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Landmark Coming Down
One of the oak trees that has stood sentinel at the Oconee County Courthouse for probably 50 years is coming down this weekend. The oak tree closest to Court Street will be cut down this weekend, said Marvin Poe, Oconee County operations director. County Extension Director Henry Hibbs said that t...
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Georgia's growing presence
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 grown in Bishop and Crawford by Oconee County-bas...
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Group Brings Sustainable Trees to Urban Core
When the commercial real estate market dried up, many satellite industries also drooped – including Atlanta nurseries that were suddenly stranded with excess inventories of trees and other plants. Unlike a warehouse, office building or industrial park, the trees, shrubs and plants used to b...
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Trees honor Dirr
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 the daughter of UGA horticulturist Michael Dirr. ...
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New UGA Shade Trees Dedicated to Susy Dirr
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 she brought to others. Now, Dirr’s legacy will li...
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