Flowering Spring Understory Natives
Beautiful pictures of flowering spring native plants (mostly shade perennials), like wood poppy, trillium, woodland phlox and more! See the full album on our flickr page.
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Earth Day Call to Action: Plant Natives!
Earth Day, an amazing, annual, rekindling of a commitment to heal the environment, is 45 years old today! A movement that was born to raise consciousness about air and water pollution, to recycling world wide, to focusing on climate change and clean energy, has united people of all backgrounds, in communities around the globe, in a common cause. It can be done!
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Funding Received for Landscape Professional Certification!
CCLC is pleased and excited to announce that our Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Certification Initiative has received funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundatio. With this grant, we will develop and pilot the certification in Maryland and Virginia while partnering with Wetlands Watch, Virginia DGIF and University of Maryland Sea Grant Extension. Once the piloting is complete, the goal is to expand the certification Bay-wide and statewide, with a self-financing, market driven certification program managed and administered by a Consortium.
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Photos from Ladew Topiary Gardens
Photographs from a visit to Ladew Topiary Gardens and House in late August 2014; some native plants used in the landscaping as well as close-ups of native butterflies/caterpillars and flowers in the new, seasonal, Butterfly House.
View all photos from the trip on flickr: Ladew Topiary Gardens (Aug 2014).
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To mark the 10th Anniversary of Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council’s formation, we have revised and updated our seminal document, Conservation Landscaping Guidelines: The Eight Essential Elements of Conservation Landscaping. In the revised edition, all links have been reviewed and updated. It also reflects recent research on the impacts of climate change and sea level rise in our region. A PDF version of the document is available for download on the CCLC web site, and print copies are available for a small fee.
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