April 27th 2023 By guest blogger Brian Koehler Inspired by the process of achieving CBLP Level 1 certification, I received permission to implement a small turf reduction project on the Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society (PRPS) office property as a sample bio-swale for others in the industry. The project began in the Summer of 2021…
March 22nd 2023 By Jason Swope The Redbuds were in full bloom as I departed from Western Maryland on a Friday evening in April. I had an appointment the next morning in Norfolk, VA, with fellow Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals (CBLPs) and a group of community volunteers who were helping to build a living…
February 14th 2023 By Leslie Hunter Cario What an incredible opportunity for CCLC members to learn about native seed production this past August, when Ernst Conservation Seeds hosted us for a Field Day! Located in Meadville, Pennsylvania, in the northwest corner of the state, it was a journey for some participants, who traveled…
Guest Blogger Tony Campisi January 10th, 2023 Imagine for a minute, life without nature. Imagine a spring morning without a robin, a summer night without fireflies. Think of a drive in the fall without the changing of leaves. Close your eyes and really think of a world without trees. Imagine if children rolled logs…
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…