In places where space is tight and ideas are big, the University of Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture helps residents create landscapes, food systems and training programs to keep their communities thriving. The UGA Center for Urban Agriculture supports greener, more resilient communities through expertise in urban ecology, stormwater abatement, nutrition, gardening and professional certification for landscaping, pest management and more. Rolando Orellana, urban water management agent in the Center for Urban Agriculture, leads the state’s first irrigation demonstration plot. Yet property values are often tied more to curb appeal than conservation, said Rolando Orellana, UGA Extension’s urban water management agent. Structural pest management program trains Georgia’s pest control professionals to keep unwanted roommates in check Pest management looks different when insects cross from natural systems into built environments.