50 programs · checked October 22, 2026

Yard rebates in Queensland

50 programs pay Queensland residents for yard projects, 1 of them open to anyone in the state. 37 list themselves as open now. The largest, Gold Coast Nature Conservation Assistance Program, pays up to $30,000 per household. 3 ask for a plan, sketch or plant list before they approve a project.

Open to anyone in Queensland

Programs open across the state. Local programs below often stack on top of these.

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    Queensland Nature Refuge Landholder Grants

    Queensland Government, Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

    Round 6 grants ranged from $2,648 to $25,000 per refuge (ex GST)

    Up to $25,000 per household

Rain barrel and cistern rebates

Rebates, discounts and free barrels for catching roof runoff

Tree rebates and free trees

Free trees, tree rebates and shade-tree programs

Native plant and pollinator rebates

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    Ipswich Nature Conservation Grant for Conservation Agreements

    Ipswich City Council

    Nature Conservation Grant up to $8,000 per year, plus free plants; covenant holders can also get a Voluntary Conservation Covenant Bursary of up to $2,000 per financial year

    Up to $10,000 per household

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    Redland Koala Ecosystem Enhancement Program (KEEP)

    Redland City Council

    $450 (0.4 to 1 ha koala habitat area), $750 (1 to 2 ha) or $1,000 (over 2 ha) per financial year, excl. GST

    Up to $1,000 per household

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    Redland Land for Wildlife Grants

    Redland City Council

    $250 to $750 (excl. GST) per property per financial year

    Up to $750 per household

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    Redland Rural Support Program

    Redland City Council

    $250 to $750 per property per financial year

    Up to $750 per household

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    Redland Your Backyard Garden Program

    Redland City Council

    One-off option: up to 30 free native plants from IndigiScapes Native Nursery. 12-month option: up to $500 in financial assistance for tubestock, mulch, contractor help (up to $250), a nest box, and a worm farm or compost bin once planting targets are met

    Up to $500 per household

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    Brisbane Free Native Plants Program

    Brisbane City Council

    2 free native plants per residential property per financial year; 4 plants as a one-off for homes built in the past 12 months in eligible suburbs; up to 20 plants for lessees on Council-leased land

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    Brisbane Land for Wildlife

    Brisbane City Council

    Free native plants and nest boxes, a property management plan, workshops and reference books, access to grants, plus a rebate on the Bushland Preservation Levy (amounts not published)

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    Gold Coast Land for Wildlife

    City of Gold Coast

    Free membership with a toolkit and herbicides to start a restoration project, and free native plants for suitable bushland restoration projects (quantities not published)

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    Gold Coast Voluntary Conservation Agreements

    City of Gold Coast

    50% to 95% rate donation depending on how much of the property is protected; $7,000 at signing as first-year seed funding; up to $7,000 a year reimbursed for contractors and approved management

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    Gympie Free Trees for Ratepayers

    Gympie Regional Council

    2 free native tubestock plants per rates notice (4 per year)

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    Ipswich Free Plant Program

    Ipswich City Council

    Each financial year: 6 plants for residential properties, 15 for acreage, 30 for peri-urban, 15 extra for riparian properties, a one-off 25 plants for new builds under 12 months old, 20 native tubes for Habitat Gardens members

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    Ipswich Habitat Gardens

    Ipswich City Council

    Up to 20 additional native tubestock plants each financial year, plus advice and workshops

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    Ipswich Land for Wildlife

    Ipswich City Council

    Free native plants (number set by your property management plan), property management plan, workshops and site visits

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    Logan Habitat Connections Free Native Plants

    Logan City Council

    Free native plants each year (quantity not published), plus a fence sign, advice and workshops

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    Logan Land for Wildlife

    Logan City Council

    Free annual incentive package (choice of native plants, land management items and nest boxes, subject to availability)

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    Logan Voluntary Conservation Agreements and Covenants

