborvitae, Arizona Cypress, Barberry, Cryptomeria, Illicium, Leucothoe, Leyland Cypress and other varieties grown in 3” pots.
Cam Too Camellia Nursery Inc 805 Oakbury Court Greensboro, North Carolina 27455 (336)643-3727 phone (336) 643-0840 fax camtoo@earthlink.net http://www.camtoocamellia.com Booth 409 Wholesale grower of camellias, cephalotaxus, stewartia, franklinia, gordinia, Gardenias, Encore Azaleas, Liners 1, 3, 7, and 15 gallons.
Classic Groundcovers, Inc 405 Belmont Rd Athens, Georgia 30605 (800) 248-8424 phone (706) 369-9844 fax sales@classic-groundcovers.com http://www.classic-groundcovers.com Booths 600, 602, 501 Grower of 120 varieties of groundcover and perennial plants. Since 1963 Classic Groundcovers is the “Home of Sudden Service.”
Carolina Native Nursery 1126 Prices Creek Rd Burnsville, North Carolina 28714 (828) 682-1471 phone (828) 682-1303 fax bill@carolinanativenursery.com http://www.carolinanativenursery.com Booth 726 Center for Applied Nursery Research 4904 Luckey’s Bridge Rd SE Dearing, Georgia 30808 (706) 597-8309 phone (706) 595-1546 fax director@canr.org http://www.canr.org Booth 306 CANR provides a managed site for green industry needs driven research in an operational nursery setting. The GGIA Journal is the designated official publication for Center research results.
Cleveland Tree Company PO Box 1526 Fort Valley, Georgia 31030 (478) 825-7487 phone (478) 825-4127 fax clevtree@aol.com Booth 817 Growers of B&B tress and shrubs, including maple, oak, birch, cryptomeria, magnolia, several hollies, and 10 varieties of crape myrtle. Located 100 miles south of Atlanta.
Charlie’s Creek Nursery, Inc PO Box 669 Iva, South Carolina 29655 (877) 805-6168 phone (864) 348-6486 fax charliescrk@wctel.net http://www.charliescreek.net Booth 710 Wholesale Field grown ornamental trees and large shrubs. Cherokee Manufacturing 3394 Hwy 41 South Tifton, Georgia 31794 (229) 386-5435 phone (229) 386-3457 fax brent@cherokeemfg.com http://www.cherokeemfg.com Booth 834 Wire baskets, burlap liners, burlap squares, burlap bales, groundcover, winter protection, fabric containers, container stabilizers, landscape fabrics, erosion control silt fence, jute mesh, Excelsior blankets, twines, seat belt strapping, bamboo stakes.
Concrete Creations 410 S. Washington Ave. Greenville, South Carolina 29611 (864) 269-7600 phone (864) 269-7560 fax concretecreationsinfo@gmail.com http:// www.concretecreations.net Booths 837, 936, 934 South Carolina’s largest producer of ornamental concrete. Direct importers of wrought iron and pottery. Quality products priced well below regular market prices. Cool Springs Nursery P.O. Box 873 Norman Park, Georgia 31771 (229) 873-0921 phone coolspringsnurseryga@gmail.com Booth 707 Wholesale grower of quality liners and groundcovers for the nursery and landscape. County Line Nursery, Inc 3204 Burnett Rd Byron, Georgia 31008 (478) 825-1337 phone (478) 822-9160 fax sales@countylinenursery.com http://www.countylinenursery.com Booth 819 County Line Nursery is the South’s leading grower of Daphne odora. CLN also grows over 350 varieties of Camellias plus Cephalotaxus and Edgeworthia. Sizes range from liners to 25 gallon.
Exhibitors Cowart Mulch Products, Inc. 185 Peachtree Industrial Blvd Sugar Hill, Georgia 30518 (770) 932-6161 phone (770) 932-5150 fax LOrlandella@cowartmulch.com http://www.cowartmulch.com Booth 930 Cowart Mulch Products offers a wide variety of landscaping material making us your one stop shop for all your business needs. Our mulch products include bulk and bagged amendments.
Diversified Trees, Inc PO Box 1171 Pine Mountain, Georgia 31822 (706) 663-0300 phone (706) 663-0301 fax paul@diversifiedtrees.com http://www.diversifiedtrees.com Booths 825, 827 Wholesale grower of large container trees and shrubs. Specimen Landscape ornamentals. Nice selection of deciduous/ hybrid azaleas and other native species. Contact: Paul Chappell (706) 887-1624.
Davis Floral Company, Inc. 1851 Bowman Hwy Dewy Rose, Georgia 30634 (706) 283-1396 phone (706) 283-9994 fax jasonmc@davis-floral.com http://davis-floral.com Booth 402 Wholesale greenhouse providing top quality liners, potted annuals, bedding plants and perennials to independent garden centers and landscapers.
Don Marjama Nursery Co., Inc. 11333 SE Bluff Road Sandy, Oregon 97055 (503) 668-8083 phone (503) 668-4833 fax sales@donmarjamanursery.com http://www.donmarjamanursery.com Booth 712 Quality that speaks for itself. 35 years of growing premium container and field grown nursery stock!
Daylily Nursery 471 Mud Creek Rd Rock Island, TN 38581 (931) 686-8294 daylilynsy@blomand.net Booth 404 Dayton Bag & Burlap Co. 233 Commerce Blvd Statesville, North Carolina 28625 (704) 873-7271 phone (704) 873-9778 fax mperkins@daybag.com http://www.daybag.com Booth 917 DeVroomen Garden Products P.O. Box 189 Russell, Illinois 60075 (847) 395-9911 phone (847) 395-9900 fax gjbell@bellsouth.net http://www.devroomen.com Booth 620 One year field grown bare root perennials, spring flowering bulbs, summer flowering bulbs & perennial liners. Diebel Nurseries / J. Frank Schmidt 810 Flat Road Road Louisville, Kentucky 40245 (502) 558-7168 phone (502) 236-0606 fax kit@kitshaughnessy.com http://kitshaughnessy.com Booth 405 Growers of quality field grown crape myrtle bare root linens. Growers of bare root and container shade and ornamental tree liners.
Dorsey Farms 200 Walker Rd Meansville, Georgia 30256 (678) 414-7858 phone dorseyfarms@aol.com Booth 828, 830 Grower of higher quality 7 gal,15 gal and 30 gal material. Doug Young Nursery PO Box 39 Forest Hill, Louisiana 71430 (318) 664-6525 phone (318) 748-8213 joan@dougyoungnursery.com http://www.dougyoungnursery.com Booth 216 We grow quality ground cover, shrubs, landscape material, trees, and ornamentals. Our tropical and perennial selection is outstanding at DYN. We are always growing! Dry Shave Mountain 57 Dry Shave Rd McMinnville, Tennessee 37110 (931) 692-3117 phone (931) 692-3499 fax dsmnursery@yahoo.com http://www.TnNursery.com/dryshave Booth 733 Family owned and operated for 29 years. Our goal is to provide quality service to our customers.
Eason Horticultural Resources 939 Helen Ruth Dr Ft. Wright, Kentucky 41017 (859) 578-3535 phone (859) 578-2266 fax tradeshows@ehrnet.com http://www.ehrnet.com Booth 616 Serving small, medium, and large garden centers, nurseries, and re-wholesalers. Offering a full line of annuals and perennials, including Hort Couture and Proven Winners, liners, nursery stock, blooming tropicals, greenhouses. ECO Wholesale Nursery, LLC 2200 10th Street P.O. Box 386 Forest Hill, Louisiana 71430 (318) 730-8801 phone (318) 748-4521 fax gbeconursery@mail.com Booths 205, 207 Evergreen Nursery, Inc 1501 Dials Mill Rd Statham, Georgia 30666 (678) 753-1818 phone (678) 753-1166 fax sales@evergreennurseryinc.net http://www.evergreennurseryinc.net Booths 716, 617 Growers of fine perennials and groundcovers for the Garden Center and landscape trade since 1977. (800)-5217267 Ewing Irrigation Products 4167 Suwanee Dam Road Suwanee, Georgia 30024 (480) 213-3663 phone (866) 264-2817 fax jray@ewingirrigation.com http://www.ewingirrigation.com Booth 303 Ewing provides landscape, irrigation, and golf course professional with the supplies they need to create healthy, sustainable environments. Farmers Organic P.O. Box 760 Newton, Georgia 39870 (229) 854-0790 phone (229) 734-5019 fax greg@farmersorganic.com Booth 305 We produce premium soils compost and fertilizer by the bag and in bulk. We pride ourselves in dealing only with independent businesses. We are family owned and operated in Georgia.
