Add Beauty and Substance to Your Yard
Rain Garden Grants Available
February 17, 2017
Replace pollution with pollination by installing a rain garden in your yard. Rain gardens help protect Tallahassee’s water resources from stormwater runoff, which is why the City of Tallahassee is providing grants to encourage property owners to install their own.
“We Tallahassee residents love our clean, sweet-tasting water,” City Commissioner Nancy Miller said. “Rain gardens can play an important part in protecting our water supply by allowing rainwater to filter slowly into the aquifer below, while adding to the splendor of our surroundings with an interesting variety of flowers and grasses.”
A rain garden is a landscaped area that is designed to capture and hold excess rain water for a short period of time, allowing it to soak into the soil and recharge the groundwater. Rain gardens also help slow the flow of water from a yard during and after a storm, which helps reduce water pollution to our area lakes.
A total of 25 applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Grants, not to exceed $175 each, will be awarded. Once the rain garden is successfully installed, reimbursement for the amount of the actual documented cost (up to $175) should be received within 45 days. Only owners of property located within the Tallahassee City limits are eligible.
Rain garden grant applications can be found at www.tappwater.org/forms. If you have questions about the application process, please contact TAPP coordinator Courtney Schoen at (850) 891-8754 or courtney.schoen@talgov.com.
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