Timeline
of Events
for the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council
(CCLC)
2002-2003
– Representatives from Adkins Arboretum, Chesapeake Bay Trust, Alliance
for the Chesapeake Bay, USFWS/Chesapeake Bay Field Office, and other
organizations discuss forming an organization of like-minded individuals
that would promote conservation landscaping to landscape professionals,
homeowners, and the business community in the Chesapeake
Bay watershed.
July
2003—A Conservation Landscaping Summit is held at the Chesapeake
Bay Foundation to formally create the CCLC and discuss the mission and
goals of the organization. Adkins Arboretum staff become the the first chairs of the CCLC. Committee work begins in the
Fall 2003.
2004
-- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay chairs the CCLC. Committees work to gather data on the ecological
and economic value of Conservation Lansdcaping,
to promote the CCLC and Conservation Landscaping, and to write CL Guidelines.
2005
– Adkins Arboretum takes over the chairmanship of CCLC from the Alliance
for the Chesapeake Bay.
A memorandum of understanding is signed, giving Adkins Arboretum
oversight of the financial affairs of CCLC.
This arrangement is to remain in effect until CCLC obtains independent
nonprofit status.
Feb.
2, 2005 – A Steering Committee retreat is held at
the Patuxent Wildlife Research
Center in Laurel, Maryland,
to review accomplishments to date, refocus on CCLC’s
goal, and develop a list of activities for 2005 and beyond. A logo is selected from a number of ideas
submitted; the final version is created by a designer contracted by
Adkins Arboretum.
May
2005 – Britt Slattery completes a chapter written by the Standards Committee
for the Certified Professional Horticulturist Training Manual of the
Maryland Nursery and Landscape Association.
Nov.
2, 2005 – Fall Lecture held at the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation: "Conservation by Design" is presented by
Dr. Russell Brinsfield, Mayor of Vienna,
MD and head of the UMD
Agro-Ecology Center.
2006
– CCLC brochure, web site, and pull-up display are created.
Nov.
2006 – First “Turning a New Leaf” Conference held at the Cedar
Lane Unitarian
Church, Bethesda,
MD. 193 participants (203 registered)The list and summary of the elements/ concepts of conservation
landscaping are distributed.
Nov.
2007 – Completion of Draft Conservation Landscaping Guidelines:
The Eight Essential Elements of Conservation Landscaping.
Nov.
2007 – Second “Turning a New Leaf” Conference held at the Ernst
Cultural Center
at the Northern Virginia
Community College, Annandale,
VA. 274 participants.
Feb.
12, 2008 -- A second Steering Committee retreat is held at
Meadowlark Gardens in Vienna, VA to review progress and develop goals
for sustainability. It is decided to pursue nonprofit status; the Steering
Committee makes a transition to a Founding Board of Directors.
May
2008 – Demonstration Rain Garden installed by CCLC at the U.S.
Botanic Gardens (USBG), Washington, DC as part of the “One Planet –
Ours!” summer exhibition.
May
2008 – Conservation Landscaping Contest opens; deadline for
applications is August
1, 2008.
Aug.
2008 – Presentation by CCLC speaker (TBD) at the US Botanic
Garden
Sept.
2008 – Field Days to be held in Maryland
and Virginia
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