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"Doug, I am thrilled and can't thank you enough. Kevin and I both agree that without your participation and industriousness none of our goals would have developed into a working plan. It is only through your commitment, expertise, and most of all -- initiative -- that we are seeing the improvements that we do today."
Brenda Hulett, Board Member and Landscape Committee Chair, Beacon Hills Windrift Community Association, December 2006
 
 "I appreciate your willingness to use your knowledge and creativity to produce such a useful resource.....and for that I thank you."
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, June 29, 2005
 
"Thanks for everything. The brochure is great and Peg is really jazzed with her new, ocean-friendly garden!"
Joe Geever, Surfrider Foundation, Southern California Regional Manager 
 
"New Era is fabulous. Your 11-plus year journey to complete the book was well worth the effort. I'm proud that such a wonderful message is emanating from Irvine....our challenge now is to get the entire community, and the entire world, on board!"
Mayor Larry Agran, City of Irvine, October 2001 

Douglas Kent


"Your gardens are not only holding up, they are stand-outs on stand-out streets. Your designs really popped out compared to the rest of the street. I'm so excited and feel fortunate!"
Laura Doyle, client, Costa Mesa, CA, June 2005
 
 
Doug -- Thank you for your efforts to protect California consumers. Your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated."
John Garamendi, Lieutenant Governor, State of California, August 2005
 
 "Thanks Doug! It was a great day and I think I speak for all the committee that it (the seminar) was a success. Keep 'em green!"
Randy Coleman, Fire Marshall, Santa Barbara County Fire Department, May 2006
 
"Douglas Kent presents environmentally friendly concepts for the home gardeners that redefines the ecology of gardening." 
Rutledge Books, Inc., January 2001 
 
"The thanks are all mine. The presentation was A+ and very well constructed. I know we'll be working togther quite abit in the future."
Ron Vanderhoff, Roger's Gardens, Nursery Manager, March 2007 
 
"I wanted to thank the folks at Surfrider for the opportunity to transform my front yard from a water-gulping, boring lawn into a scenic, ocean friendly landscape through the knowledge and creativity of Doug Kent. I just couldn't be more pleased with the results."
Peg Pollino, client, Westchester, CA, September 2006