Urban Ag

Consider coneflowers for attractive, colorful landscape designs

Consider coneflowers for attractive, colorful landscape designs

ByNorman WinterMarch 5, 20266 min read

As we head into spring and summer, it’s time to get serious with your clients who love their gardens and ask, “Have you chosen your color palette yet?”  I’m not…

From Frost to Spring: Managing Cold Injury in Ornamentals

From Frost to Spring: Managing Cold Injury in Ornamentals

ByBethany HarrisFebruary 3, 20266 min read

Cold damage to ornamental plants is a recurring challenge for Georgia landscapers each winter. While injury from low temperatures is often first noticed as aesthetic damage, cold stress can have…

NorthBridge® Bermudagrass Enhances Grounds at Grace New Hope Church

NorthBridge® Bermudagrass Enhances Grounds at Grace New Hope Church

ByCecilia JohnsonFebruary 3, 20263 min read

Grace New Hope Church in Lawrenceville, GA recently upgraded a high-traffic common area with five pallets of NorthBridge® Bermudagrass. The sod was donated by Sod Solutions and delivered by Sodmasters…

Bring Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year to the Georgia Landscape

Bring Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year to the Georgia Landscape

ByGeorgia Urban Ag CouncilJanuary 6, 20265 min read

As we move into 2026, the design world is moving away from the saturated hot pinks and moody brown tones of recent years. In their place, Pantone has introduced Cloud…

Where Innovation Takes Root: The Vision Behind the UGA Grand Farm

Where Innovation Takes Root: The Vision Behind the UGA Grand Farm

ByNick T. PlaceJanuary 6, 20265 min read

By Nick T. Place, Dean and Director, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences In Georgia, agriculture has always been more than an industry. It is a way…

Fall activities for turfgrass disease prevention

Fall activities for turfgrass disease prevention

ByAlfredo MartinezOctober 1, 20255 min read

Large, circular, dead patches in turf caused by large patch disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Rhizoctonia large patch preventative activities Rhizoctonia large patch of turfgrass is most common in the…

North Pole arborvitae

North Pole arborvitae

ByNorman WinterOctober 1, 20253 min read

Conifer takes honors in 2025. Let’s have a little talk about the North Pole. No, I am not referring to the home place of the Jolly St. Nick but North…