Timeline
of Events
for the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council
(CCLC)
2002-2003
– Representatives from Adkins Arboretum, Chesapeake Bay Trust, Alliance
for the Chesapeake Bay, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/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 first chairs of the CCLC. Committee work begins in Fall
2003.
2004
-- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay chairs the CCLC. Committees work to gather data on the ecological
and economic value of Conservation Landscaping,
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 University
of Maryland 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, with 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. Deciding 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.
Aug.
2008 – Presentation by CCLC speakers Marcy Damon and Zora Lathan
at the US Botanic Garden
Sept.
2008 – Field Days, with tours of sites with conservation landscaping
practices, held in Annapolis, Maryland (44 participants) and Northern
Virginia (42 participants.)
Nov.
2008 -- Conservation Landscaping Contest winners announced.
Nov.
2009 -- 501(c)3 nonprofit status approved.
Dec.
4, 2009 – Third “Turning a New Leaf” Conference held at George
Washington University, Washington, DC. Conference co-sponsored by the
George Washington University Landscape Design School. 258 participants.
March
23, 2009 -- Founding Board retreat held at Chesapeake Bay Foundation
in Annapolis Maryland. Focus on developing sustainability for CCLC and
program development.
June
1, 2010 -- Second Conservation Landscaping Contest opens.
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