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Tomorrow! The UGA Trial Garden is a great place to do your pollinator count. Becky Griffin Counting materials will be av...
08/20/2026

Tomorrow! The UGA Trial Garden is a great place to do your pollinator count. Becky Griffin
Counting materials will be available in the Gazebo!

08/18/2026

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The UGA Trial Garden has been informed about an account claiming to support the Garden selling merch, shirts, etc. This is not our account and it does not support us. Please report this to Facebook as a scam and let us know if you see false accounts pop up. If we do sell merch, it will be on our own page, and you may check with a staff member personally before making a purchase.
We apologize for any inconvenience!

Becky Griffin are holding a faculty/staff/student training for the Pollinator Census in Athens August 11th at 10AM. Emai...
08/04/2026

Becky Griffin are holding a faculty/staff/student training for the Pollinator Census in Athens August 11th at 10AM. Email [email protected] with questions. The UGA Trial Garden is also a great spot to count pollinators during the 2026 Southeast Pollinator Census August 21-22!

Our July Plants of Distinction awards continue to thrill! Coleus ChargedUp™ 'Keylime Fringe' from Ball FloraPlant Ball F...
07/27/2026

Our July Plants of Distinction awards continue to thrill!
Coleus ChargedUp™ 'Keylime Fringe' from Ball FloraPlant Ball FloraPlant This one has a swirling foliar design, nonstop new growth, and always looking tidy!
Curcuma ThaiSpice™ 'Red' from Ball Seed Ball Seed Company
We simply can't get enough of these new ginger-family tropical wonders! Looking good in combos and in full flower in our landscape beds.
'Golden Glow' Combo is gonna be golden! As you enter the garden, these beauties from Takii will be here to greet you! American Takii
Summer is such a perfect time to visit the UGA Trial Garden! Plants are at peak color, and you can enjoy the garden while campus is quiet.
Come visit during business hours and pay to park in the South Deck. After 5pm and on weekends parking is free.

Our Plants of Distinction Award highlights plants that shine at different times during our growing season!Check out the ...
07/24/2026

Our Plants of Distinction Award highlights plants that shine at different times during our growing season!
Check out the following trials that have dazzled us around the garden so far this summer:
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Forged in Fire' Walters Garden- this beauty has native roots and is setting the garden ablaze!
Verbena EnduraScape™ 'Hot Coral' Ball FloraPlant- we always need more Georgia red in our garden, and 'Hot Coral' is on fire!
Petunia hybrid Supertunia 'Pink Tiara™' Proven Winners- Supertunias love the heat. This garden princess has a perfect halo of color.
Come visit the garden this summer to see what's in bloom!

And the winners from our Public Open House at the UGA Trial Garden are:Hardy Hibiscus SUMMERIFIC® 'Garnet Globes' from W...
06/29/2026

And the winners from our Public Open House at the UGA Trial Garden are:
Hardy Hibiscus SUMMERIFIC® 'Garnet Globes' from Walters Gardens (Lovely in a planter!)
Lilium lancifolium from Brent and Becky's (A Tiger Lily we have enjoyed in the garden for many years.)
Petunia hybrid Supertunia® Hoopla® Vivid Orchid™ from Proven Winners
Curcuma ThaiSpice™ Pink from Ball Seed (A new one from the ginger family!)
Lycianthes rantonnetii 'Great Clorox Disaster' (Too pretty for such an unfortunate name.)
'Golden Glow' Combo from American Takii
Echinacea 'Fried Egg' from TERRA NOVA® Nurseries (So hot, you can fry an egg!)
Thank you to all who came for the flowers, the books, and the tours. We love sharing the garden and creating memories in our community. Come on back and see us again this summer!

Let's kick off the weekend with a burst of color, the continuation of our our Industry's Choice Winners! This list inclu...
06/26/2026

Let's kick off the weekend with a burst of color, the continuation of our our Industry's Choice Winners! This list includes the top voted plants from those who travelled from around the globe to our Industry Open House as well as the GGIA Southeast Green conference attendees, representing growers all over our region!
Coleus ChargedUp™ 'Prismatic' from Ball FloraPlant Ball FloraPlant
Dahlia Venti™ PinkBurst from Selecta One Selecta one - North America
Melampodium 'Jackpot™ Gold' from American Takii American Takii
Fuchsia hybrid Sun Pendants™ from 'Hot Pink' Proven Winners Proven Winners
Petchoa Caliburst™ 'Nectarine' from Pan American PanAmerican Seed
Petunia Headliner™ 'Violet Sky' from Selecta One Selecta one - North America
Kwik Kombo 'Pink Paradise Mix' Combo from Syngenta Syngenta Flowers North America
Trixi® 'Fairy' Combo from Selecta One Selecta one - North America
Salvia 'Mystic Spires' from Ball FloraPlant Ball FloraPlant
Congratulations for winning the UGA Industry's Choice 2026! Y'all have great taste!

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