Information and Forms
For Landowners:
- Rainscaping Cost-Share Application
- Landowner Guide with Eligible Improvements
- Participating Contractors List
- Rainscaping Presentation
- Round I Landowner Orientation Recording
- Take this Survey to Verify Watching Required Orientation Recording
Maps:
- Verify your eligibility with this NEW interactive map! Enter your address to see if you are located within one of the Program Focus Areas. Note, these areas are shaded purple within the purple Deer Creek Watershed boundary.
- Focus Area 1 Map
- Focus Area 2 Map
- Focus Area 3 Map
Resources:
- Contractor Guide with Eligible Improvements
- Online Rainscaping Guide
- Rainscaping Resources
- Cost Comparison Presentation
- Drawing Instructions/Example
- Graph Paper
- List of Invasive Species and Native Alternatives
- Invasive Honeysuckle Removal
- Native Plant Sources
- Percolation Test Instructions
- Rainscaping Maintenance Schedule
The purpose of this program is to improve stormwater management and benefit aquatic life in Deer Creek and its tributaries by installing landscaping that helps capture rain where it falls, instead of allowing water to run off-site.
Rainscaping is any combination of plantings, water features, catch basins, permeable pavement, and other activities that manage stormwater as close as possible to where it falls, rather than moving it someplace else. Rainscaping can also be employed to solve a drainage problem, increase aesthetic appeal, improve property values, and/or attract birds and butterflies, in addition to other benefits. Rainscaping practices can include features such as rain gardens, bioswales, trees and shrubs, green roofs, etc. to slow down, soak up and reuse rainwater before it carries pollutants to a local stream.
Each landowner with property located in one of the Program Focus Areas is eligible to receive a rebate of 75% of approved and documented costs up to a maximum of $4,500 for project design, implementation, and/or maintenance costs incurred for Rainscaping Cost-Share funded feature(s). Verify your eligibility with this NEW interactive map! Enter your address to see if you are located within one of the Program Focus Areas. Note, these areas are shaded purple within the purple Deer Creek Watershed boundary. Landowners including residential, institutional and commercial are eligible to participate. If your address is not located within one of the Deer Creek Watershed Program Focus Areas, you may qualify for the MSD Rainscaping Small Grants Program instead. There is some overlap in the Deer Creek and MSD program areas, and you may qualify for both programs. Landowners may only receive ONE award from ONE of these rainscaping programs. Landowners may not receive multiple awards from one program or an award from both programs.
You are required to attend an orientation for landowners (if you haven't previously attended one within the past two years) to learn more about the Rainscaping Cost-Share Program if you would like to apply. View the Rainscaping Presentation, Round I Landowner Orientation Recording, and Take this Survey to Verify Watching Required Orientation Recording.
Questions? Contact:
(314) 577-0202 or
[email protected]
| Rainscaping Cost-Share Program Timeline | ||||
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| Round G | Round H | Round I | Round 2022 | |
| Applications Due | 4.1.19 | 6.1.20 | 7.30.21 | 6.3.22 |
| Notifications Out | 7.31.19 | 7.31.20 | 8.30.21 | 7.15.22 |
| Planting Time | Fall 2019 or Spring 2020 |
Fall 2020 or Spring 2021 |
Fall 2021 or Spring 2022 |
Fall 2022 or Spring 2023 |
| Receipts and Completion Forms Due | 10.18.19 for Fall 2019 installs; 6.18.20 for Spring 2020 installs |
10.16.20 for Fall 2020 installs; 6.18.21 for Spring 2021 installs |
10.20.21 for Fall 2021 installs; 6.22.22 for Spring 2022 installs |
10.14.22 for Fall 2022 installs; 6.16.23 for Spring 2023 installs |
| Cost-Share Funds Dispersed to Landowners | Within 12 weeks of receipt of Project Completion Forms | |||
| Quality Control/ Ground Truthing/ Completion Forms Processed | Within 6 weeks of receipt of Project Completion Forms |
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| Maintenance Payment Request Forms Due | 5.19.23 for Fall 2022 installs; 11.17.23 for Spring 2023 installs |
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Hand-delivery of applications is currently not an option and electronic submittals will not be accepted. Please make a copy of your FULL application for your records and keep your receipt as proof of mailing. We cannot take responsibility for applications lost in the mail.
Mail applications to:
Deer Creek Watershed Alliance
c/o Missouri Botanical Garden – Sustainability Division
CBEC – West
4651 Shaw Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63110
View award information from past rounds.
Sign up on the register page to be notified when the next round starts and orientation sessions become available in the future.
For more information about how to incorporate rainscaping in your yard, visit the Missouri Botanical Garden's online Rainscaping Guide.
The Rainscaping Cost-share program is funded by Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation, and US EPA Region 7 through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (subgrant number G19-NPS-11), under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.