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Blogger Katie Pinkham September, 17 2024 In November 2023, the Scotty Scholars Fund was established to celebrate the life and legacy of Scotty Guinn Dilworth. Thanks to the generous contributions from Scotty’s loved ones and supporters of CCLC, we have been able to award ten Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) Level 1 Scholarships. …
Landscaping crews gather outside a public library in SE DC for training on shrub pruning and inlet cleaning. February 20, 2024 When we started this blog in June of 2020 it was based on the simple idea that we are much stronger when we work together, and in 2024 that is still a principal…
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…
In Summer 2003, representatives of non-profit organizations, businesses, governmental agencies, and committed individuals from throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed came together to form the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council (CCLC). This new organization was developed to promote the principles of conservation landscaping and encourage its proliferation throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. CCLC set out to…
March 3rd, 2022 By Shereen Hughes Let’s start with a riddle – Two horticulturists walk into a bar… No, not that kind. I’m talking about the riddle that has stumped the green industry for years – how to attract the next generation of workers to green industry jobs. Recruiting strategies used in…
