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Blogger Shereen Hughes November 14th 2023 A year ago, in October 2022, we lost an amazing Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP), Scotty Guinn Dilworth. Scotty practiced what we preach at CCLC. She utilized the Eight Essential Elements of Conservation Landscaping long before becoming a certified CBLP. Scotty designed beautiful conservation landscapes and utilized…
Blogger Kristen Koch August 12, 2025 I am a moderate person. It takes a lot for me to experience extreme emotional highs and lows. I rarely give a review that is at the highest or lowest ends of the scale. I am not conservative or liberal. I am not outgoing, but I don’t consider…
Bloggers Beth Ginter & Emily Littleton June 10, 2025 Restoring the Chesapeake Bay is a big job. That’s why I’m honored to work alongside an incredible team. Thanks to them, we’ve reached a big milestone: We’ve just certified our 1,600th Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional. It’s why every member of our team is…
Blogger Kristen Koch December 20, 2023 Nine years ago, I was two years into my career when I was contacted by Connie Schmotzer, a fellow Penn State Extension employee who I had yet to meet. She informed me that she was on the Board of the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, that they were looking for…
This post first appeared on Dave Hirschman’s blog on June 17th 2023. We felt that it was the perfect tribute to an icon of our field and wanted to share it with our readers as well. Guest Blogger David Hirschman July 5th 2023 It was fifteen years ago, and the meeting conference center meeting…
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…