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'Desert-Scape' Your Palm Desert Home and Get Up to $2,000
The rebate applies only to front yards, and the new landscaping must include an irrigation controller that reduces water use.
Palm Desert homeowners can get up to $2,000 for replacing grass with desert plants via a new program through the city and the Coachella Valley Water District, a city spokesman said Monday.
Starting Aug. 1, residents can apply for a $2 per-square-foot rebate for removing up to 1,000 square feet of turf and replacing it with drip-irrigated desert landscaping, according to city spokesman David Hermann.
The rebate applies only to front yards, and the new landscaping must include an irrigation controller that reduces water use.
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Starting Aug. 15, the program will offer rebates of up to $15,000 for homeowners' associations and commercial properties that replace parkway turf with desert landscaping, Hermann said.
Applications must be sent to the Coachella Valley Water District, 75525 Hovley Lane East, Palm Desert 92211. For information, call (760) 398-2651 or go to www.cvwd.org.
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