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Georgia's growing presence

Dec 31, 2010

It’s not a home-field advantage, but when the Bulldogs arrive at the stadium for today’s Liberty Bowl, little pieces of Georgia will greet them outside – dozens of oak trees flanking a lawn used for tailgating. The 162 trees were...

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Trees honor Dirr

Sep 1, 2010

More than 200 shade trees donated to UGA by the Select Sustainable Tree Trust—the first of up 1,000 trees the Watkinsville-based trust has pledged to UGA—are in honor of the late Susy Dirr (ABJ ’99), who died from cystic fibrosis in 2008. Dirr was...

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New UGA Shade Trees Dedicated to Susy Dirr

Jul 29, 2010

210 New Trees Planted on Campus will honor 1999 Alumnus, Watkinsville Native ATHENS, Ga., July 28 – The late Susy Dirr was the daughter of one of America’s foremost tree experts, but she is remembered not for any shade she cast, but the sunshine ...