Faron Green Nursery 5588 Nashville Hwy McMinnville, Tennessee 37110 (931) 668-2509 phone (931) 668-1578 fax farongreen@blomand.net http://www.farongreennursery.com Booths 512, 510 Quality Wholesale Grower of Shade and Ornamental Trees, Evergreens, Deciduous and Ornamental Shrubs. Available in Balled & Burlapped and/or Bare Root. Fernwood Nurseries, Inc 3835 Snow Rd Semmes, Alabama 36575 (251) 649-4708 phone (251) 649-1917 fax jamesleroy@bellsouth.net Booths 813, 811 Growers since 1974: Nandina, Daylily, Fatsia, Ground Covers, Hydrangea, Hardy Ferns, Juniper, Liriope, Knock-out Roses, Woody Ornamentals, Crape Myrtles, Magnolias and Azaleas. FIS Outdoor 1112 Samples Industrial Dr Cumming, Georgia 30041 (678) 409-3202 phone jeff.fischer@fisoutdoor.com http://www.fisoutdoor.com Booth 508 Landscape and Irrigation Supply Company with 33 locations. We don’t just believe in good customer service, we believe in being an extension of your business with excellent pricing and service. Flat Rock Nursery Company 483 Bill Oliver Rd Wrightville, Georgia 31096 (478)697-6695 phone (478)864-9318 fax flatrockresources@gmail.com Booth 418 Flint Equipment Company, Inc. 4500 Wendell Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30336 (404) 691-9445 phone (404) 696-1170 fax mcampbell@flintequipco.com http://www.flintequipco.com Booths 939, 937, 935, 933 Complete line of John Deere Light Construction Equipment and FINN Erosion Control Equipment. Compact Track Loaders, Skid Steer Loaders, Hydro Seeders, Straw and Bark Blowers. Sales, Service and Rental.
Flowerwood Nursery, Inc PO Box 665 Loxley, Alabama 36551 (800) 858-3521 phone (251) 964-6355 fax info@flowerwood.com http://www.flowerwood.com Booths 607, 706 Flowerwood offers plant brands consumers demand: Southern Living® Plant Collection, Encore Azalea®, Knock Out® rose, Endless Summer TM Hydrangea, and other top brands; offering POPMaterials, tagging, & Pre-Pricing. Forest Hill Plant Ceaux 80 Randolph Rd Forest Hill, Louisiana 71430 (318) 880-5853 phone (318) 748-4633 fax kmurrell@plantceaux.com http://www.plantceaux.com Booth 732 Frank A. Smith Nurseries 3939 LaVista Rd, Suite PMB 311 Tucker, Georgia 30084 (770) 352-4407 phone (770) 395-0633 fax darren@fasnurseries.com Booth 408 Welcome all Green Industry Members to our new location: 5000 Kristie Way, Chamblee, GA 30341. Same great material, great new location!! Just 1 block off new peachtree road. Midway between the Doraville & Chamblee Marta Stations. Gainous’ Shade Trees, Inc 164 Nursery Lane Cairo. Georgia 39827 (229) 377-2202 phone (229) 378-9011 fax gst.leegainous@yahoo.com http://www.gainousshadetrees.com Booths 300, 201 Gainous Shade Trees Inc, has been in business for over 25 years. We continue to specialize in #5 and #7 shade and ornamental containerized trees. Garden Design Nursery 793 Hwy 191 Danielsville, Georgia 30633 (678) 570-4135 phone (706) 795-3937 fax gardendesignnursery@msn.com Booth 629 Garden Design Nursery specializes in Japanese Maples and Conifers. We graft and grow our maples right here in Georgia. Stop by Booth # 629 to see all that we offer.
Georgia Department of Agriculture 1109 Experiment St Griffin, Georgia 30223 (404) 586-1149 phone (770) 228-7219 fax martha.oellerich@agr.georgia.gov http://www.agr.georgia.gov Booth 102 The Georgia Department of Agriculture regulates pesticide use. The Department also inspects live plants to ensure their health. GDA surveys for exotic plant pests across Georgia. Georgia Farm Bureau 1620 Bass Rd Macon, Georgia 31209 (800) 342-1196 phone (478) 405-3430 fax btashley@gfb.org http://www.gfb.org Booth 113 Georgia Farm Bureau is the state’s largest general farm organization. With a chapter in every county in Georgia, your membership helps us be your voice in Atlanta and Washington. Georgia Green Industry Association P.O. Box 369 Epworth, Georgia 30541 706-632-0100 phone 706-632-0300 fax jennifer@ggia.org http://www.ggia.org Booth 100 GGIA is a statewide trade association whose members include wholesale nursery growers, retail garden centers, floriculture growers, landscape and maintenance contractors, irrigation contractors and suppliers allied products and services. Contact: Chris Butts, GGIA Executive Director. Direct at 706-5402813 or at chris@ggia.org. Georgia Grown- Georgia Department of Agriculture 19 Martin Luther King Jr Dr SW Atlanta, Georgia 30334 (404) 859-9600 phone (404) 656-9380 fax kelli.williams@agr.georgia.gov Booths 108, 106, 104 Georgia Grown is an economic development & marketing program designed to grow the agricultural economies of Georgia.
Exhibitors Georgia Pecan Trees 2902 River Drive Unit C202 Savannah, Georgia 31404 (770) 316-3434 phone georgiapecantrees@gmail.com https://georgiapecantrees.com/ Booth 1004 With over 41 years experience in the pecan growing industry, we are not only happy to provide our customers with quality nursery stock, but we are also available to provide educational information on select pecan varieties, custom grafting, planting pecan trees, maintaining pecan trees, designing orchards and discussing results that growers expect to see. Whether you are a beginning or season grower, we look forward to helping you achieve your goals! Georgia’s Integrated Cultivar Release System (GICRS) 2420 S. Milledge Ave Athens, Georgia 30605 (706) 552-4525 phone (706) 227-7159 fax blake.fleeman@gsdc.com http://georgiacultivars.com/ Booth 308 Georgia’s Integrated Cultivar Release System (GICRS) is the official developer of plant materials and breeder seed developed by the University of Georgia’s Agricultural Experiment Stations and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. With more than 19 plant breeders on staff, the University of Georgia is known as an international leader in developing new varieties of plant material and seed that are commercially viable. Goldleaf Farms 1845 Lower Creighton Rd Ball Ground, Georgia 30107 (770) 265-9633 phone phil@goldleaffarms.com http://www.goldleaffarms.com Booth 709 Wholesale growers of field grown trees totaling 280 acres with growing operations located in Ball Ground, GA & Pontotoc, MS- over 150 varieties of trees in production. Goldleaf Farms Growers of Distinct Trees. Goodness Grows, Inc PO Box 311 Lexington, Georgia 30648 (706) 743-8323 phone (706) 743-5112 fax admin@goodnessgrows.com http://www.goodnessgrows.com Booth 608 Wholesale and retail grower specializing in herbaceous perennial plants.
Graco Fertilizer Company PO Box 89 Cairo, Georgia 39828 (229) 377-1602 phone (229) 377-8348 fax graco@windstream.net http://www.gracofertilizercompany.com Booth 505 Manufacturer of premium quality ornamental and turf fertilizers and custom potting soils. Distributors of Everris Horticultural Products, Osmocote, Florikan products, organic fertilizers and horticultural chemicals. Grandiflora 7315 NW 126 St Gainesville, Florida 32653 (352) 332-1220 phone (352) 332-3113 fax alan@grandiflora.pro http://www.grandifloragrown.com Booth 310, 312 106 Acres of everything you need Herbs, Annuals, Perennials, Vines, Shrubs, Trees, Ground Covers, Xerics, Aquatics, Ornamental grasses, Topiaries, Palms, Ferns, Gingers. All delivered weekly on our own shelved trucks! Grasshopper Company P.O. Box 637 Moundridge, Kansas 67107 (620) 345-8621 phone (620) 345-2301 phone show@grasshoppermower.com http://www.grasshoppermower.com Booth 214, 212 Grasshopper True ZeroTurn radius riding rotary mowers and QuikConverter attachment system for year round implements. Green Nurseries/ Wintergarden 415 North Greeno Rd Fairhope, AL 36532 (251) 928-8469 phone (251) 928-8459 fax Bobby.green@greennurseries.com http://www.GreenNurseries.com Booth 815 Revolutionary Hybrid Camellia Japonicas and Sasanquas Including the October Magic® Series for Garden Centers and Landscape Designs. Scarce, Heat Tolerant Gulf Coast Native Shrubs From One Of The South’s Oldest Nurseries.
