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1. • • The hedges were introduced in 1926 when a UGA employee at the Rose Bowl noticed the red rose bushes surrounding the field. In Athens, Sanford had begun constructing what he felt would become the South’s most decorated college football stadium.
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     Behind the hedges: A history of Sanford Stadium’s greenery

2. news.yahoo.com › news › between-hedges-betweenBetween the hedges and between the genomes: UGA maps genetic ...

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   Nov 13, 2024 · Today's UGA botanical mascot has nearly identical genomes as the first hedges planted in Sanford Stadium in 1929.

3. news.uga.edu › between-the-hedges-and-between-theBetween the hedges and between the genomes - news.uga.edu

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   Nov 1, 2024 · UGA course maps out genetic lineage of iconic Sanford Stadium hedges. The iconic stretch of greenery that spans across Sanford Stadium just got a major ancestry test. And after a careful whole genome analysis—forged by a love for the hedges and UGA history—a Franklin College of Arts and Sciences faculty member and his students found that ...

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   Aug 30, 2023 · Circumstances got more complicated when an Atlanta donor called with a gift of privet Ligustrum hedges to ring the stadium’s field. That’s when President Sanford hit upon a scheme that might not invoke the governor’s ire.

5. www.morningagclips.com › between-the-hedgesBetween the Hedges & Between the Genomes - Morning Ag Clips

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   Nov 3, 2024 · It just so happens the Sanford hedge species is a member of the olive family, which contains the privet. When they were removed from the stadium for the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, it had been close to 70 years since the original hedges were placed in Sanford Stadium.

6. alumni.uga.edu › 2024/03/20 › about-behind-andAbout, Behind and Between the Hedges - UGA Alumni

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   Mar 20, 2024 · As generations of Bulldogs would tell you, there’s no line of shrubbery as iconic to sports as the hedges of the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium. The Chinese privet bushes – Ligustrum sinense, taxonomically speaking – that frame Dooley Field have seen every Georgia home game since 1929.

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   Are Sanford Stadium Hedges genetic?

   • This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: UGA course maps out genetic lineage of iconic Sanford Stadium hedges Today's UGA botanical mascot has nearly identical genomes as the first hedges planted in Sanford Stadium in 1929.

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   Why are there hedges around Sanford Stadium?

   • Covering about 5,000 square feet around the playing field, the hedges take up a significant amount of sideline. This became an issue when Sanford Stadium was used to host soccer games for the 1996 Olympic Games held in Atlanta.

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   When were the hedges removed from Sanford Stadium?

   • When they were removed from the stadium for the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, it had been close to 70 years since the original hedges were placed in Sanford Stadium.

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   Are there bushes at the University of Georgia's Sanford Stadium?

   • As generations of Bulldogs would tell you, there’s no line of shrubbery as iconic to sports as the hedges of the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium. The Chinese privet bushes – Ligustrum sinense, taxonomically speaking – that frame Dooley Field have seen every Georgia home game since 1929.

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   Why are there privet plants at Sanford Stadium?

   • Their privet plants are the original. The UGA hedges also provide an opportunity to see the privet as more than a pesky weed. “Sanford is such a gorgeous stadium, and we hope our research will help maintain that because now we know what the groundskeepers have been doing works,” Leebens-Mack said.

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   Are Sanford Stadium Hedges clones?

   • Clippings were taken and kept in nurseries and replanted after the Olympic games, but no one checked to verify that the plants in Sanford Stadium today are truly clones of those removed in 1996. Until now. Leebens-Mack and Edison’s students confirmed that today’s hedges are from the same stock as their predecessors with nearly identical genomes.

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8. www.thepress-sentinel.com › heres-how-sanfordHere’s how Sanford Stadium got its fabled hedges | Jesup ...

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   Aug 15, 2023 · Circumstances got more complicated when an Atlanta donor called with a gift of privet Ligustrum—hedges to ring the stadium’s field. That’s when President Sanford hit upon a scheme that might not invoke the governor’s ire.