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Share |   GGIA Board of Directors, (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018) Executive Officers Jerry Lee, Chairman Jason McCarty, Treasurer HORTech Davis Florist Company 2429 GA Hwy 111 South 1851 Bowman Hwy Cairo, GA 39828 Dewey Rose, GA 30634 Phone: 229-224-2264 Phone: 706-283-1396 cell: 706-410-0383 ljerry714@gmail.com jasonmc@davis-floral.com Jeff Fischer, Vice Chairman Brian Jernigan, Past Chairman FIS Outdoor, Inc. McCorkle Nurseries 1112 Samples Industrial Drive 4904 Luckeys Bridge Road Cumming, GA 30041 Dearing, GA 30808 Phone: 678-409-3202 Phone: 706-595-9702 jeff.fischer@fisoutdoor.com bjernigan@mccorklenurseries.com Retail Division David Waters, President Brian Adams, Vice Pres. Randy's Perennials & Water Gardens Foothill Compost 523 W Crogan St 3292 Thompson Bridge Rd.STE189 Lawrenceville, GA 30046-4737 Gainesville, GA 30506 Phone: 770-822-0676 Phone: 404-787-1542 randysnursery@gmail.com info@foothillscompost.com Eric Hill, Board Member Kent Backes, Board Member Autumn Hill Nursery Pike Nurseries 4256 Earney Road 3555 Kroger Blvd STE 360 Woodstock, GA 30188 Duluth, GA 30096 Phone: 770-442-3901 Phone: 404-695-0975. autumnhillnursery@hotmail.com kbackes@pikenursery.com Sam Brown, Board Member Fiddleheads Garden Center 1237 W. Walnut Ave Dalton, GA 30720 Phone: 706-529-6584 fiddleheadsdalton@gmail.com Floriculture Division Lanie Riner, President Will Ross, Vice President Thunderwood Farms Evergreen Nursery 13488 Hwy 85 1501 Dials Mill Rd Woodbury, GA 30293 Statham, GA 30666 Phone: 706-553-2281 Phone: (678) 753-1818 lriner@thunderwoodfarms.com will@evergreennurseryinc.net Ashley Martin, Board Member Jennie Hernandez, Board Member Calloway Gardens 17800 US Hwy 27 Pine Mountain, GA 31822 Phone: 706-402-5813 Phone: 770-461-4643 amarti1090@gmail.com jenni@flintwood.net Jason McCarty, Board Member Davis Florist Company 1851 Bowman Hwy Dewey Rose, GA 30634 Phone: 706-283-1396 cell: 706-410-0383 jasonmc@davis-floral.com Landscape Division Betsey Norton, President Steve Faber, Board Member Going Green Horticulture Ruppert Landscape P.O. Box 671287 4425 Lilburn Industrial Way SW Marietta, GA 30066 Lilburn, GA 30047-2932 Phone: 678.910.7918 Phone: 770-931-9900 betsey@goinggreenhorticultural.com sfaber@ruppertcompanies.com Kate Wright, Board Member Michael Campbell, Board Member Bloom' n Gardens Flint Equipment Company, Inc. 6174 Oakdale Road 4500 Wendell Dr SW Mableton, GA 30126 Atlanta, GA 30336-1627 Phone: 404-314-1474 Phone: (404) 691-9445 info@bloomngardens.com mcampbell@flintequipco.com Jeremy Oxford, Board Member Hills & Dales Estates P.O. Box 790 LaGrange, GA 30241-0014 Phone: 706-882-3242 Irrigation Division Jeff Fischer, President John Watson, Vice President FIS Outdoor, Inc. All About Irrigation & Lscp Service 1112 Samples Industrial Drive P.O. Box 1204 Cumming, GA 30041 Flowery Branch, GA 30542 Phone: 678-409-3202 Phone: 770-965-2245 jeff.fischer@fisoutdoor.com all_about_irrigation@yahoo.com Shannon Marion, Board Member John Coram, Board Member Ewing Irrigation Shoemaker Irrigation 13215 Hwy 18 West 930 Newton Bridge Road Zebulon, GA 30295 Athens, GA 30607-1308 Phone: 770-656-8809 Phone: 706-340-0157 smarion@ewingirrigation.com jhcjr58@gmail.com Chris Williams, Board Member Landscapes of the South 3760 Sixes Road, Suite 126-149 Canton,Georgia30114 Phone: 678-977-9854 chriswilliams@landscapesofthesouth.com Wholesale Division Christian Roberson, President Stewart Chandler, Board Member Buck Jones Nursery Monrovia P.O. Box 339 1579 GA-111 Grayson, GA 30017 Cairo, GA 39828 Phone: 770-963-8227 | Cell: 770-294-7339 Phone: 229-378-1300 Email: jcroberson@buckjones.com schandler@monrovia.com Jerry Lee, Board Member Gray Riner, Board Member HORTech Thunderwood Farms 2429 GA Hwy 111 South 13488 Hwy 85 Cairo, GA 39828 Woodbury, GA 30293 Phone: 229-224-2264 Phone: 706-553-2281 ljerry714@gmail.com griner@thunderwoodfarms.com Brian Jernigan, Board Member McCorkle Nurseries 4904 Luckeys Bridge Road Dearing, GA 30808 Phone: 706-595-9702 bjernigan@mccorklenurseries.com Sales & Marketing Division Nate King, President Greg Woodward, Vice President Ball Horticulture Express Seed P.O. Box 6462 5372 Mora Road Athens, GA 30604 Willacoochee, GA 31650 Phone: 706-255-4143 Phone: 404-935-7432 NateKing@ballhort.com gwoodward@expressseed.com Jim Rice, Board Member Curt Smith, Board Member Griffin Greenhouse & Nursery Supply Eason Horticultural Resources 5350 Ball Ground Hwy 166 Saint Clair Dr Ball Ground, GA 30107-4569 Saint Simons Island, GA 31522-1041 Phone: 800-888-0054 Phone: (770) 597-8891 jrice@griffinmail.com csmith@ehrnet.com Donal Nichols, Past President The Henry F. Michell Company 2837 Ridgwood Circle, NW Atlanta, GA 30327-1916 Cell: 404-454-4172 donalnichols@gmail.com GGIA Advisors Matthew Chappell, UGA Bodie Pennisi, CAES Griffin UGA 324 Hoke Smith Bldg 1109 Experiment Street Athens, GA 30602 Griffin, GA 30223 Phone: 770-580-9715 Phone: 770-228-7244 hortprod@uga.edu bpennisi@uga.edu Paul Thomas, UGA Greg Huber, UGA 330 Hoke Smith Bldg 1109 Experiment Street- Room 125 Athens, GA 30602 Griffin, GA 30223 Phone: 706-542-2861 Phone: 770-233-6107 pathomas@uga.edu ghuber.uga@gmail.com Staff Chris Butts, Executive Director GGIA Mailing Address: Phone: 706-540-2813 P.O. Box 2568 Chris@ggia.org Blue Ridge, GA 30513 Jennifer Addington GGIA Physical Address: Director of Administration 2460 East First Street, Unit C-4 jennifer@ggia.org Blue Ridge, GA 30513 706-632-0100- Office 706-632-0300 Fax 888-GET-GGIA- Toll Free Ashley Prater Director of Membership Services ashley@ggia.org 706-632-0100- Office 706-632-0300 Fax