The City of Plymouth offers grants of up to $500 to help community members incorporate landscaping practices that protect water quality and conserve water. The deadline to apply for a 2014 Low Maintenance Landscaping Grant is 4:30 p.m. April 25.

Property owners, community associations, businesses, schools, non-profits and other community organizations are eligible to apply for a grant.

Eligible activities include:

• Replace portions of lawn with native or other plants that require less irrigation, fertilizer or chemicals.
• Reduce impervious surfaces (concrete, rock, asphalt, buildings). 
• Increase native plants (grasses, ground covers, flowers, shrubs, trees). 
• Create a buffer area of native plants near a lake, wetland or creek. 
• Create a rain garden 
• Create a green roof 
• Conserve water through the use of moisture sensors on irrigation systems, rain barrels, xeriscape or other water conservation techniques.

2014 Low-Maintenance Landscaping Grant Application

For more information, contact the Water Resources Technician at 763-509-5527.