UGA Cooperative Extension
UGA Agriculture & Natural Resources
UGA Urban Horticulture
Dougherty County Cooperative Extension:
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Urban Horticulture
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If you have lawn, garden, pond or farming questions, contact James Morgan, Urban Horticulture
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Charlie Grace, is from Fort Valley State University; his main focus is working with limited resource and minority farmers. He can be reached at (229) 436-7216 or cgrace@fvsu.edu |
For upcoming events be sure to go to our News & Events page.
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A link to follow to learn about
water use in your landscape!
Events and Activities
Master Gardener Information
Useful Articles
Plant Information
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Bug Information
Bird Information
Bats
Information for your use
Testing Services
- Water Samples
- Soil Testing for Home Lawns and Gardens
- Chart for recording soil samples (if you have several)
Private Pesticide Testing by video is available by appointment -
Monday through Thursday at 1:00 p.m. It will take about 3 to 4 hours of your time. Call Teresa for an appointment (229) 436-7216.
Private Pesticide Testing by CD - We now have the Interactive CD, Applying Pesticides Correctly for Private Applicators and GCAPP. You watch
it and take the test at the same time. You can do this in our office or you
can take a copy of the CD with you to use at home. When you have completed the CD print out a certificate, bring it to us along with the CD
and we will send your certificate in for your license.
Commercial Pesticide Testing is offered locally at Albany Technical College. George Paul, Horticulture Instructor, is the person to talk with; you can email him at gpaul@albanytech.edu or call (229) 430-3540.
Pesticide License Credit Hours
To check how many credit hours you have or need (and the due date) for your pesticide license you can go to this website and enter your name. Or you can call Teresa at (229) 436-7216 and she will find your info for you.
~You can also check for upcoming programs that offer pesticide credits at this same website.
Newsletters and Updates
You can call or email us and we will add you to any of our mailing lists. We can send the Lawn & Garden Newsletter through the regular mail, you can have it emailed to you, or you can read it right here by clicking on the links below. We have several electronic newsletters that we can send out; cotton, corn, forage, honeybees, diabetes, etc.
Let us know what you're interested in.
Agriculture - You can call (229) 436-7216 to be added to our Agriculture mailing list or you can look up what you need at the Urban Ag web page.
Pecan - You can call (229 )436-7216 to be added to our Pecan mailing list or you can check out the UGA Pecan Website for the latest information.
Hort Depot Newsletter (Homeowner Lawn & Garden newsletter) You can call (229 )436-7216 to be added to our mailing list.
Note: We are located at 125 Pine Ave., Suite 100 in downtown Albany. Just 2 doors up from the new Flint RiverQuarium, and across the street from the Albany Herald.




