RANIA ABO DAWWAS

OWNER/ FOUNDER

GREEN HANDS FOR LANDSCAPING & TRAINING

IRBID, Jordan

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Founder of Green Hands, empowering youth via digital garden design & training. Passionate about green tech, inclusion & sustainable landscapes.

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GREEN HANDS FOR LANDSCAPING & TRAINING

Startup / Scaleup

IRBID, Jordan

Green Hands for Landscaping & Training is a pioneering Jordanian enterprise founded in 2013 by Rania Abo Dawwas—the first licensed female-led landscape engineering office in Jordan. The company specializes in sustainable garden design that integrates water-efficient plants, low-maintenance landscaping solutions, and environmentally conscious techniques. Over the past decade, Green Hands has designed and implemented over 100 gardens and trained more than 300 agricultural engineers. Beyond its on-ground projects, Green Hands is leading a digital transformation in the landscaping sector through a new regional online platform. This platform offers 2D/3D landscape design services for homeowners and businesses, as well as certified training programs for agricultural engineers. Graduates of the training program are onboarded as verified service providers on the platform, empowering a new generation of green professionals across Jordan and the wider Arab region. Green Hands has received national and regional recognition through awards such as the Citi Foundation Award for Startups, Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Innovation, and SwitchMed Green Entrepreneurship Prize. The founder has represented Jordan in global entrepreneurship and sustainability forums, including the WSIS+20 Forum in Geneva, the Arab SME Summit in Qatar, and environmental dialogues in Egypt, Kuwait, and the UAE. With a mission to blend innovation, inclusion, and sustainability, Green Hands aims to expand its reach into the Gulf and MENA markets while promoting green entrepreneurship, digital capacity building, and environmentally resilient urban spaces.

About me

a pioneering Jordanian entrepreneur and landscape engineer with over 15 years of experience in sustainable garden design and professional training. In 2013, she founded Green Hands for Landscaping and Training—the first female-owned landscape engineering and training office licensed in Jordan. She has designed and implemented more than 100 gardens and trained over 300 agricultural engineers across the country.

As a certified trainer by the Jordanian Agricultural Engineers Association since 2014, Rania is dedicated to capacity building, digital transformation in agriculture, and environmentally sustainable landscaping. Her work bridges agriculture and architecture through water-efficient, low-maintenance garden designs that promote green innovation.

She is a multiple award-winning entrepreneur, recognized by institutions such as CitiBank (2013), Union Bank (2015), and the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation for Innovation (2018). Her green business initiative reached the finals of major competitions like SwitchMed (2016) , and was selected by Womenpreneur as one of the Top 10 Women Entrepreneurs in the Middle East.

Rania has participated in global programs such as WIPO’s IP for Entrepreneurs (2025), ESCWA’s E-commerce Program, and EU-supported export management and water diplomacy training. She has also contributed to international forums like WSIS+20 in Geneva, Arab Food Security Summit in Egypt, and the 4th Arab SME Summit in Qatar.

She is a passionate volunteer and youth leader, having earned the Prince Hassan Youth Award (Gold) in 2009. She’s also an alumna of the U.S. Department of State’s IVLP program (2014), a founding member of musical arts collective Daqat, and serves in leadership roles in several cultural and professional associations across Jordan.

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