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Share |   GGIA 2018-2019 Board of Directors (July 1, 2018- June 30, 2019)     Executive Officers Jason McCarty, Chairman Lanie Riner, Treasurer Davis Floral Company Thunderwood Farms 1851 Bowman Hwy 13488 Hwy 85 Dewey Rose, GA 30634 Woodbury, GA 30293 Phone: 706-283-1396 Cell: 706-410-0383 Phone: 706-977-3076 jasonmc@davis-floral.com lriner@thunderwoodfarms.com Jeremy Oxford, Vice Chairman Jerry Lee, Past Chairman Hills & Dales Estates HORTech PO Box 790 2429 GA Hwy 111 South LaGrange, GA 30241-0014 Cairo, GA 39828 Phone: 706-882-3242 Phone: 229-224-2264 joxford27@yahoo.com ljerry714@gmail.com Retail Division David Waters, President Brian Adams, Vice President 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 Jason McCarty, Vice President Thunderwood Farms Davis Floral Company 13488 Hwy 85 1851 Bowman Hwy Woodbury, GA 30293 Dewey Rose, GA 30634 Phone: 706-977-3076 Phone: 706-283-1396 Cell: 706-410-0383 lriner@thunderwoodfarms.com jasonmc@davis-floral.com Terry Beasley, Board Member Shelly Prescott, Board Member George Oelschig Greenhouses State Botanical Garden of Georgia 2705 Gregory St. 2450 S. Milledge Avenue Savannah, GA 31404 Athens, GA 30605 Phone: 912-234-0015 Phone: 706-369-6089 terry@oelschigs.com sprescot@uga.edu Melissa Riley Central Region Ag Education 1005 State University Drive; FVSU Box 4060 Fort Valley, GA 31030 Phone: 478-825-6067 mriley@gaaged.org  Landscape Division Steve Faber, President Jeremy Oxfrord, Vice President Ruppert Landscape Hills & Dales Estates 4425 Lilburn Industrial Way SW PO Box 790 Lilburn, GA 30047-2932 LaGrange, GA 30241-0014 Phone: 770-931-9900 Phone: 770-316-3904 sfaber@ruppertcompanies.com joxford27@yahoo.com Betsey Norton, Past President Jack Flint, Board Member White Oak Landscape Co. Outerspaces Landscapes 251 Dickson Road 3447 Feilders Point Marietta, GA 30066 Dacula, GA 30019 Phone: 678.910.7918 Phone: 770-406-5616 betsey@goinggreenhorticultural.com jack@outerspaceslandscape.net Kate Wright, Board Member Bloom'n Gardens Landscape 6174 Oakdale Road Mableton, Georgia 30126 Phone: 404-314-1474 kate@bloomngardens.com Irrigation Division John Watson, President Jeff Fischer, Vice President All About Irrigation & Lscp Service FIS Outdoor, Inc. P.O. Box 1204 1112 Samples Industrial Drive Flowery Branch, GA 30542 Cumming, GA 30041 Phone: 770-965-2245 Phone: 678-409-3202 all_about_irrigation@yahoo.com jeff.fischer@fisoutdoor.com Chris Williams, Board Member Jason Butler, Board Member Landscapes of the South Conserva Irrigation of North Atlanta 3760 Sixes Road, Suite 126-149 PO Box 2159 Canton,Georgia30114 Suwanee, GA 30024 Phone: 678-977-9854 Phone: 678-671-2020 Cell: 770-331-8083 chriswilliams@landscapesofthesouth.com Jason.Butler@conservairrigation.com Open Position Company Street Address City, State, Zipcode Phone: Email Wholesale Division Christian Roberson, President Stewart Chandler, Vice President 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 Chad Rybolt, Board Member McCorkle Nurseries 4904 Luckeys Bridge Road Dearing, GA 30808 Phone: 800-533-3050 Cell: 678-231-4438 crybolt@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 1012 Pleasant Hill Road Ball Ground, GA 30107-4569 Bogart, GA 30622 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