New York
Yard rebates in Syracuse
3 programs can pay Syracuse residents for yard projects: 2 run by the city, the county or the utilities and districts that serve it, and 1 open to anyone in New York.
Utility programs only apply to that utility’s customers, so check who supplies your water and power.
Syracuse's own programs
Run by the city or by a utility or district that serves it.
- Status not posted
Save the Rain Rain Barrel Program
Onondaga County Save the Rain / Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County
Free rain barrel
- Status not posted
Save the Rain Tree Planting (Adopt-a-Tree)
Onondaga County Save the Rain with City of Syracuse Arborist
Tree planting, cost to resident not stated on page
Anywhere in New York
- Seasonal
NYS DEC Saratoga Tree Nursery Spring Seedling Sale
NYS DEC Saratoga Tree Nursery
2026: conifers mostly 25 for $25; hardwoods mostly 25 for $30 (100 for $90); shrubs 25 for $25; Pollinator Packet 30 plants $35; Wildlife Habitat and Riparian packets 100 plants $80
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 Syracuse 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.