Greenleaf Nursery Company 28406 Hwy 82 Park Hill, Oklahoma 74451 (800) 331-2982 phone (800) 407-5550 Hope_fitzgerald@greenleafnursery.com http://www.greenleafnursery.com Booth 421, 520 Wholesale grower of “Predictable Quality” container-grown plants, including broadleaf & flowering shrubs, roses, grasses, annuals, perennials, conifers and trees. Three strategically located nurseries to serve your needs: Oklahoma, Texas & North Carolina. Griffin Greenhouse & Nursery Supplies 5350 Ball Ground Hwy Ball Ground, Georgia 30107 (800) 888-0054 phone (770) 479-9505 dmuse@griffinmail.com http://www.griffins.com Booth 615, 714 Griffin Greenhouse Supplies serves professional growers and IGCs across a 20-state region with our hard goods and retail businesses; we distribute green goods nationally through our SHS Griffin division. Gro South Inc 2075 Tucker Industrial Rd Tucker, Georgia 30084 (770) 938-1881 phone (770) 938-2177 fax spencer@grosouth.com http://www.grosouth.com Booth 910 We offer a complete line of greenhouse, nursery, landscape and garden center supplies, including fertilizers, chemical, soils, irrigation, containers, sprayers, mulches and tools. Gwinnett County Master Gardeners 6282 Indian Field Norcross, Georgia 30092 (404) 643-2354 phone gardening4u@gmail.com Booth 117 H & H Farm Machine Co., Inc 7916 Unionville-Brief Rd Monroe, North Carolina 28110 (704) 753-4919 phone (704) 753-4323 fax acct.payable@hhspray.com http://www.hhspray.com Booth 924 H&H Farm Machine builds sprayers using tank sizes from 15-500 gallons, fitted with name brand components, supported by rugged tubular frames that give years of dependability. Building Sprayers your way since 1978!
Hackney Nursery PO Box 160 Greensboro, Florida 32330 (850) 442-6115 phone (850) 442-3492 fax tim@hackneynursery.com http://www.hackneynursery.com Booths 610, 612 Flowering decididuous shrubs, evergreens, perennials, groundcovers and trees. Proud grower of the “Southern Living”, Proven Winners Color Choice Shurbs, Gardeners Confidence, Encore Azalea, Knockout series of roses, Drift series of roses & First Editions.
Haviland Plastic Products Co. 132 Pleasant Valley Dr Dayton Beach, Florida 32114 (386) 679-9407 phone (419) 622-6911 fax hrsmithherc@yahoo.com http://www.havilandplastics.com Booth 415 We manufacture quality blow-mold and thermoformed containers. We have trade 1 thru 300 gallon. Our new high performance thermo line features a rolled lid and advanced drainage. Our new thermo squat line in 8” 10” and 12” is now in full production.
Hahira Nursery, Inc 837 Union Rd Hahira, Georgia 31632 (800) 893-9430 phone (229) 794-2197 fax sales@hahiranursery.com http://www.HahiraNursery.com Booth 728 Wholesale grower of over 200 varieties of premium quality trees, shrubs, grasses, groundcovers and perennials. Serving the Southeast for over 25 years.
Hawksridge Farms P.O. Box 3349 Hickory, North Carolina 28603 (828) 294-2081 phone (828) 294 4299 fax sales@hawksridgefarms.com http://www.hawksridgefarms.com Booths 100, 810, 091, 010 Helena Chemical Company 3211 Suwanee Industrial Way Ste 100 Suwanee, Georgia 30024 (770) 945-0686 phone ClemensW@helenachemical.com http://www.helenachemical.com Booth 410 Turf & Ornamental Distribution
Hamner Tree Farm 9271 Luthersville Rd Greenville, Georgia 30222 (706) 538-1222 phone (770) 457-0943 fax Luke@Hamnertreefarm.com Booth 835 Harp’s Farm Market & Nursery, Inc 1692 Hwy 92 S Fayetteville, Georgia 30215 (770) 461-1821 phone (770) 719-9588 fax sales@harpsfarminc.com http://www.harpsfarminc.com Booths 822, 820 Growing quality container plant materials ranging from 1 to 30 gallons. Specializing in Native Azaleas, Japanese Maples, Camellias, Flowering Shrubs, Hydrangeas, Boxwoods, Trees, Crape Myrtles, Conifers, Roses, Ferns, Vines, and Native Plants. Harrell’s Fertilizer, LLC 772 Bathwick Dr Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 (615) 668-8467 phone (615) 469-3460 fax kcreamer@harrells.com http://www.harrells.com Booth 625 Harrell’s specializes in customized fertilizer solutions for nurseries and greenhouses. We work with our customers to create an individualized fertility program unique to their growing needs. We also sell a full line of chemicals and spray adjuvants.
Holloway’s Nursery 11528 Highway 165 South Forest Hill, Louisiana 71430 (800) 634-2815 phone (318) 748-7204 fax bryan@hollowaysnursery.com http://www.hollowaysnursery.com Booths 318, 316 Homeplace Garden Nursery P.O. Box 300 Commerce, GA 30529 (706) 654-7472 phone (706) 335-3126 fax homeplace1@windstream.net http://www.homeplacegardennursery.com Booth 519 Homeplace Garden Nursery wholesale grower of specialty ornamentals: rhododendron, Japanese maple, pieris, mountain laurel, dwarf chamaecyparis & other unusual shrubs. Hortica Insurance & Employee Benefits P.O. Box 428 Edwardsville, Illinois 62025 (800) 851-7740 phone (800) 233-3642 fax sales@hortica.com http://www.hortica.com Booth 219 Hortica is a mutual company uniquely focused on the horticultural industry, and a proven partner for business insurance, employee benefits and personal insurance since 1887.
Hulls Treeland 172 Jones Rd Hampton, Georgia 30228 (770) 294-4702 phone (770) 946-9744 fax pnicolella@bellsouth.net http://www.hullstreeland.com Booth 832 Producing quality field grown trees and evergreens. Contract digging also available on your material- any size. No job too small or too large. J & L Growers, Inc 4198 Hwy 37 E Moultrie, Georgia 31788 (229) 985-1222 phone (229) 985-6492 fax jlgrower@windstream.net http://www. jandlgrowers.com Booths 637, 635 J & L Growers is a wholesale growing operation producing plant and tree material for landscapers, rewholesalers, retailers and field growers. Sizes range from 4” through 30 gallon containers. Primarily 3,7,15g material. Jack’s Creek Farm PO Box 192 Bostwick, GA 30623 (706) 343-1855 phone (706) 343-1835 fax dpmalcom@bellsouth.net Booth 627 Field Grown ornamentals, B&B Evergreens, Red Deciduous Oaks, Maple, Cherry, Crape Myrtle, Elm, Deodora Cedar, cryptomeria, Hollies, etc. Kinney Nursery 3740 Snow Rd Semmes, Alabama 36575 (800) 927-7851 phone (251) 649-6456 fax jknursery@bellsouth.net Booth 814, 715, 713 Roses, Camellias, shrubs, natives, Japanese Maples, fruit, nut, shade, and flowering trees. All container grown stock. Friendly and prompt service. Our stock is grown and shipped with care. Lake Tree Growers PO Box 529 Whigham, Georgia 39897 (229) 762-4888 phone (229) 762-4677 fax laketreegrowers@yahoo.com http://www.laketreegrowers.com Booths 509, 507 We grow container trees of superior quality & uniformity. Choose from selection of oaks, juniper, maples, holly, loropetalum, cryptomeria, river birch, arborvitae, magnolia, carolina sapphire, ligustrum, crape myrtles, tea olive, & more in 15, 25, & 45 gal containers.
