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Georgia's growing presence

Dec 31, 2010 by Erin France

It’s not a home-field advantage, but when the Bulldogs arrive at the stadium for today’s Liberty Bowl, little pieces of Georgia will greet them outside – dozens of oak trees flanking a lawn used for tailgating. The 162 trees were grown in Bishop and Crawford by Oconee County-based tree wholesaler Select Trees, and were shipped to Tennessee early this month in time for planting before this afternoon...

Tagged: uga, university of georgia, select sustainable tree trust, shade trees, select sustainableplus trees, liberty bowl, memphis, tennessee, campus trees, regreening campus, suzy dirr, michael dirr, honorary tree planting