Consider coneflowers for attractive, colorful landscape designs
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 talking about a Pantone Analysis of their home, but a healthy supply of some of the finest coneflowers in the marketplace. Praised for their cheerful…
Read MoreAre you PRE-pared for PRE-emergent Summer Annual Weed Control? Crabgrass is here!
Forsythias are in bloom in Griffin, GA (Figure 1), and that means crabgrass (Digitaria spp.) control season is here, and other summer annual weeds such as goosegrass (Eleusine indica) and prostrate spurge (Euphorbia maculata) are not far behind. Summer annual weeds like crabgrass, goosegrass, and prostrate spurge don’t sneak in overnight; they build all spring…
Read MorePreventing Slips, Trips and Falls
Provided by WS Pharr & Company, Risk Control Department While vacationing last year in Miami, Florida, a city under near constant construction, there hung large sign on the fence of a construction site. It said, in bold letters: “YOUR FAMILY WANTS YOU HOME TONIGHT. Practice safety on the job site.” Phew! There is a…
Read MoreExecutive Director Message
Georgia’s start to 2026 was anything but typical. Between the mid-month (super-hyped) polar vortex storm and another winter storm at the end of the month, our industry was on alert. As always, UAC members rose to the occasion, providing essential snow and ice removal for both commercial and residential clients. In response to this demand,…
Read MoreLandscape, Ag professionals to gather in Perry for education event March 6
Central Georgia is home to some of the state’s busiest sod farms, plant nurseries, and landscape companies. From bermuda sod in Perry to woody ornamentals in Lizella, this part of the state is buzzing with agricultural commerce – that is, folks who grow plants and the landscape companies who install and care for them. Offering…
Read MoreFrom Frost to Spring: Managing Cold Injury in Ornamentals
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 lasting effects on plant health, establishment, and long-term performance in the landscape. Understanding how plants acclimate to cold, the types of cold injury that occur,…
Read MoreNorthBridge® Bermudagrass Enhances Grounds at Grace New Hope Church
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 Turf Farm. The installation was handled by Daniel Frost, the church’s full-time facilities manager. Frost retired from the Cobb County Fire Department in the spring…
Read MoreHave You Met… Jonathan Robinson | Stone Center
Jonathan Robinson | Stone Center | Landscape & Masonry, an Outdoor Living Supply company My first job in the green industry was… Starting as a yard associate in April 2004. I worked in the yard until 2009, where I moved inside and began my transition into sales. From there, I continued to grow in my…
Read MoreRuter named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
UGA has 19 faculty members who have received this honor since 2012 University of Georgia professors John Ruter and Yajun Yan have been elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, bringing UGA’s total to 19 faculty members who have received this honor since 2012. It is the seventh consecutive year the university has had…
Read MoreLPU Coastal informs, inspires landscape pros in Savannah
Dedicated landscape teams gathered at the Georgia Tech Savannah campus in early December 2025 to hone their craft from the state’s top horticulture, weed science, and turfgrass educators. Dr. Bodie Pennisi, Extension Horticulture Specialist in the Department of Horticulture at the University of Georgia, noted that “Coastal LPU was a great and successful program.”…
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