Greenroof Testimonials | Community Testimonials | Training Testimonials

DCG has an 8-year history of serving the D.C. community. We’re proud that so many members of our community have good things to say about our work.

"As a manager of a grants program for a major foundation, I have been incredibly impressed with the professionalism, effectiveness and efficiency of D.C. Greenworks. They are strategic, evaluate their impact, and ask the right questions. Their willingness to honestly examine their experiences, identify lessons, and apply learning is commendable. They consistently and transparently engage diverse stakeholders and partners to ensure they are responsive and true to their mission. I consider D.C. Greenworks a very successful learning organization!"

—Barbara Wyckoff-Baird, The Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C.

Greenroof Testimonials

"The greenroof installation process was painless and actually enjoyable due to the fact that D.C. Greenworks was the general contractor. Now we are the proud owner of one of the first greenroofs in downtown D.C.—thanks to DCG!"

—Kelliann Whitley, Property Manager, Blake Real Estate, Inc.

"We just want to reiterate how happy we are with you and your team's work on our greenroof. A customer usually has some basic expectations:

• Schedule:  Start and end work as promised
• Professionalism:  Have people that show up and commit to doing the job right the first time
• Deliver:  Do what you promised
• Respect:  Keep the work area cleaned up given that it represents part of someone's home (or business)

You did a terrific job on all counts.  We look forward to watching our rooftop develop over the next few months.  We just want to thank you and ensure that you are aware that we appreciate your work."

—R.T., a Georgetown homeowner

“I decided to incorporate a greenroof into the design of my house because I wanted my home to have as little impact on the environment as possible, and I wanted to integrate the serenity of a garden into my living space. DCG’s expertise in the engineering, hydrology, and horticultural aspects of designing and installing my greenroof has been outstanding. What is unfolding is more beautiful that I could have imagined.”

— Nina Garfield, a Takoma Park homeowner

"Over the last several years D.C. Greenworks has been an extraordinary partner of Shaw EcoVillage. Without their technical expertise and willingness to be flexible, many of our projects would not have been completed on time or in such a professional manner."

— Mike Hill, Executive Director, Shaw EcoVillage Project

D.C. Greenworks helped us turn part of a school parking lot into a rain garden of flowers that keeps hundreds of gallons of polluted storm water from flowing into Rock Creek Park. Bancroft Elementary School's playground in Mount Pleasant, was a square city block of unmitigated asphalt bordering Rock Creek Park. When staff from the Department of Health Watershed Protection Division first saw all the storm water flowing down the playground, they urged us to apply for one of their rain garden stormwater mitigation grants.

We got the grant—but the project turned out to be far more technically and bureaucratically complicated than we had ever imagined. Without Dawn Gifford's experienced technical assistance and remarkable patience, we would have given up. In addition, when we discovered this fall that the cost of the construction materials had doubled, Dawn graciously redid her part of the proposal and offered us a range of possibilities and prices to fit our suddenly reduced circumstances.

Dawn and D.C. Greenworks provide a constructive combination of the
visionary and the pragmatic, of native plants and of hydrology, that
enables small community organizations such as ours to turn asphalt into black-eyed susans

—Iris Rothman, Community Coordinator, Garden Projects, Bancroft Elementary School

Community Testimonials

Our family thanks D.C. Greenworks and our many stalwart neighbors for making our neighborhood a better place. Thank you for the shade and restful "greenness" you have brought to every day. You have showed our children how to care for our community—and how caring adults can make a difference.

"Citizenship" is not the most fashionable word of the moment, but it is a big part of what you are demonstrating. You are growing more than trees! Thank you!

—Susan Ousley, Seaton Elementary TreeKeepers

Each time I look down Vermont Avenue I am in awe that we were able to make this happen! This is what neighbors taking care of the neighborhood really does!! There is no way this project could have been pulled off without D.C. Greenworks and particularly Bethie Miller. They will come back and say it was the neighbors... and yes, we had a lot to do with it, but D.C. Greenworks was the key to getting this project started and keeping it going!!! A special thanks to their entire staff.

— Matthew Ruest, Eastenders TreeKeeper Community

The Westminster Neighborhood Association members absolutely came alive when they heard that D.C. Greenworks would show them how to trim their trees. While the community was proud of all the trees they had planted over the last several years with DCG, our combined knowledge of pruning was close to nil. Greenworks trained us in our own neighborhood, using some of our new trees as guinea pigs. We have since taken this knowledge and trimmed all of our new trees. We are now patiently waiting for them to grow strong and proud.”

— Lynn Johnson, Westminster TreeKeeper Community

“The Eastenders worked with D.C. Greenworks to better our neighborhood in a fashion far expanding our wildest thoughts. This small endeavor to plant a few trees has beautified the neighborhood, brought new and old neighbors out of their houses and helped to develop a relationship with neighborhood organizations!”

— Matthew Ruest, Eastenders TreeKeeper Community

Green Collar Training Testimonials

“Over my many years of directing training programs and contracting with businesses to deliver training for a disadvantaged population, it has been a joy to work with D.C. Greenworks. They understood our population and were able to get the message across to them. . . Our students got top-notch training from their staff and are now equipped to compete and be successful in the industry.”

— Michael Shannon, Senior Employment Development Specialist, Covenant House, Washington, D.C.

"Thanks to D.C. Greenworks, in just one year the youth of the EcoDesign Corps have learned how to construct and install rain barrels, design and install a greenroof, and we’re well on our way to constructing our very own rain garden. . . .D.C. Greenworks has helped the youth in our programs understand the importance of making D.C. a greener city, not just for today, but for tomorrow as well.”

— Mike Hill, Executive Director, Shaw EcoVillage Project