Columbus in Color, Inc.

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About Us
Columbus in Color, Inc. is a full service company. We offer landscape and interiorscape design, installation, and maintenance services to both residential and commercial clients.
 
Our mission is to beautify our surroundings through colorful and innovative landscape design, quality lawn and garden maintenance, and interiorscaping.
 
Matt Whiddon, President, is a 1996 graduate of the University of Georgia school of horticulture and oversees all daily operations.
 
Matt Whiddon
Matt Whiddon, a native of Columbus, studied at Callaway Gardens and Longwood Gardens and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture from the University of Georgia. With over 18 years of experience in the field, Matt serves in an advisory capacity for the UGA agricultural cooperative extension service and is a member of the Georgia gold medal plant selections committee. Matt promotes horticultural education through his work as a speaker and teacher. He also writes the gardening column for Columbus and the Valley magazine. Serving as a deacon, Matt is a member of Wynnbrook Baptist Church.
 
History
  • January 2000 - Company was founded by Matt Whiddon with the original purpose of installing and maintaining annual and perennial gardens. Matt soon began offering woody landscape design and installation services.

 

  • Summer 2001 - Matt decided to branch out into lawn and landscape maintenance.

 

  • Fall 2009 - Matt founded PlantWorks, aa a new division of Columbus in Color, Inc. PlantWorks offers specialized horticultural services throughout Georgia and Alabama. Through PlantWorks the company is able to partner with other landscape providers and to work with homeowners and business owners alike who wish to supplement their current landscape services.