Michael dirr biography

Michael A. Dirr is an American horticulturist and a professor of horticulture at the University of Georgia.
Michael A. Dirr's lifelong passion for horticulture has positively influenced a generation of students, gardeners, nurserymen, and professional horticulturists.
Dirr taught for more than twenty years at the University of Georgia.

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Dirr's Encyclopedia of Trees & Shrubs

"Dirr's frank and often witty assessments make his works all the more special, unique, and fun to read."
– James B. Calkins, American Gardener

"A user-friendly, photo-packed distillation of knowledge makes [this book] scripture in the landscape profession."
– Hartford Courant

"Sure to be one of the basic books for a serious gardener. It's a user-friendly, photo-packed distillation of the knowledge and informed opinion that make Dirr's text-packed Manual of Woody Landscape Plants scripture in the landscape profession."
– Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune

"Dirr has added another well-written and slickly produced book to his volumes on plants used in ornamental horticulture. Educational as well as inspirational [...] this is likely to become a standard reference for including trees and shrubs in gardens of all types."
– Booklist

"Long regarded as the nation's foremost expert on trees and shrubs, Dr. Dirr [...] draws on his encyclopedic knowledge and ye

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Dirr, Michael A(lbert) 1944–

PERSONAL: Born 1944. Education: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Ph.D., 1972.

ADDRESSES: Home—324 Hollow Creek Lane, Watkinsville, GA 30677. Office—1317 Miller Plant Science Bldg., University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Former teacher at University of Massachusetts, University of Illinois, Urbana, and Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; University of Georgia, Athens, professor emeritus of ornamental horticulture; GIYP.com (online horticulture directory), head of trees and shrubs category of Virtual Plant Tag database.

AWARDS, HONORS: Agricultural Alumni Outstanding Teacher award, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 1998; L. C. Chadwick Educator Award, American Nursery and Landscape Association, 1998; D. W. Brooks Award, University of Georgia, 2000; teaching award, American Horticultural Society, 2000; Arthur Hoyt Scott Garden and Horticultural Award; educator award, American Society of Horticultural Science; silver medal, Massachusetts Horticultur

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Michael A. Dirr

Dr. Michael A. Dirr's lifelong passion for horticulture has positively influenced a generation of students, gardeners, nurserymen, and professional horticulturists. His teaching, research, and writing have made an immeasurable impact on the Green Industry, not only in Georgia, but throughout the Nation. Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants is the leading horticultural text and reference work, and, along with his Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation, has become the "Bible" for the landscape and nursery industry. Dirr's Photo-Library of Woody Landscape Plants on CD-ROM is recognized as the premier collection of plant images compiled on CD-ROM.

His teaching prowess has been recognized by departmental, college, and national awards such as the American Nursery and Landscape Association L.C. Chadwick Outstanding Educator Award. He has received numerous national awards that recognize extraordinary achievement: The Massachusetts Horticultural Society Silver Medal for Excellence in Horticultural Writing, The Medal of Honor from the Garden Club of Ame