With Georgia's excellent climate, it's no surprise that horticulture and professional lawn care and landscaping businesses are among the fastest growing segments of Georgia agriculture. Horticulture and related professions are "Georgia's Green Industry" — thriving businesses providing an environmentally beneficial product to our state.
For information about home garden ornamentals, see our Lawn & Garden Ornamentals section.
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Georgia Certified Plant Professional A program designed for professionals in the retail garden center industry.
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Lab Testing and Analysis Services Testing for soil, plant tissue, water quality, animal waste, feeds and forages, pesticides, and much more!
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On-Site and Telephone Consultation Available in many county offices for ag producers.
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Organic Agriculture Certificate Program Understand organic agriculture production in the southeastern United States.
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Pesticide Safety Education Program Topics include pest identification, storage and disposal, pesticide drift and runoff prevention, water quality protection, and food safety.
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Production Meetings Updates on local issues for growers and producers.
- Native Plants for Georgia Part I: Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines (B 987) This publication focuses on native trees, shrubs and woody vines for Georgia. It is not our intent to describe all native species — just those available in the nursery trade and those that the authors…
- Conversion Tables, Formulas and Suggested Guidelines for Horticultural Use (B 931) Pesticide and fertilizer recommendations are often made on a pounds per acre and tons per acre basis. While these may be applicable to field production of many crops, orchardists, nurserymen and green…
- Key to Diseases of Oaks in the Landscape (B 1286) This publication contains a guide to diseases of oak trees in the landscape.
- Landscape Plants for Georgia (B 625) This publication includes a list of good plants for Georgia organized into various sizes and groups. The design qualities of plants—their form, size, color and texture—are emphasized according to the …
Websites
UGA-affiliated
Southeastern Ornamental Horticulture Production News alerts and tips for nursery crop production (both field and container) of ornamental trees and shrubs.
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics IPBGG faculty actively engage in training of graduate students, the development of new crop varieties, and basic research on the genetics and understanding of crop traits important to agriculture and human kind.
UGA Department of Horticulture Learn more about the horticulture department at the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Impact Statements: Ornamentals Descriptions of Extension efforts to improve knowledge and practices in this area.
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Smart Irrigation It's tough to keep landscape plants perky during the summer — here's some help.
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Ground Bees Many bees and wasps are beneficial to the environment.
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STEAM Studies Gardens can teach students science, technology, art and math.
| Top Ornamentals Producers | |
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| County Name | Value |
| Columbia | $97,496,003 |
| Forsyth | 56,690,133 |
| Grady | 54,550,800 |
| McDuffie | 37,930,050 |
| Paulding | 28,244,000 |
| Walton | 27,259,680 |
| Macon | 23,292,500 |
| Oconee | 21,628,410 |
| Coffee | 20,799,201 |
| Gwinnett | 19,812,588 |
| State Total: | $846,468,456 |
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Displaying farm gate values for 2017. Values are tallied in October for the previous year. |
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