New Mexico

Yard rebates in Santa Fe

5 programs can pay Santa Fe residents for yard projects: 5 run by the city, the county or the utilities and districts that serve it. The largest, City of Santa Fe Irrigation Control Rebates, pays up to $750 per household. 2 ask for a plan or plant list before they approve a project.

Utility programs only apply to that utility’s customers, so check who supplies your water and power.

Santa Fe's own programs

Run by the city or by a utility or district that serves it.

  • Open

    City of Santa Fe Irrigation Control Rebates

    City of Santa Fe Water Conservation Office

    Rain sensor $40; soil moisture sensor $75; WaterSense ET controller up to the cost of the controller, max $750 (more than 12 stations) or $400 (12 stations or fewer)

    Up to $750 per household

  • Open

    City of Santa Fe Rain Barrel Rebate

    City of Santa Fe Water Conservation Office

    $12 each (50-99 gal), $25 each (100-199 gal), $50 each (200-499 gal); up to four barrels per household

    Up to $200 per household

  • OpenPlan required

    City of Santa Fe Large-Volume Cistern Rebate

    City of Santa Fe Water Conservation Office

    $0.25 per gallon of cistern size; bonus $0.125 per gallon for sizing to handle 2 inches of roof rainfall; bonus $0.25 per gallon if rainwater is used indoors for toilets or non-potable uses such as laundry. No cap stated.

  • OpenPlan required

    Fire Safe Santa Fe Wildfire Mitigation Cost-Share

    Forest Stewards Guild with Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition and City of Santa Fe Fire Department

    Grant pays 60% of most project costs; 75-90% for low- to moderate-income landowners

  • Status not posted

    Santa Fe-Pojoaque SWCD Wildfire Thinning Cost-Share

    Santa Fe-Pojoaque Soil and Water Conservation District

    80% cost share

Sow is not affiliated with any of these agencies or utilities. Amounts and rules change, often at the start of a fiscal year, so confirm the details on the official page before you start a project. How we research these programs

Plan your Santa Fe yard project in Sow

Lay out the new planting on a photo of your yard with plants native to the area, and keep the plant list ready for the application.

Start a plan in Sow