Featured EFS & Spotlights
Featured EFS
Featured Spotlights
Bannockburn Pollinator Gardens
The Bannockburn Pollinator Garden’s diverse array of native plants provide valuable habitat for a wide variety of local pollinators, including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
Brent Elementary Schoolyard Greening: Phase 1
Among other benefits, this greening project reduced daytime summer surface temperatures by an average of 23°F and air temperature by 9°F by replacing 1,500 sf of asphalt play surface with a rain garden.
Glenstone Landscape
The transformative Glenstone Landscape project represents the intersection of ecological and social productivity, and serves as a monument to the region’s natural morphology.
Knollwood Life Retirement Green Infrastructure
The Knollwood Life Retirement Home’s rain garden and stormwater pond reduce the negative impact of stormwater runoff on local waterways by capturing and cleaning an estimated 2.2 million gallons a year.
New York Times Building, Lobby Garden
The New York Times Building’s Lobby Garden encapsulates the Hudson River Valley woodland landscape in a micro-climate featuring native birch trees and a moss garden.
Sidwell Friends Middle School
This renovation and addition to a 50-year-old school building extended the learning environment into the landscape with a green roof, outdoor classroom, biology pond, butterfly meadow, and Washington DC’s first constructed wetland.
The Willow School
Reduces potable water consumption by 375,000 gallons per year by using harvested rainwater to flush school toilets. This saves $2,230 annually.