Last updated October 17, 2026
How we research yard rebates
Every program listed here comes from the official page of the city, county, utility, district or state agency that runs it, or from its application, terms or guidelines document. News stories, contractor sites and vendor pages helped us find programs, but no amount, rule or step on these pages comes from them.
What counts
A program is listed when a public agency or utility pays residents, in cash, credit, free items, discounts, tax relief or free installation, for a specific project in their own yard: replacing lawn, upgrading irrigation, catching rainwater, building rain gardens, planting trees and native plants, clearing wildfire fuel, switching to electric lawn equipment, composting, graywater and removing invasive plants. Programs open only to businesses or farms are left out.
What each record holds
What you do, what it pays and the maximum per household, who qualifies, the specific requirements, whether a plan or plant list is required and what it must show, every step to apply in order, timing and deadlines, what it combines with, the current status, and the official link. When the official page doesn’t publish a detail, the record says so instead of filling the gap.
Status and confidence
Status is what the official page says: open, seasonal, waitlist, paused, out of funds or ended. “Status not posted” means the page doesn’t say whether it’s taking applications, which is common, so call or check the program’s portal before you start. Records whose key facts we could not confirm on an official page are marked on the page and kept out of search results until they are re-checked.
How often it’s checked
Many utilities reset budgets and rates on July 1, and some run out of money mid-year. We re-check every program each quarter and again after July 1, and each program page shows the date it was last checked. Ended programs stay listed for about a year with an “Ended” label, so you can see what replaced them.
Places and ZIP codes
Each program is matched to the cities, towns and counties it serves. The ZIP code search uses the US Census Bureau’s 2020 relationship files to connect ZIP code areas to cities, towns and counties. A ZIP code that crosses a boundary can show programs that only cover part of it, so those are labeled “may apply”.
Corrections
If a program changed or we got something wrong, email [email protected] with the page link and what changed. Sow is not affiliated with any of these agencies or utilities, and the official program page is always the final word.