Montgomery County Rainscapes
The Montgomery County grant rebate program is called Rainscapes, and it is open to properties in Montgomery County that are outside the municipalities of Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Takoma Park (each of these cities manage their own rebate programs, linked).
Love & Carrots can help install eligible project features under this program including conservation landscapes, permeable paver retrofits, rain gardens, and rain barrels. The maximum rebate amount for residential properties is $7,500. Commercial properties (including HOAs, multifamily, or institutional properties) can receive up to $20,000 maximum.
How Love & Carrots can help:
To begin, set up an on-site initial consultation with one of our amazing landscape designers. Our consultation fee is $250 within the 495 beltway.
At the Consultation we conduct a thorough site assessment of what practices you may qualify for, and can discuss and advise on any other landscaping or gardening projects you are interested in.
The next step is typically to create a landscape design for your approval and then submit it as part of your Rainscapes application. Design costs, including the consultation fee, are reimbursable through the grant program at the same rate as materials and installation labor. Half of your design fee can be applied towards the cost of your installation. Landscape designs start at $450 ($225 with a 50% refund), and can be expanded from there to incorporate other landscaping and hardscaping projects you’d like to pursue, either now or in the future.
We can provide as much or as little assistance with navigating the application process as you need, billed at our standard design rate.
