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Events

Event is FREE, but pre-registration is required.  
Jun 25
9:00AM - 12:00PM Virtual Corn Silage and Stored Forage Field Day
Join us for the 7th annual corn boil! There will be tours of the J. Phil Campbell Research and Education Center in Watkinsville, GA beginning at 9:30 AM and running continuously until 11:00 AM. Lunch will be served at 12:30 PM. Please RSVP to Brooke Powell by Friday, June 25. 
Jun 29
9:30AM - 2:00PM J. Phil Campbell Annual Corn Boil J Phil Campbell R & E Center, WATKINSVILLE, GA
Careers in Horticulture
A degree in horticulture will prepare you for success in a variety of fields, from sales to research, with job opportunities in areas such as floriculture, nursery crops management, landscape horticulture, and fruit, vegetable and nut crop management.
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CAES News

UGA Extension consumer horticulturist Bob Westerfield checks bean plants for signs of disease and insects on the UGA campus in Griffin. Westerfield grows vegetables at work to be prepared to answer home gardener questions. He grows them at home for his dinner table. CAES News
UGA Extension consumer horticulturist Bob Westerfield checks bean plants for signs of disease and insects on the UGA campus in Griffin. Westerfield grows vegetables at work to be prepared to answer home gardener questions. He grows them at home for his dinner table.
Unusually cool spring temperatures may impede Georgia vegetable gardens
To call this past spring in Georgia normal would be a mischaracterization. Typical springs in Georgia seem to last about three days — and then we hit the hot weather. This spring, the cooler temperatures were most pleasant and hung on through the middle of May. Rainfall has also been feast or famine, and wind patterns have been higher than normal. Together, these conditions have made for a challenging time in the vegetable garden.
On May 10, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the fiscal year 2022 state budget that designated $26.1 million for capital projects at the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. CAES News
On May 10, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the fiscal year 2022 state budget that designated $26.1 million for capital projects at the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Georgia governor signs 2022 budget that funds UGA poultry science, horticulture projects
Gov. Brian Kemp signed the fiscal year 2022 budget for the state of Georgia on Monday, May 10, securing $21.7 million for the construction of phase one of a new Poultry Science Complex on the University of Georgia’s Athens campus.
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University of Georgia Department of Horticulture
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Through student education, our goal is to develop and disseminate new knowledge that leads to cost-effective and profitable production and improved postharvest handling. As a department, we strive to facilitate the application of horticultural commodities and services that conserve natural resources while protecting and enhancing the environment.
Tiny Houses built by UGA students
David Berle discusses sustainable building
Ranger Nick talks with UGA associate professor of horticulture David Berle about the tiny house built by UGA students using lumber cut on-site from storm-damaged trees. The house is located at the UGArden, a student community farm on the Athens campus.

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