Exhibitors Lakeside Trees, Inc. 1451 Norwood Springs Rd Fort Valley, Georgia 31030 (478) 825-8885 phone (478) 825-9033 fax huckabeem@bellsouth.net Booth 829 Wholesale Grower of shade trees, flowering trees & evergreens. Line Blaster 139 Altama Connector #417 Brunswick, Georgia 31525 (912) 554-3700 phone (866) 384-5311 fax jwynn@lineblaster.com http://www.lineblaster.com Booth 1103 Line Blaster removes blockage in all types of emitters. Removes contaminants and deposits and breaks them into microscopic dust. Line Blaster cleans up everything it touches without harming plants. Liner Source 21102 SR 44 Eustis, FL 32736 (352) 357-3500 phone (352) 357-2619 fax ason@linersource.com http://www.linersource.com Booth 504 The source you can depend on for quality woody ornamental liners and finished container stock. Azalea, Cypress, Crape Myrtle, Gardenia, Ilex, Jasmine, Juniper, Ligustrum, Liriope, Loropetalum, Nandina, Roses, Tropicals & Viburnum. LT Rich Products 920 Hendricks Dr Lebanon, Indiana 46052 (765) 482-2040 phone (765) 482-2050 fax mspencer@z-spray.com http://www.z-spray.com Booth 319 Our focus is simple: continue developing and manufacturing new and innovative products for lawn care professionals and provide superior customer service. Mack Bros Landscape Nursery 11300 Mahan Dr Tallahassee, Florida 32309 (850) 671-3614 phone (850) 671-3615 fax mackbrosnursery@cs.com http://www.mackbrosnursery.com Booths 1102, 1101, 1100 Trees, woody ornamentals, garden center, contract grower, re-wholesaler
Marlboro Bulb Company 2424 Hwy. 72/221 East Greenwood, South Carolina 29649 (800) 999-0567 phone (864) 229-5719 fax info@marlborobulb.com http://www.marlborobulb.com Booth 1007 Wholesale supplier of premium flower bulbs and bare root perennials for garden centers, landscapers, nurserymen, and greenhouses. We specialize in southern gardens for all seasons. Mason Tractor P.O. Box 458 Blue Ridge, Georgia 30513 (706) 632-3777 phone heatherland@masontractorco.com http://www.masontractorco.com Booths 121, 119 Mason Tractor is your source for new and used tractors, combines, sprayers, riding mowers and commercial equipment in Blue Ridge, Cumming, McDonough, Norcross, Georgia. May Nursery, Inc 178 May Nursery Rd Havana, Florida 32333 (800) 342-7134 phone (888) 242-8271 fax richard@maynursery.com http://www.maynursery.com Booth 731 Container grown woody ornamentals, perennials, small trees & grasses; wholesale only. McCorkle Nurseries, Inc 4904 Luckey’s Bridge Rd Dearing, Georgia 30808 (770) 578-9583 phone (770) 578-9519 fax trogers@mccorklenurseries.com http://www.mccorklenurseries.com Booths 400, 301 McCorkle Nurseries, Inc is a third generation, family owned and operated wholesale grower of perennials and woody ornamentals, based in Dearing, GA. We are pleased to offer the new varieties within the Gardener’s Confidence Collection. Merchney Greenhouses P.O. Box 3871 Anderson, South Carolina 29655 (864) 940-6666 phone sales@merchneygreenhouses.com http://www.merchneygreenhouses.com Booth 413
Mid Georgia Nursery 727 Rose Hill Rd Meansville, Georgia 30256 (770) 567-3874 phone (770) 567-3746 fax sam@midgeorgiansy.com http://www.midgeorgiansy.com Booth 818 Wholesale Growers of quality trees and great service! Mingo Nursery 1700 Mingo Rd Winchester, Tennessee 37398 (931) 967-6558 phone (931) 967-8848 fax mingonursery@yahoo.com http://www.mingo-nursery.com Booth 220 Wholesale Liner Nursery specializing in dogwoods. Family run business since 1968. We are growing trees on 125 plus acres. We grow many numbers of tree and shurb bareroot liners. Mize Farm & Garden Supply, Inc. 625 Wesinpar Rd Johnson City, Tennessee 37604 (423) 434-1810 phone (423) 928-8093 fax CSmith@ehrnet.com Booth 618 Premier greenhouse supplier for 30 plus years selling: SunGro, Jacks Guardman, Klerks Poly, East Jordan Plastics, Dram, Landmark Products. MNI Direct 661 South Cobb Dr Marietta, Georgia 30060 (844) 578-4599 phone info@MNIDirect.com http://www.MNIDirect.com Booth 836 MNI Direct offers a wide variety of high quality plant material from all over the United States. We are your single source provider that delivers direct to your job site. Mobley Plant Farm, Inc. 1255 Ewing Chapel Rd Dacula, Georgia 30019 (770) 513-3105 phone (770) 513-3142 fax david@mobleyplantfarm.com http://www.mobleyplantfarm.com Booth 737 GEORGIA’S PREMIER ANNUAL COLOR GROWER SINCE 1992, EXCLUSIVE SOURCE FOR GREENSLEEVE. Its advantages: Produces healthier root system; 40% faster to plant, saving labor cost; Environmentally friendly with lower carbon footprint.
Moon’s Tree Farm, Inc 6327 Hwy 20 Loganville, Georgia 30052 (770) 554-6849 phone (770) 554-6852 fax info@moonstreefarm.com http://www.moonstreefarm.com Booth 812 Moon’s Tree Farm is a wholesale tree grower located in Loganville, GA and recently expanded to Washington, GA where we grow over 60 varieties of balled and burlapped trees.
NYP- Corp 299 Osterneck Dr Lumberton, North Carolina 28358 (336) 601-2869 phone (336) 854-2326 fax sgilbreth@nyp-corp.com http://www.nyp-corp.com Booth 407 NYP Corp has proudly served America’s Nursery growers with quality burlap, twine, wire baskets, bamboo and many other related products since the 1950’s. Now with 6 locations to serve you.
Nature’s Tree Farm 2155 Strickland Town Rd Luthersville, Georgia 30251 (770) 927-2250 phone (770) 927-0606 fax naturestreefarm@gmail.com http://www.naturestreefarm@gmail.com Booth 823 Quality trees and shrubs in 7-45 gal. containers. Selection includes oaks, maples, crape myrtles, magnolias, viburnum, holly, cypress, juniper, pines, poplar, birch, parrotia, osmanthus, cryptomeria, willow, red bud, cherry, dogwood, carpinus and more!
Oak Pond Nursery, LLC 3796 Travelers Rest Rd Newton, Georgia 39870 (229) 734-6640 phone Atethridge@aol.com http://www.oakpondnursery.com Booth 1003 A wholesale nursery providing top quality grown container, liners, shrubs, trees, grasses, and groundcover.
North Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association 968 Trinity Rd Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 (919) 816-9119 phone (919) 816-9118 fax info@ncnla.com http://www.ncnla.com Booth 211 North Georgia Turf 1487 Blackdirt Rd Whitesburg, Georgia 30185 (770) 832-8608 phone (770) 214-9714 fax natalie@ngturf.com http://www.ngturf.com Booth 1002 Premium Turfgrasses: Certified Tifway 419, Tifsport, Patriot, Tifgrand Bermudas; El Toro, Meyer, Zeon, Jamur, Zoysias; Rebel Supreme Fescue; Tifblair Centipede. Locations: Whitesburg, Calhoun, Clarkesville, Perry & Ft. Valley Georgia. Delivery and pick up available. Nursery Supplies, Inc. 529 Highland Ave Orlando, Florida 32801 (407) 222-1077 phone wlockeby@nurserysupplies.com http://www.nurserysupplies.com Booths206, 208 Nursery containers from 1qt. To 300 gal. Featuring the new pressure formed line of containers ad Pot-n-pot containers.
OHP, Inc 7 Redwood Cove Jackson, Tennessee 38305 (940) 395-7791 phone (888) 852-3911 fax tmccarter@ohp.com http://www.ohp.com Booth 722 OHP is a chemical manufacturer of insecticides, miticides, fungicides, PGR and Pre-Emergent Herbicides supplying the Greenhouse Nursery Market. OldCastle Lawn & Garden 1206 Rutledge Way Anderson, South Carolina 29621 (864) 617-4057 phone (864) 222-9806 fax steve.jarahian@oldcastle.com http://www.oldcastle.com Booths 633, 631 Oldcastle Lawn & Garden, Inc. manufactures and sells custom blended nursery, perennial and greenhouse formulations, landscape mulches and soil conditioners, bags of mulches, soils, and lime. Pacific East Nursery, Inc 1510 Inman Rd Wellford, South Carolina 29385 (864) 542-6029 phone pacificeastnursery@gmail.com http://www.pacificeastnursery.com Booth 723 We offer Japanese Maples. Palms Unlimited 9070 Scott Dairy Loop S Mobile, Alabama 36695 (251) 633-3400 phone fieldgrown@gmail.com http://www.PalmsUnlimited.net Booth 809 Wholesale grower of cold hardy palm trees.
