October 17th, 2022 By Cindy Adams Dunn At the start of my career, I worked as an environmental educator and leader of Pennsylvania’s emerging efforts to improve the quality of its rivers and streams that flowed to the Chesapeake Bay. Then, just as now, I could be found along waterways in the dirt…
August 25th, 2022 By Kelly Morse What does it mean to truly know a place? What’s more, what does it mean to commit to a relationship with a piece of land? Before we bought our first home in April 2021, it was a rental property for ten years. Saplings waved from the gutters, foundation…
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…
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,…
January 5, 2022 By Leslie Hunter Cario Searching for native plants has been a constant theme in my life. It started in high school biology class with a scavenger hunt that involved locating certain plants native to southwestern Pennsylvania and either photographing details or collecting leaves or seeds. Throughout college and afterwards, there…