As our team enjoys a well-deserved winter break, I find myself reflecting on the hard work we have done this year, how far we’ve come since the beginning of the Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional program (CBLP), and the changes coming in the upcoming year. Shereen and Beth at a CBLP Level 2 class …
Blogger Beth Ginter October 26th 2023 This week, I traveled to western New York, in the fine company of my husband and dogs, where Dave Hirschman and I led a workshop, “Sustainable Landscaping in Our Watershed,” for the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy (CWC). I don’t often travel such long distances for work events due mainly to…
Blogger Beth Ginter December 21st, 2022 This fall, I had the good fortune to spend five days sailing down the Bay from Galesville, MD, to Norfolk, VA with my friends, Kate and Jack, on their relatively new (to them) Morgan 38. I learned to sail as an adult, taking lessons on a Sunfish in the…
Photo: Dave Hirschman February 7, 2022 By Beth Ginter With Candlemas/Imbolc/Groundhog’s Day this week, we have reached winter’s midpoint. We, at CCLC, are avid readers, and especially appreciate a good diversion to break up the monotony of mid-winter. Thus, we are pleased to share this link to our friend and colleague, Dave Hirschman’s,…
Blogger Beth Ginter June 28, 2021 I live in a densely populated suburb of Washington DC, in the Northern Piedmont, atop a hill, with an abundance of mature Oaks, Hickory, Tulip Poplar, and Dogwood. We have a lot of big trees on about ⅓ of an acre. It’s cicada heaven. …