Pattillo Tree Farm, LLC 1468 Patterson Rd Griffin, Georgia 30223 (404) 925-5295 phone mark@pattillotreefarm.com http://www.pattillotreefarm.com Booth 833 Grower of one and three gallon trees and shrubs, specializing in evergreen trees, magnolias and crape myrtles. Plant and Supply Locator 102 E. Lee Rd Taylors, South Carolina 29687 (800) 475-2687 phone (800) 611-4588 fax leigh@plantlocator.net http://www.plantlocator.net Booth 926 Publisher of the monthly Plant and Supply LOCATOR magazine; the most up-to-date buyers guide for wholesale plant material and landscape supplies throughout the Southeast, Northeast and Midwest. plantANT 10200 SR 84 # 204 Davie, Florida 33324 (954) 489-8268 phone dtackoor@plantant.com http://www.plantant.com Booths 200, 202 PlantANT.com is the nation’s largest wholesale plant & nursery directory. Over 350,000 listings from thousands of nurseries & growers in GA and nationwide. PlantAnt is free to use for industry professionals. Use online or smartphone apps. Post Oak Farms 5924 Lexington Rd Rayle, Georgia 30660 (706) 274-3458 phone (706) 274-3463 fax customerservice@postoakfarms.com http://postoakfarms.com Booth 606 We’re a greenhouse operation specializing in seasonal color. We serve commercial landscape companies, municipalities, universities, resorts, re-wholesalers and independent garden centers. We grow annual bedding plants from 3 1/2” to 1 gallon. Premier Growers, Inc. 3485 South Puckett Rd Buford, Georgia 30519 (770) 932-5234 phone (770) 945-8845 fax jeff@premiergrowersinc.com http://www.premiergrowersinc.com Booth 503 Delivering premier quality seasonal color & bedding plants to landscaping professionals since 1987.
Exhibitors Prichard’s Nursery Equipment 604 W. Market St Portland, Tennessee 37148 (423) 326-0753 phone (615) 323-7667 fax sales@optimaltreespades.com http://www.optimaltreespades.com Booth 735 Putnals Premium Pine Straw, Inc. 4987 East US Hwy 27 Mayo, Florida 32066 (770) 923-1921 phone (386) 294-2499 fax info@putnalspinestraw.com http://www.putnalspinestraw.com Booth 403 Wholesale Pine Straw & Contract Installation. Delivery and drop trailer service throughout the south east. Working with landscape companies, golf courses, management companies and government municipalities for over 23 years! Quail Hollow Nurseries, Inc. 3410 Bailey Rd Dacula, Georgia 30019 (770) 339-0854 phone (770) 995-9271 fax info@quailhollownurseries.com http://www.quailhollownurseries.com Booth 736, 734 Quality Annual, Perennial and Ground Cover grower for over 26 years! R.A. Dudley Nurseries, Inc PO Box 429 Thomson, Georgia 30824 (800) 542-4484 phone (706) 595-8166 fax info@radudley.com http://www.radudley.com Booths 816, 717 Wholesale producer of quality container grown azaleas including Encore, Hollies, Junipers and other broadleaf evergreens. Also available are perennials and deciduous shrubs, including KnockOut Roses and Endless Summer Hydrangeas. Red Pebble Trees 1558 Faceville Attapulgus Rd Bainbridge, Georgia 39819 (352) 398-5072 phone (352) 489-4409 fax blake@redpebbletrees.com http://www.redpebbletrees.com Booth 215 At Red Pebble Trees our goal is to provide quality field grown trees with remarkable service. Located in Bainbridge, GA near I-10. Varieties such as Oaks, Elm, Crape Myrtle & Red Maple.
Redbone Nurseries 286 Sappington Rd Barnesville, Georgia 30204 (404) 788-3638 phone davis.dunbar@redbonenurseries.com http://www.redbonenurseries.com Booth 810 Field Grown Trees & Shrubs. River’s Edge Nursery, LLC P.O. Box 2284 Greer, South Carolina 29652 (864) 801-0222 phone (864) 801-4530 fax psmith@riversedgenursery.com http://www.riversedgenursery.com Booth 724 Wholesale grower of various varieties of shade trees and shrubs. Robert J Jones Nursery Co. P.O. Box 1 Matthews, Georgia 30818 (706) 547-6521 phone (706) 547-9693 fax jeffj989@gmail.com Booth 416 Shoemaker Irrigation 930 Newton Bridge Rd Athens, Georgia 30607 (706) 340-0157 phone (706) 369-1125 fax jhc40@bellsouth.net http://www.shoemakerirrigation.com/ Booth 614 Shoemaker Irrigation Supply is a full service irrigation supply store located in Athens, GA. We offer a full line of irrigation products: sprinklers, valves, pipe, wire and fittings. We have a full compliment of outdoor lighting. We stock all types of pumps, and can build a pump station to fit your needs. With over 30 years experience in the irrigation industry Shoemaker Irrigation Supply can solve all your irrigation problems. Silver Bait, LLC 22785 Sr 108 Coalmont, Tennessee 37313 (931) 692-8001 phone (931) 692-8002 fax silverbaitchris@gmail.com Booth 411 Producers of Wormganic worm castings. Worm castings consist of organic matter broken down by worms. Wormganic worm castings are now available in 1 cu ft bags.
Simpson Nurseries PO Box 160 Monticello, Florida 32345 (850) 997-2516 phone (850) 997-2518 fax rusty@simpsonnurseries.com http://www.simpsonnurseries.com Booth 412, 414 Wholesale growers of quality container nursery stock, shade and flowering trees, ornamental trees and shrubs, landscape specimen trees, fruit and pecan trees, and some evergreens. SiteOne Landscape Supply 5610 McGinnis Ferry Rd, Bldg 4 Alpharetta, Georgia 30005 (770) 616-5393 phone drogers@siteone.com http://www.siteone.com Booths 912, 914 SiteOne Landscape Supply is the nation’s largest supplier of wholesale irrigation, outdoor lighting, nursery, landscape supplies, fertilizers, turf protection products, grass seed, turf care equipment, and golf course accessories for green industry professionals in the United States and Canada. We are committed to becoming the distributor of choice for landscape, irrigation, and turf care professionals nationwide. SNF, Inc. 1 Chemical Plant Rd Riceboro, Georgia 31323 (912) 880-2061 phone (912) 884-5031 fax syoung@snfhc.com Booth 915 SNF is the leading provider of polymers for irrigation efficiency, erosion control and hydroseeding applications. Southern Growers PO Box 3508 Montgomery, AL 36109 (800) 933-5888 phone (334) 272-2422 fax bcook@southerngrowers.com http://www.southerngrowers.com Booth 517 Container nursery and greenhouse growers: Broadleaf evergreens, conifers, deciduous ornamentals, roses, garden mums, ornamental grasses, hanging baskets, perennials, Easter lilies, poinsettias, bedding plants, color bowls.
Southern Nursery Association P.O. Box 801454 Acworth, Georgia 30101 (678) 809-9992 phone (678) 809-9993 fax ksummers@sna.org http://www.sna.org Booth 107 Founded in 1899, SNA is a regional association representing a $54 billion dollar industry in the southeastern U.S.. Through educational, research and marketing efforts we work to unite and advance the horticulture industry. We invite you to join us today! Specialty Converting & Supply, Inc PO Box 913 Nashville, Georgia 31693 (800) 524-7567 phone (229) 686-7751 fax khammer@scsincorporated.com http://www.scsincorporated.com Booth 1006 A complete line of nursery landscape and construction supplies including burlap, silt fence, groundcover, shade cloth, Braun baskets, poly film, tree staking, winter protection and treegator. Specialty Tag & Label, Inc 3963 Falcon Pkwy Flowery Branch, Georgia 30542 (770) 965-0440 phone (770) 965-0474 fax info@specialtytag.com http://www.specialtytag.com Booth 711 Specialty Tag provides printers, software, tags, & labels to the horticulture industry. We also provide bar code & color picture printing, tree ties, flagging tape and attaching solutions. Star Equipment, Inc. 3551 Camp Creek Rd Mt Airy, Georgia 30563 (706) 776-7827 phone (706) 776-1330 fax rpicard@startractor.net http://www.startractor.net Booth 210 North Georgia’s home for Toro Dingo, Gravely, Grasshopper, Echo, and RedMax. We offer sales, parts and service on all our lines and other major equipment. Star Rose & Plants 212 Quiet Cove Ct Chapin, South Carolina 29036 (803) 622-9707 phone (866) 717-1713 fax jimdarden@starrosesandplants.com http://www.starrosesandplants.com Booth 203 Introducer of Knock Out and Drift roses. Veronica Moody Blues, Thuja Fire Chief, and other new garden roses, perennials, and woody ornamentals. Available bare root and liners via our grower and broker partners.
