The
WEST GEORGIA GREEN ASSOCIATION
is dedicated to
promoting the professional and ethical business practices of our members; developing public awareness of the value of the professional landscape industries and the environment; and education and networking.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW WEBSITE!
Parts are still under construction, so please mind the hoses and excuse the dust and mud. But we wanted to get your suggestions and comments so we could make this useful to you.
Click around and take a look. Please send us an e-mail with your thoughts and suggestions!
McPlants
Landscape Services
proud sponsor of WGGA
SOIL
TESTS
BY UGA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE
Treat your soil right and your plants will thank you!
Soil
testing kits $15 including pre-paid mailer.
More info here.
Got a houseplant question?
(scroll down the page and check the appropriate circle)
Your
sponsorship
HERE
For more info
There's something for just about everyone
The calendar is here
Weather Forecast | Weather Maps
* FREE*
publication
from
UGA
Cooperative
Extension Service
Native
Plants for Georgia, Part I:
Trees, Shrubs and
Woody Vines
PRIZED PLANTS
If you don't have space for trial gardens of your own, these organizations do. Trialed and tested, the winners of these awards might need a place in your gardens. Check 'em out here.
A
guide to native wildflowers, ferns, shrubs, trees and vines for gardens
in the State of Georgia
By Douglasvillian
(?)
Betty Benson
!!!!2012
UGA TRIAL WINNERS!!!
here
2011
UGA TRIAL GARDEN WINNERS
more
info here
Interested in Butterflies?
Looking
for plant sales?
Informative lectures and discussions?
Georgia's Master Gardeners
hold some of the best plant sales you've ever seen
and sponsor the area's best speakers!
The gardening public is more than welcome
and most MG events are free.
For
a calendar and more info about what Master Gardeners are doing all around
the state, please visit the
Georgia Master Gardener Association
website
The Douglas County Master Gardeners are a hard working, busy, bunch of folks. Their website is right here
a
new, interactive website presented by the
Exploritorium, San Francisco, CA
see
Venus Flytraps in action!
learn three new ways to make a plant!
learn about the secret lives of flowers!
and much, much more!
WHY GARDEN?
"Researchers at Kansas State University already have shown that gardening
can offer enough moderate physical activity to keep older adults in shape."
to
read the article, click here
Worried
about your plants and the cold?
This Cooperative Extension Service publication
has the info you need to keep your garden safe.
Winter Protection of Ornamental Plants
Here's another, shorter, article
November
20, 2008-2013:Cold snaps landscapes;
Protect tender plants, and prune damage.
Selected to thrive in your yard!
Soil
Preparation
and Planting Procedures for Ornamental Plants in the Landscape
available
here
Homeowners:
INFO & STATE REGISTRATION FOR WATERING NEW INSTALLATIONS ARE RIGHT HERE
If you missed AJC's photos of Coach
Vince Dooley's gardens they're
right here.
WGGA is a
proud member of the Douglas
County Chamber of Commerce
