Blogger Beth Ginter
September 29, 2026
Green infrastructure maintenance challenges have been on our minds here since we began developing CBLP back in 2015. I find myself “assessing” BMPs pretty much everywhere I go: concert venues, the library, shopping, vacations, along the roads I drive.
A routine summertime route takes me from our house to our pool, about 3 miles, and I pass a long treatment train of BMPs that run from University Blvd downhill through a residential neighborhood toward Sligo Creek. I’ve been driving this route for about 18 years, and have watched the evolution of these numerous BMPs over time. There have been dramatic improvements! Although everything isn’t perfect, in the photos below, we share a happier tale about the Dennis Avenue BMPs, and offer Montgomery County, Maryland DEP’s maintenance division and their contractors for turning the tide.
Dennis Ave bios September 2026 – clean (or nearly clean) inlets and pretreatment; brimming with native plants
A mature bioretention area with dense vegetation and visible stone pretreatment near the curb.
Native plants in full bloom bring color and texture to a roadside bioretention area.
Roadside bioretentions can increase the neighborhood appeal when they are maintained.
Beth Ginter, MPSLD, CBLP
Executive Director, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council (CCLC)
Beth became CCLC’s first executive director in January 2020. Based in Silver Spring, Maryland, and working across the mid-Atlantic region, CCLC educates and supports professionals to implement sustainable landscapes and green infrastructure practices for a healthy and resilient Chesapeake Bay watershed. She helped develop and also direct CCLC’s Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) certification initiative. Previously, Beth was the founding principal of a landscape consulting & design firm, and she directed scientific communications programs in the corporate sector. She earned a Masters in Sustainable Landscape Design at The George Washington University and a B.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University.