Starling Nursery P.O. Box 494 Seville, Florida 32190 (386) 804-2842 phone (386) 749-4773 fax starlingnursery@hotmail.com Booths 317, 315 Starling Nursery’s mission is to provide a wide variety of plants and trees at a fair market price. We grow high quality field grown and containerized landscape plants. Stockhaven Nursery, LLC 718 Veterans Rd Springfield, South Carolina 29146 (803) -258-4263 phone (803) -258-9247 fax sales@stockhavennursery.com http://www.stockhavennursery.com Booth 515 We are a quality grower of ball and burlapped material at a reasonable price. Let Stockhaven be a part of your continued success. Stovall & Company, Inc 5157 Carson Court Buford, Georgia 30518 (678) 835-1940 phone (678) 835-1952 fax msloan@stovallinc.com http://www.stovallinc.com Booths 725, 727 Wholesale distributor of nursery, irrigation, and landscape supplies. Stuppy, Inc. P.O. Box 12456 North Kansas City, Missouri 64116 (800) 733-5025 phone info@stuppy.com http://www.stuppy.com Booth 204 Greenhouse manufacturer. We specialize in design, manufacturing, construction, and project management. We approach each project with the perspective that we need to offer more than equipment, coverings, and steel. Sumter Gardens Tree Nursery P.O. Box 159 Sumterville, Florida 33585 (352) 793-9228 phone (352) 793-7054 fax kmcrae@sumtergardens.com http://www.sumtergardens.com Booth 218 Sumter Gardens is a 300 acre tree nursery located in Central Florida. We grow quality container grown trees in 15 to 300 gallon sizes.
Sun Gro Horticulture, Inc 114 Wayfair Overlook Woodstock, Georgia 30188 (770) 283-0409 wayneb@sungro.com http://www.sungro.com Booth 514 Sunshine, Metro and Fafard professional greenhouse media, Technigro water soluble fertilizer, Composted Pine Bark and Peat Moss. Sunbelt Turf Farms 5000 Kristie Way Chamblee, Georgia 30341 (770) 530-5078 phone darren@sunbeltturffarms.com http://www.sunbeltturffarms.com Booth 730 Sunbelt Turf Farms is the contractors choice for quality GCIA certified Tifway, Meyer Zoysia and tall fescue turf grass sod. Visit us online and on Facebook at www.sunbeltturffarms.com Swafford Nursery, Inc 1138 Harris Creek Road SW McDonald, Tennessee 37353 (423) 479-3362 phone (423) 479-9169 fax service@swaffordnursery.com http://www.swaffordnursery.com Booth 919, 921 Swafford Nursery has been growing to meet the needs of the Green Industry since 1976. We grow a full line of quality container plants from 4” to 15 Gallon Sweetwater Creek Nursery 3606 Old Knoxville Rd Knoxville, Georgia 31050 (678) 697-6507 phone doug@sweetwatercreeknursery.com http://www.sweetwatercreeknursery.com Booth 831 The B. Bejie Herrin Agency, Inc. - Allstate 1600 Kennesaw Due West Rd, STE 406 Kennesaw, Georgia 30152 (770) 679-2959 phone bherrin@allstate.com Booth 613 An Insurance Agency that understands your business. I have worked in the Green Industry for many years and I can help you protect your business and family against life’s perils. The Green Reyno 5330 Old Norcross Rd Norcross, Georgia 30074 (770) 368-0505 phone (770) 368-0518 fax info@greenreyno.com Booth 406 The Green Reyno believes that quality plant material and customer service go hand in hand. Please come by our nursery for this experience. Let us help you grow your business.
Exhibitors The Greenhouse Company of South Carolina, LLC PO Box 685 Irmo, South Carolina 29063 (800) 258-7171 phone (803) 798-6584 fax info@jaderloon.com http://www.thegreenhousecompany.net Booth 521 Greenhouses, Greenhouse Installation, Kwik Klip, Poly-Patch, Haf Fans, Benches, Cooling equipment, Heaters, and Irrigation.
Timberline Nursery PO Box 248 Pavo, Georgia 31778 (229) 226-8893 phone (229) 225-9727 fax paul@timberlinenursery.com http://www.timberlinenursery.com Booths 307, 309 Wholesale Growers of quality plant material. We deliver on our trucks to ensure that customers receive quality plants and timely delivery. Superior plants. Superior service.
The HC Companies 2450 Edison Blvd, STE 3 Twinsburg, Ohio 44087 440-632-3333 phone sales@hc-companies.com http://www.hc-companies.com/ Booth 708 The Peed Company, Inc 765 Middlesex Dr Macon, Georgia 31210 (478) 365-4688 sethpeed@bellsouth.net Booth 729 A service company specializing in the sales, installation and service of fertigation and chemigation equipment for greenhouse, container and fieldgrown material.
Tom Dodd Nursery P.O. Drawer 45 Semmes, Alabama 36575 (251) 649-1960 phone (251) 649-1965 fax keith.winger@tomdodd.com http://www.tomdodd.com Booths 720, 718 Growers of Encore Azaleas, Southern Living Plant Collection, Endless Summer Hydrangeas, First Editions, and Knockout and Drift Roses, as well as quality Azalea, Ferns, Crape Myrtles, Woody Ornamentals, Hollies, and Perennials. Serving the Industry since 1920.
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia UGA 2450 S. Milledge Ave Athens, Georgia 30605 (706) 542-6132 phone (706) 542-3091 fax shberry@uga.edu http://www.botgarden.uga.edu Booths 101, 103 The State Botanical Garden is a 313-acre preserve set aside to foster appreciation, understanding, and stewardship of plants and nature through collection and displays horticultural gardens, education programs, and research. Thunderwood Farms, LLC 13488 Highway 85 Woodbury, Georgia 30293 (706) 553-2281 phone (706) 553-2282 fax info@thunderwoodfarms.com http://www.thunderwoodfarms.com Booth 826 Pre-finished and Retail Ready Perennials
Topiary Courtyard 3045 Jones Mill Rd Norcross, Georgia 30071 (404) 551-9376 phone diane@topiarycourtyard.com http://www.topiarycourtyard.com Booths 420, 321 Topiary Courtyard is a re-wholesale nursery which specializes in west coast material, such as Japanese maples, conifers, boxwoods, and unique specimen plants. Transplant Nursery, Inc 1586 Parkertown Rd Lavonia, Georgia 30553 (706) 356-8947 phone (706) 356-8842 fax transplants@windstream.net http://www.transplantnursery.com Booth 619 Native and Evergreen Azaleas, Rhododendrons, and companion plants. Tropic Traditions Nurseries P.O. Box 13678 Gainesville, Florida 32604 (352) 472-6084 phone (352) 472-1832 fax jimtropictraditions@gmail.com http://www.tropictraditions.com Booths 721, 719 Wholesale grower of high quality native trees shrubs and groundcovers as well as one of the largest suppliers of cold hardy palms in the southeast. Southern Living First Edition Gardeners Confidence Encore, Endless Summer Collections.
UGA Extension 1109 Experiment St Griffin, Georgia 30223 (770) 229-3251 phone (770) 233-6109 fax beckygri@uga.edu http://www.extension.uga.edu Booth 906 You have a Green Industry Business and we have research-based and trusted answers. Contact us at www.extension. uga.edu. Certification info at http://GCLP. info for landscapers & http://GCPP.info for nurserymen.
Wednesday, January 27 NEW PLANTS 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Room 6ABC - Downstairs See the latest and greatest in new plants from some of the most renowned plant developers in the trade including: Dr. Michael Dirr, Dr. Donglin Zhang, Dr. John Ruter, Dr. Matthew Chappell, Jessica DeGraaf from Walter’s Gardens and Jeff Gibson from Ball Seed. Advanced Pest & Disease Management of Floriculture & Nursery Crops CEUs 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Room 2BCD - Upstairs
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Keeping track of nursery and greenhouse pests and the best methods to treat them can be a daunting challenge. Join a team of UGA’s best bug busters and disease doctors to learn how to develop an effective management program to keep pests at bay. Presenters: Dr. Ron Oetting, Dr. Kris Branman, Dr. Will Hudon, Dr. Jean Woodworth, Dr. Elizabeth Little and Dr. Virginia Brubaker.
Center for Applied Nursery Research Open House 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Room 7AB - Downstairs The Center for Applied Nursery Research (CANR) is a unique non-profit organization that provides a managed facility and funding for ornamental horticulture research based on grower needs and conducted under commercial growing conditions. The goal of CANR is to generate information to keep growers in Georgia and the southeast on the cutting edge. Research projects focus on agricultural engineering, environment and plant microclimate monitoring, entomology, plant pathology, soil science, horticulture, plant breeding and evaluation, new product evaluation, propagation, and water management. The open house provides updates on research projects and other center activities.
