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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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Select Trees & UGA Named 2010 ACHF Outstanding Stewardship Award
The Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation has named Select Trees and the University of Georgia as the the recipient of a 2010 Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation Preservation Award. The Foundation’s award program has been recognizing Athenians for excellence in historic preservation since it was founde...
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UGA Finishes First Round of Planting Select Sustainable Shade Trees on Campus
In the last year, about 225 oak trees have been planted on the University of Georgia campus. The willow, shumard, overcup and nuttall oaks that now adorn all corners of campus were part of a $1 million commitment in 2009 from the Select Sustainable Tree Trust. In an effort to re-green campus with...
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