The voice of the firm, out in the world
A Center for Watershed Protection member spotlight, three podcast conversations, and stormwater science taught in local classrooms — where Sustainable Landscapes One has been featured.
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Sustainable Landscapes One — and its CEO, Sarah Coleman — featured by the watershed community and local media, for the work itself and for teaching it in plain language.
Center for Watershed Protection — Runoff Rundown
Sustainable Landscapes One was profiled as the Member Spotlight in the Center for Watershed Protection’s Runoff Rundown newsletter — January 2022, Issue #96. The Center is the national watershed community’s science organization; its newsletter is where stormwater practitioners read about each other’s work.
See the spotlight in Runoff Rundown →Environmental Care Starts With Us
Rich Bennett talks with Sarah Coleman, CEO of Sustainable Landscapes One — a comprehensive environmental consulting firm dedicated to applying best practices in project management across all of its projects. Part one of a two-part conversation.
Listen on Spotify →How One Married Pair is Dominating the Entrepreneurial Scene
Part two of the two-part conversation that began with Environmental Care Starts With Us — Sarah returns to the microphone with Rich Bennett.
Listen on Spotify →From Start-Up to Stardom: A Roundtable with Achiever Entrepreneurs
Sarah Coleman sits on a roundtable of local business owners — each a successful entrepreneur — talking about the road from start-up onward.
Listen on Spotify →
The voice behind the features
Sarah Coleman — President, CEO, author, and podcaster — founded Sustainable Landscapes One after years as a contractor at Aberdeen Proving Ground, where she saw the piece missing from landscape work: honest education alongside the consulting.
She wrote the firm’s field manuals, teaches stormwater science to local high-school students, and still walks the sites herself — clipboard in hand, explaining as she goes.
B.S., Towson University, 2004 · Appointed Member, Harford County Environmental Advisory Board · Appointed Member, Harford County Parks & Recreation Advisory Board · Author, SLO Field Manuals & Technical Landscaping Guide
Certified, woman-owned, on the record
The certifications behind the features — held by the firm and current.
CBLP Certified
Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional — the region’s certification for sustainable landscape and stormwater practice, held current.
MDOT MBE/DBE · 23-150
Minority/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise certification through the Maryland Department of Transportation — certification no. 23-150.
Baltimore City WBE · 22-377777
Women’s Business Enterprise certification with the City of Baltimore — certification no. 22-377777.
WOSB / EDWOSB
Federal woman-owned small business certifications — WOSB and Economically Disadvantaged WOSB — for federal work.
Maryland Small Business Reserve
Registered in Maryland’s Small Business Reserve program — no. SB21-016933.
Woman-Owned · Maryland-Based
Sustainable Landscapes One is a woman-owned ecological consulting firm serving Maryland homeowners, businesses, and public agencies.
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