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1. www.redandblack.com › sports › behind-the-hedges-aBehind the hedges: A history of Sanford Stadium’s greenery

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   Aug 27, 2024 · The Chinese privet bushes that frame Dooley Field have seen every Georgia home game since 1929. The hedges were removed this February for the third time in Georgia’s history. They were...

2. 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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     Take a look inside Sanford Stadium renovations at Georgia-UT Martin season opener

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     Inside look at Sanford Stadium renovations, ready for 2023 season | Georgia Bulldogs

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4. www.montgomeryadvertiser.com › story › sportsWhat is 'between the hedges?' Explaining Georgia football ...

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   Oct 5, 2024 · Between the hedges is a phrase used by Georgia fans to refer to the field at Sanford Stadium, as the Bulldogs' playing surface is surrounded by grass hedges. The shrubbery – Chinese privet ...

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   Aug 28, 2018 · The famous hedges of Sanford Stadium get a trim. Sports in the South are inextricably linked to vegetation: think Augusta and its azaleas; Louisville and its roses; and Athens, Georgia, and its Ligustrum sinense, Chinese privet.

6. www.walterreeves.com › landscaping › uga-sanfordUGA Sanford Stadium – Privet Hedge | Walter Reeves: The ...

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   According to four different horticulturists at the University of Georgia, the shrub is Chinese privet, Ligustrum sinense. I’m not sure where the confusion occurred. My guess is that a non-horticultural writer got confused with English boxwood and their misinformation has been repeated ad infinitum.

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   Georgia Bulldogs (NCAA) (1929–present) Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium is the on-campus playing venue for football at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, United States (also known as UGA). The 93,033-seat stadium is the ninth-largest football stadium in the NCAA (and in the United States), and the 17th-largest such stadium in the world.

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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.

   About, Behind and Between the Hedges - UGA Alumni

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   What flora is in Sanford Stadium?

   • The famous hedges of Sanford Stadium get a trim. Sports in the South are inextricably linked to vegetation: think Augusta and its azaleas; Louisville and its roses; and Athens, Georgia, and its Ligustrum sinense, Chinese privet. The University of Georgia’s hedges, originally planted in 1929, have been dubbed “the most famous flora in football.”

   Go Between the Hedges: A Georgia Football Tradition - Garden & Gun

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   Could UGA use Sanford Stadium as a soccer venue?

   • Billy Payne, president and CEO of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympics, approached UGA facilities managers about the possibility of using Sanford Stadium as the Games’ soccer venue. “Our first question was: Well, how big is a soccer field? ” recalls Ray McEwan, former UGA Athletic Facility supervisor.

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   Why did UGA change Sanford Stadium?

   • Soon after the arrival of head coach Vince Dooley in 1964, UGA began updating Sanford Stadium, removing the field-level lighting (which obstructed views from the stands) and adding 7,621 bleacher seats in the end zones, which brought total capacity to 43,621. Architects Heery and Heery of Atlanta were then hired to plan a major expansion.

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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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   Why is UGA stadium named after Vincent Sanford?

   • The stadium is named for Dr. Steadman Vincent Sanford, an early major force behind UGA athletics. Sanford arrived at the University of Georgia as an English instructor in 1903.

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9. 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 ...