Grow Green to help the environment and to save money. The City of Austin offers a variety of rebates, grants and free landscaping items to help you create your earth-wise garden. Visit GrowGreen.org for gardening information.
Items listed have varying eligibilities, one-time limits, and pre-approvals, so be sure to review details to make sure you qualify.
- Residential
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Grants
- Urban Forest: Up to $58,000 of funding for projects that show a clear benefit to Austin’s urban forest. For Austin residential sites, all projects must be within 15 feet of public property which includes streets.
Rebates
Visit the Austin Water Rebates, Tools & Programs webpage for current information.
- WaterWise Rainscape: Up to $500 per property for landscape features to keep rainwater on the land
- Rainwater Harvesting: Up to $5,000 to install rainwater harvesting systems to capture rainwater
- WaterWise Landscape: Up to $1750 to help residents convert turfgrass to native and adapted plant beds
- Landscape Survival Tools: Up to $120 for compost, mulch, and core aeration service
- Irrigation Upgrade: Up to $1000 to improve your irrigation system’s water efficiency
- Pressure Regulating Valve (PRV): Up to $150 to help purchase a pressure regulating valve to reduce water pressure in your house
- Watering Timer: 50% off the before-tax purchase price, up to $40 for up to two watering timers to give residential customers more control over hose-end watering
Free Stuff
- Mulch: Pick up free mulch made from curbside yard trimmings
- Design stencil: Request a design stencil when you order Grow Green Design Templates
- Soil Moisture Meter: Measures the moisture of your soil to help you know when it’s time to add water (available in ladybug or frog design)
- Free and available for pick up Mon. – Fri., 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., at 625 E. 10th Street, 6th floor
- Limit one item per residential customer
- Irrigation System Evaluations: Check your eligibility for a free irrigation system evaluation or perform your own with the Irrigation Evaluation Instructions and Template
- Irrigation Runtime Calculator
- Water Saver Hose Meter: Monitor and control water use with a digital meter attachment for garden hoses and hose-end sprinklers
- Sunlight Calculator: Measure the amount of light each area of your yard receives, then use the Plant Guide to select plants that best fit the light conditions
- Items available through check-out at the Austin Public Library
- Multi-family and Homeowner Associations
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Rebates
Visit the Austin Water Commercial, Multifamily & Schools Rebates webpage for current information.
- Irrigation System Improvement Rebate: Helps customers with costs to improve their irrigation system’s water efficiency
- Pressure Regulating Valve (PRV): Up to $750 per property for a pressure regulating valve to reduce water pressure in each unit and the irrigation system
- Rainwater Harvesting: Up to $5,000 to install rainwater harvesting systems to capture rainwater
- WaterWise Landscape: Up to $5,000 to multi-family homeowner associations to convert turfgrass to native and adapted plant beds
- Schools
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Grants
- Bright Green Futures Grant: Up to $3,000 for school-based sustainability projects including, rainscapes, rainwater harvesting, composting systems, habitat gardens, and more
- Urban Forest: Up to $58,000 of funding for projects that show a clear benefit to Austin’s urban forest
Rebates
Visit the Austin Water Commercial, Multifamily & Schools Rebates webpage for current information.
- WaterWise Rainscape: Up to $500 per property for landscape features to keep rainwater on the land
- Community Groups
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Grants
- Urban Forest: Up to $58,000 of funding for projects that show a clear benefit to Austin’s urban forest
Other
- Neighborhood Partnering Program: Provides opportunities for community and neighborhood organizations to affect public improvements by sharing in the costs of those efforts with the City of Austin government. NPP includes cost share, grant assistance and Adopt-a-Median programs
- Commercial and Other
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Grants
- Urban Forest: Up to $58,000 of funding for projects that show a clear benefit to Austin’s urban forest
Rebates
Visit the Austin Water Commercial, Multifamily & Schools Rebates webpage for current information.
- Rainwater Harvesting: Up to $5,000 for materials and labor to install rainwater harvesting systems to capture rainwater.
- Irrigation System Improvement: Increase irrigation efficiency.
- Water Efficiency Audit: 75% of the audit cost, up to a maximum of $5,000 to identify potential water and cost savings.