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April 27th, 2011

Plant More Plants and Help Mother Earth this Mother’s Day

“Plant More Plants” Campaign Seeks to Ensure that Both Mom and Mother Earth Benefit this Year by Providing Simple, “Bay-Friendly” Tips to Help Grow Some Good (Virginia Beach, Va., April 27, 2011) – With Mother’s Day Approaching on May 8, the Chesapeake Bay Program’s “Plant More Plants” campaign encourages consumers to celebrate Mother Earth in [...]

April 18th, 2011

Chesapeake Bay Program “Plant More Plants” Campaign Asks Homeowners to Pledge to Grow Some Good for Earth Day

(Virginia Beach, Va., April 18, 2011) –  With April 22 right around the corner, the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Plant More Plants campaign asks homeowners to take the campaign’s slogan, Grow Some Good, literally and make a pledge to plant perennials, shrubs and trees as a way to celebrate. In Maryland, the Department of Natural Resources [...]

March 28th, 2011

Spring into Action with Free Downloadable Landscape Plans Courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Program

“Plant More Plants” Campaign Offers Homeowners Simple Solutions  to Improve Curb Appeal and the Health of the Bay (Virginia Beach, Va., March 28, 2011) – With the onset of spring, many homeowners are ready to start gardening, and the Chesapeake Bay Program’s “Plant More Plants” campaign can help with a series of simple downloadable landscape [...]

March 1st, 2011

Chesapeake Bay Program Launches “Plant More Plants” Campaign Encouraging Homeowners to Grow Some Good in their Own Backyards

Personal Stewardship Campaign Rooted in a Healthier Chesapeake Bay… (Virginia Beach, Va., March 1, 2011) – From their backyards to the Bay, homeowners are hearing about an environmental awareness campaign taking root in the Richmond, Baltimore, the D.C. Metro area and Hampton Roads regions that aims to “grow some good.”  The “Plant More Plants” campaign, [...]

The Chesapeake Bay Program is a unique regional partnership that has coordinated the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed since 1983. "Plant More Plants" is the second personal stewardship campaign created by Bay Program partners under the umbrella of The Chesapeake Club. This campaign, along with the earlier "Save the Crabs then Eat 'Em" campaign, strives to share with residential homeowners practices that are beneficial to their lifestyle and to the Chesapeake Bay.

The Chesapeake Club campaigns are brought to you by the individuals from the following organizations and localities: Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Virginia Turfgrass Council, Chesapeake Bay Program, Chesterfield County, Henrico County, Hanover County, the City of Richmond, HR STORM, District of Columbia Department of the Environment, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Maryland Department of the Environment..