The Good News and Bad News on Government Regulation 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Room 7AB - Downstairs AmericanHort’s Craig Regelbrugge serves as the organization’s boots on the ground in Washington D.C. and he’s there advocating for the industry when rules or regulations are considered that might impact how we do business. Learn the latest out of DC on issues like i mmigration, water and pollinator health. Then go a step further by learning how to find opportunities resulting from these rules like the need for pollinator habitat and gardens, turning bad news into good. Learn how to find opportunities resulting from these rules like the need for pollinator habitat and gardens.
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AT A GLANCE New Plants 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Room 6AB - Downstairs Advanced Pest & Disease Management of Floriculture & Nursery Crops 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Room 2BCD - Upstairs The Good News and Bad News on Government Regulation 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Room 7AB - Downstairs Center for Applied Nursery Research Open House 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Room 7AB - Downstairs
Pesticide Applicator CEUs Applied for with GA, AL, NC, SC, TN Department of Agriculture. CEUs applied for with International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), and the Irrigation Association (IA). All room slots and times are subject to change. Class availability is first-come, first-serve. Classes are subject to cancellations due to insufficient number of participants and/or non-arrival of speaker. Participants who have pre-registered for a class with a cancellation will be refunded. NO OTHER REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN AFTER JANUARY 6. NO EXCEPTIONS. To ensure class availability, please pre-register at www.ggia.org or by calling 706-632-0100 and speaking to a customer service representative.
AT A GLANCE Wintergreen Kick Off Breakfast 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Trade Show Hall Past Chairman Meeting 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Room 4AB - Upstairs Trade Show Open 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Trade Show Hall GCLP and Junior FFA Certification 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Salon 6 & 7 - Downstairs GGIA Urban Landscape and Tree Pest Management Seminar 2016 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Room 2BCD - Upstairs Using Edibles in the Landscape: Fruits, Herbs, and Vegetables 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Room 6AB - Downstairs
Wintergreen Kick Off Breakfast 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 am. Trade Show Hall Presented by the Athens Georgia Nursery Growers Association and Harrells. Come for a hearty breakfast served on the tradeshow floor to help us kick-start Georgia’s premier horticulture trade show! Visit with colleagues, friends, customers and suppliers before the doors open for attendees at 9:00 am. This session is limited to 200 people and will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. Breakfast compliments of AGNGA and Harrell’s but registration is required. Past Chairman Meeting 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Room 4AB - Upstairs GCPP and Junior FFA Certification 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Salon 6 & 7 - Downstairs
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Since 1972, over 1,600 Georgia green industry professionals have been certified. Certification offers proof to your customers you have the knowledge to make their landscapes sustainable and environmentally responsible. The UGA Center for Urban Agriculture administers the Georgia Certified Landscape Professional GCLP program for landscape contractors and the Georgia Certified Plant professional program for nurserymen. Both programs are self-study courses that can be completed without interrupting your work schedule. Junior Certification kicks off at 9:00 concluding with a presentation from Going Green Horticulture’s Betsy Norton. GCPP testing begins at 1:00 after lunch. To register contact Tami Boyle at tadams@uga.edu or visit ugaurbanag.com/certification. GGIA Urban Landscape & Tree Pest Management Seminar 2016 CEUs 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Room 2BCD - Upstairs
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Finding and effectively treating plant pests in the great outdoors presents a wide range of challenges with new pests and products to eradicate them
emerging at an ever-quickening pace. In this session you will learn about the latest in insecticides and fungicides and how to use them without ending up on the evening news! Presenters: Pat Mawhinney, Steve Pettis, Gretchen Pettis. Using Edibles in the Landscape, Fruits, Herbs and Vegetables 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Room 6AB - Downstairs Edibles are not relegated to the garden plot anymore as more and more people look to know the source of their foods. Using edibles in the landscape can serve as the ultimate in locally grown and farm to table food efforts. It also gives you an expanded pallet of plant materials to sell from in your wholesale, retail or landscape operations. Learn from extension specialists and industry leaders in the movement. Presenters: Bob Westerfield, Gareth Crosby and Pam Butts from the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia, Dr. Paul Thomas, Dr. Erik Smith, Dr. Dario Chavez. Automation with a Human Touch: Using Technology to Connect with Clients and Grow Your Business 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. New Th is Ye Room 4AB - Upstairs ar! We all have a list of what we SHOULD be doing in our business. With the time to think about strategy, that list gets even longer every winter. How can we possibly get it all done? The great news is that there are many inexpensive, even free tools that allow you to automate many of your business processes. Even better, these tools can help you build stronger client connections for repeat business and referrals. Get more done, close more sales, and save time for what matters.
Thursday, January 28 Walkabout with Dr. Michael Dirr and Vince Dooley 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Trade Show Hall Walk the show with the Georgia’s resident horticultural celebrities. See the plants, products and people that catch your eye and get a jump start on what you see as emerging trends that will help grow your business in the future. Please meet inside trade show hall main entrance. There will be signage. Georgia Gold Medal Plants 1:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. Room 4AB - Upstairs The Gold Medal Plant Program promotes the use of superior ornamental plants in Georgia. It represents the combined effort of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia; the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension; University faculty members; and nurserymen, flower growers, garden retailers and landscape professionals across the state. Winners are chosen from five categories: Natives, Annuals, Perennials, Trees, Shrubs and Vines and Groundcovers. Presented by Shelly Matthew Prescott from The State Botanical Garden. This event is FREE and does NOT require a ticket. Making More and Keeping More in The Green Industry 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ar! is Ye Room 2CD - Upstairs w Th Ne
Putting more money into your pocket doesn’t happen by accident. To grow your profits, your business and your future, you need a plan. This three part session is tailor made for the business owner and landscape contractors in particular and features a trio of speakers at a price that makes this class a terrific value. Sharpen your pencil and prepare to take home the knowledge that will give your business a jump start for 2016.
1:00 p.m. - Allan Armitage The world renowned plantsman and gardening ambassador has a new app that puts powerful information in the hands of landscapers, growers and retailers. An ever growing list
of Allan’s favorites and trade staples includes growing information, habit and much more. But that’s not all. Dr. A will also share with you the new plants coming to market that will help set you apart from your competition and put higher margins into your pockets.
2:00 p.m. - David Marciniak Selling in 2016: It’s Not 1986 Anymore. With total control over the buying process, consumer habits and expectations are changing at a rapid rate. Are you keeping up? In this presentation, we will look at how selling has changed over the past 10 to 20 years. What this shift means to your business right now and how you can prepare your business for the future. Attendees will learn how consumer buying habits have changed and how to adapt your sales approach, how to bring hiring and compensation in line with today’s reality, and how to leverage new technology to increase closing rates while shortening the sales cycle.
3:00 p.m. - Peter Holton from Caber Hill Advisors What comes to mind when you think about buying or selling a business? Valuation and purchase price are normally at the top of the list for most people, regardless of whether they are buying or selling. Buyers then tend to think about their acquisition criteria – location, service lines, price range, etc. Sellers on the other hand think about money, retirement, and all the potential their business possesses for a new owner who really knows how to capitalize on it.