    Logan City Council

    Annual Council conservation grants (amount not published on the current page), Environmental Levy rates exemption, and the Land for Wildlife annual incentive package

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    Logan Voluntary Restoration Agreement

    Logan City Council

    Annual Council grants (amount not published on the current page) and free native plants

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    Mackay Free Native Plant Program

    Mackay Regional Council

    Up to 4 free native plants per rateable property per year; Gardens for Wildlife members get an extra 10 plants per residential property

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    Mackay Land for Wildlife

    Mackay Regional Council

    20 free native plants per property per year, plus a property visit, sign and workshops

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    Moreton Bay Free Native Plant Voucher

    City of Moreton Bay

    One voucher per financial year for 4 tubestock plants, 2 plants in medium pots, or 1 plant in a large pot

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    Noosa Land for Wildlife

    Noosa Shire Council

    Free property visit, gate sign and tailored report; members can apply for incentives such as native plants and environmental weed training, and borrow fauna cameras

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    Noosa Voluntary Conservation Agreements

    Noosa Shire Council

    Council pays the costs of setting up the covenant or Nature Refuge, prepares an environmental management plan and provides ongoing financial assistance to carry it out (amounts not published)

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    Redland Voluntary Conservation Agreement Incentives

    Redland City Council

    Yearly grant for the first 10 years of up to 66% of the property's annual general rates; Council pays survey and covenant lodgement costs and provides a management plan, sign and training

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    Scenic Rim Voluntary Conservation Agreement Rates Rebate

    Scenic Rim Regional Council

    Rates rebate of up to 50% of the general rate for the area covered by the agreement

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    Sunshine Coast Land for Wildlife

    Sunshine Coast Council

    Free incentives including seedlings, weed control induction and nest boxes, plus free property visits, workshops and a Land for Wildlife sign

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    Sunshine Coast Voluntary Conservation Agreements

    Sunshine Coast Council

    Annual financial incentive based on the size of the conservation area, mostly for on-ground conservation work with part possibly available as a rate rebate; Council covers surveying and agreement costs

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    Toowoomba Free Plant Voucher

    Toowoomba Regional Council

    2 free plants per voucher; vouchers sent with the general rates notice to every address

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    Fraser Coast Native Plant Donations for Land for Wildlife Members

    Fraser Coast Regional Council

    Up to 200 native plants per application for a registered Land for Wildlife member (100 for Community Environment Program volunteers)

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    Mount Isa Free Plant Day

    Mount Isa City Council

    Free plants for registered residents (quantity not published)

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    Rockhampton Region Free Native Plant Program

    Rockhampton Regional Council

    Free native plant (giveaway quantity set at each event)

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    Gold Coast Nature Conservation Assistance Program

    City of Gold Coast

    Grants of $4,500 to $13,500 a year; up to 3 grants totalling no more than $30,000

    Up to $30,000 per household

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    Brisbane Community Conservation Assistance

    Brisbane City Council

    Up to $25,000 worth of Council resources and labour per project (not a cash grant)

    Up to $25,000 per household

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    Sunshine Coast Landholder Environment Grants

    Sunshine Coast Council

    Up to $15,000 per project, matched 50:50 by the landholder (2026/27 round total $330,000)

    Up to $15,000 per household

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    Logan EnviroGrants On-ground Ecosystem Restoration

    Logan City Council

    Up to $10,000

    Up to $10,000 per household

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    Moreton Bay Voluntary Conservation Grant

    City of Moreton Bay

    Up to $2,500 for a Voluntary Conservation Agreement property, $1,250 for a Land for Wildlife property, or $500 for a Backyards for Wildlife property

    Up to $2,500 per household

Compost bin and mulch programs

Invasive plant removal programs

Cost-share and buyback programs for removing invasive plants

Cities with their own programs

Each city page lists everything a resident can use, from the council’s own programs to regional and state-wide ones.

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Source: Sow, “Yard rebates in Queensland,” checked October 22, 2026, https://www.usesow.com/rebates/queensland

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