Dr. Bodie Pennisi is a Professor and statewide Extension landscape specialist in the Department of Horticulture at the University of Georgia. She is the Vince Dooley Endowed Chair of Ornamental Horticulture. Dr. Pennisi is responsible for planning and coordinating a statewide Extension program to support the professional landscape industry, and conducting applied research with emphasis on sustainable landscape practices. Dr. Pennisi studies native plants as floral provisioning resources for beneficial insects in urban and agricultural landscape contexts, such as golf courses, solar farms, and blueberry farms. She teaches three college undergraduate and graduate courses, Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants, Plant Physiology, and Plants, Pollinators, and You.