News Releases by "Brian Brodrick"
New UGA Shade Trees Dedicated to Susy Dirr
Jul 29, 2010 by Brian Brodrick
210 New Trees Planted on Campus will honor 1999 Alumnus, Watkinsville Native ATHENS, Ga., July 28 – The late Susy Dirr was the daughter of one of America’s foremost tree experts, but she is remembered not for any shade she cast, but the sunshine she brought to others. Now, Dirr’s legacy will live on for generations at the campus of her beloved alma mater, the University of Georgia. The Select SustainablePlus Tree Tru...
Tagged: uga, university of georgia, select sustainable tree trust, shade trees, select sustainableplus trees, campus trees, regreening campus, suzy dirr, michael dirr, honorary tree planting
Good news, Atlanta: Your trees are thriving
Jun 18, 2009 by Brian Brodrick
You know who doesn’t care about bad economic news? Trees. And that was apparent this spring in Atlanta. Atlanta, long known as a city of trees, wasn’t faring so well in that department just 12 years ago when I moved to Midtown. At the time, fresh from the verdant campus of Berry College in Rome, I noticed lots of trees being cut down, and many others dying. Less noticeable at the time were the thousands of trees being ...
Tagged: sustainable trees, select sustainable tree trust, atlanta trees, sstt, environmental benefits of trees, trees atlanta, central atlanta progress, the midtown alliance, the buckhead coalition