AT A GLANCE Automation with a Human Touch: Using Technology to Connect with Clients and Grow Your Business 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Room 4AB - Upstairs Walkabout with Dr. Michael Dirr and Vince Dooley 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Trade Show Floor Georgia Gold Medal Plants 1:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. Room 4AB - Upstairs Making More and Keeping More in the Green Industry 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Room 2CD - Upstairs GCPP Exam 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Salon 6 & 7 - Downstairs
Friday, January 29 AT A GLANCE GGIA Annual Meeting 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Room 4AB - Upstairs Trade Show Open 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Trade Show Hall Pesticide Applicator Training and Review 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Room 6AB - Downstairs Water Smart Irrigation for Profit 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Room 2AB - Upstairs Walkabout with Dr. Allan Armitage 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Trade Show Hall Georgia Water Wise Council 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Room 4AB - Upstairs GA EPPC Workshop 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Room 2C - Upstairs
GGIA Annual Meeting 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Room 4AB - Upstairs All members of the association are invited to our annual business meeting. Hear updates on GGIA, AmericanHort, The UGA College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and more. We will also be nominating board members for the 2016-2017 term. Pesticide Applicator Training and Review 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Room 6AB - Downstairs
Walkabout with Dr. Allan Armitage 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Trade Show Hall Walk the show with a renown horticulturist who teaches online courses and has developed a popular app called Armitage’s Greatest Perennials and Annuals. Please meet inside trade show hall main entrance. There will be signage. Georgia Water Wise Council 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Room 4AB - Upstairs
Pesticide application isn’t very exciting but this isn’t the place to cut corners in your training regimen. Attend this session to insure now that you and your staff are up to date on regulations to avoid trouble and expense later. Presenters: Paul Pugliese, UGA Bartow County Extension; Keith Mickler, UGA Floyd County Extension; Michael Wheeler, UGA Hall County Extension; Amanda Tedrow, UGA Athens-Clark County Extension. This session is the pest applicator exam review (General Standards and Category 24) and the training for General Standards and Ornamental and Turf pesticide license Category 24. Water Smart Irrigation for Profit Irrigation 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Hours Room 2AB - Upstairs
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Georgia has some of the highest water prices in the region. How can irrigation contractors use this to their advantage? Learn the basics of Watersmart. In this session irrigation pros will learn the basics of water management practices, Water Smart system components and how to calculate their customer’s return on investment in these efficient systems. Presentation and lunch sponsored by
The GWWC is a collaborative effort between the green industry, water providers and conservationists. The group looks for ways to promote water conservation and efficiency and to provide educational materials to the general public, regulators and elected officials. If you have an interest in irrigation efficiency, water rules or conservation, this group is for you. Registration for this meeting is separate from WINTERGREEN registration. Please register at www.GAWP.org. GA EPPC Workshop 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Room 2C - Upstairs
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Invasive plants are an ever present issue in the industry. Learn how to recognize the most important invasive non-native plant species in GA and understand their impacts in natural ecosystems, and how general control and management options can be used in natural areas. Updates on new threats as well as efforts underway to address this critical issue will also be covered. Presented by Bodie Pennisi.
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Why Join GGIA? PROVIDING MEMBERS the Tools to Better Their Business & Industry The Georgia Green Industry Association (GGIA) is a statewide trade association whose mission is to promote and advance the economic, lifestyle and environmental benefits of Georgia horticulture for our members, our families and our communities. Through education, legislative monitoring, certification exams, trade shows, and conferences for the horticulture-related industries in the State, the GGIA is deeply rooted in the industry and continues to grow for the betterment of the industry’s future.
of the industry and insures that decision makers are aware of the consequences legislation may have on the Green Industry businesses and constituents in their district.
With members from the landscape trade, irrigation contractors, wholesale nursery growers, greenhouse operators, retail garden centers and allied sales companies, GGIA serves as an umbrella association for the entire horticulture industry.
THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIPS - Strategic relationships with other agriculture interest groups, UGA’s College of Agriculture, The Technical College System of GA and our neighboring Green Industry associations bring resources and shared strength to our members. AmericanHort’s Lighthouse Program gives our members experienced representation in Washington DC and exclusive resources to help you keep up with changes and issues at the national level.
GGIA’s membership reflects the rich diversity of the industry in Georgia. Horticulture is a leading segment of agriculture which remains the major economic engine of the state. And with members from all areas of the industry in all corners of the state, you can rest assured that we are looking out for your interests and have right the connections to keep a finger on the pulse of the issues that can impact your business. Our strength as an organization is derived from that unity. And that unity makes finding a colleague, a customer or a supplier that much easier among your fellow members. NETWORKING - GGIA’s diversity also increases your chances for networking with a greater range of people who may be in the same segment of the industry as you. Interacting with peers who share similar challenges and opportunities is a proven way to learn more about your business. At the same time, our size and diversity mean meeting potential new customers or suppliers at any of the GGIA events held throughout the year is an almost certainty. LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS - Our Executive Director, Chris Butts, first served with GGIA for 8 years as Director of Legislative and Public Affairs. During that time, he played a key role on important issues like water regulations, immigration and taxes. That experience and the lasting relationships with legislators means that our members can count on GGIA being there when decisions are made in Atlanta that effect the industry. KEEPING YOU INFORMED - Our members receive timely updates on industry news, regulatory and compliance issues, and legislative action. Our E-news format, delivered directly to your computer or smart phone, means you receive information critical to your business on a real time basis. Our legislative alerts allow you to quickly and conveniently communicate with your elected officials with just a few simple clicks. Empowering you to be heard and coordinating state wide responses leverages the influence
A UNITED VOICE - The misinformation surrounding events like the droughts of the early 2000’s and issues like immigration highlight the need for the industry to speak with one voice. As a member of an organization representing all of the interests of the industry, we stand together and leverage our influence when we speak as one.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION - GGIA works closely with UGA Cooperative Extension, The Center for Urban Ag and Georgia’s Technical Colleges to give Green Industry professionals access to the latest and pertinent information on issues and training in your area of focus. Certification programs help members set their businesses apart from the competition by demonstrating advanced professionalism and a commitment to learning. We also work closely with Advancing Georgia’s Leaders in Agriculture in Forestry, 4H, FFA and Junior Certification programs helping to inspire and educate tomorrow’s green industry leaders. THE WINTERGREEN CONFERENCE AND TRADESHOW - The annual event for the Green Industry, by the Green Industry. The tradeshow features exhibitors from across the country and from all segments of horticulture, landscaping and irrigation. If you are looking to buy or sell green goods, hard goods, supplies or products associated with the trade in Georgia, Wintergreen should be part of your plans. GGIA Members enjoy exclusive pricing on booth spaces that make membership a net gain. The education tracts at Wintergreen likewise offer something for everyone, no matter your focus in the industry. From learning to better manage your business, to brushing up on rules and regulations, we aim to provide attendees with real-world knowledge that you can take back to your business and improve your operations. THE ACADEMY OF CROP PRODUCTION - A joint effort of GGIA and UGA Cooperative Extension, all new for 2016. It’s the place you go to learn to grow. Look for more information coming soon on this education event offering advanced content, tours and professional development for growers of floriculture and nursery crops. Stay tuned for more information.
Membership Application _______________________________________________________________________________ First Name Last Name
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MEMBERSHIP DIVISIONS ( ) Floriculture
( ) Irrigation
BUSINESS FEATURES
(Check all divisions that apply to you.)
( ) Landscape
( ) Retail
( ) Sales & Marketing
( ) Wholesale
(Check all features that apply to you.)
( ) Retail Grower
( ) Garden Center
( ) Instructor
( ) Turf
( ) Equipment
( ) Extension Agent
( ) Maintenance
( ) Student
( ) Supplier
( ) Wholesale Grower
( ) Landscape
Other ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES AND ANNUAL DUES
(Check only one. Prices are totals for the year.)
( ) Active Membership See location chart below Open to all firms, corporations, or individuals actively involved in the green industry. 1 per firm. Active members have voting privileges in association affairs. ( ) 1-5 Locations $250 per location/year ( ) 6 -11 Locations $1125/year ( ) 12-20 Locations $2000/year ( ) 21-35 Locations $3000/year ( ) 36+ Locations $3050/year + $50 per location greater than 36
( ) Out-of-State Membership $200 Open to firms not located in the state of Georgia. A firm who qualifies may choose to be an Active or Allied member, or choose the lower cost of Out-of-State membership. Out-of-State members are non-voting members in the association affairs.
For voting purposes please fill out names below: Appointed voting member___________________________________ Alternate voting member____________________________________
( ) Student Membership $15 Includes all email communication and a GGIA Hat. Students are non-voting members in the association affairs.
( ) Associate Membership $50 Open to EMPLOYEES of a CHARTER, ACTIVE, ALLIED, or OUT-OF-STATE member. Associate members are non-voting members in association affairs.
IRS 1994 regulations disallow the portion of dues used for lobbying expenses. Due to this regulation, 75% of your dues may be tax deductible. Please consult your tax advisor. Contributions or gifts to the Georgia Green Industry Association are not tax deductible as charitable contributions; however, they may be tax deductible as ordinary business expenses.
PAYMENT INFORMATION Payment Plan:
( ) Monthly
Payment Type:
( ) Check
( ) Educational Membership $50 Open to extension, teaching, and research personnel engaged in the pursuit of activities relating to the green industry. Educational members are non-voting members in the association affairs.
(Fill out completely. Fax form to 706-632-0100 or mail to PO Box 396, Epworth, GA 30541)
( ) Quarterly ( ) Visa
( ) Yearly
( ) MasterCard
( ) Discover
( ) American Express
( ) Money Order
( ) Cash
Credit Card Information: Name on Card ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Card Number _____________________________________________________________________________ Expiration Date _______ / _______ Signature ___________________________________________________________________________________________SEC Code ____________
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