Improving DC's Public Spaces, strengthening communities and changing lives
OUR MISSION IS GROWING!
Improving DC's Public Spaces, strengthening communities and changing lives
OUR MISSION IS GROWING!
changing lives - Youth vocational training program
Seeds of Change...
The project was simple: plant rose bushes in the tree boxes along Barracks Row. Building owners and businesses ponied up funding for rose bushes in exchange for a promise from Guerrilla Gardeners of Washington DC to plant and maintain them for the duration of 2022. Planting began in November and then this happened...
...and a Mission Transformed
Interaction with the young people of the Sasha Bruce drop-in center turned out to be a transformative event for Guerrilla Gardeners of Washington DC, presenting new ways to serve the community.
The Fruits of Many Laborers
The collaboration between Sasha Bruce Youthwork and Guerrilla Gardeners of Washington DC established a vocational training program in landscaping and urban agriculture and rallied community members to join in and get their hands dirty.
A New Chapter - Historic Congressional Cemetery
In 2026, the leadership at Historic Congressional Cemetery agreed to implement and fund a vocational training program for underserved youth in groundskeeping and general maintenance on the grounds.
Leading into the Future
White Dawes was the model for the internship program. Now he leads it as Program Manager. Hear about his journey as told to Molette Green of NBC4.
STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES - NONPROFIT COLLABORATION
strengthening communities - potomac triangle parks Project
changing lives - the love rocks Project
Young people in crisis are welcomed with messages of hope, encouragement and love as they ascend the front steps of Sasha Bruce House in search of refuge from homelessness.
STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES - GUERRILLA JUNIORS
In June 2023, we launched the Guerrilla Juniors youth volunteer initiative funded by a grant from the Capitol Hill Community Foundation.
Payne Elementary students planted pollinators germinated in their classroom at the Congressional Cemetery.
Tyler Elementary students cleaned up their courtyard.
These volunteers initiated their own beautification project.
improving dc's public spaces - DIY urbanism
This giant pothole in the parking lot off 8th Street under the Southeast Freeway wreaked havoc on cars for more than 15 years until we teamed up with Barracks Row Main Street Executive Director Brian Ready to fill it.