GUFC Annual Conference and Awards Program

it will soon be time for the 27th Annual GUFC Conference and Awards Program, "Soil Health and Sustainable Urban Tree Planting," November 8 and 9 at the Callaway Gardens Lodge Conference Center. We wanted to remind you of some important dates:

Early-bird registration ($195) for the conference ends October 8. Click here to register now. After October 8, the regular registration fee is $225.

Lodging: GUFC Conference attendees get the $139 conference rate for Lodge & Spa Standard Rooms and Lodge & Spa Junior Suites. Call toll free 866-528-2855 to make your room reservation. All room guests have admission into the Gardens. The $139 rate is available until October 8.

Conference speakers include author Jill Jonnes (Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape), Dr. Larry Morris, Professor of Forest Soils at the University of Georgia; Mac Callaham, USDA Research Ecologist and Adjunct Professor at the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia; and Shane Carpani of GreenBlue Urban, Ontario, Canada/Philadelphia, PA. Tours will include the Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center and hands-on experience evaluating trees. The awards luncheon allows everyone to see the best of the best in urban forestry projects across the state. Register today!

10 ISA CEUS for certified arborists. Forestry education hours applied for. Certificate of professional development for landscape architects and others.