Yard Smart Rain Rewards

Yard Smart Rain Rewards consultations are a free service to help find the project and rebate right for you, your landscape, your budget, and your goals. In order to be eligible to receive a Rain Rewards rebate, all participants must first complete a Yard Smart consultation.

Consultations consist of a 45-60 minute site visit that will take place at your property with our Yard Smart staff. 

Schedule Your Consultation

Please note: We ask that you please reschedule your site visit if you currently have Covid-19, are experiencing any Covid-like symptoms, or have recently been exposed to someone with a positive Covid-19 test result.  

Eligible project types include rain gardens, rain capture cisterns, native landscaping, and some permeable paver projects. Standard Yard Smart projects must result in at least 400 square feet of impervious surface being disconnected from the City's stormwater drainage system.Rebates will be awarded at a rate of $7.50 per square foot of impervious surface managed. 

Other rebate options may be available if your property does not fit the above requirements. Your Yard Smart consultant will discuss these options with you during your site visit. When in doubt - schedule a visit, and let's talk!

Learn more about each project type, considerations, and requirements.

Once Yard Smart staff conducts a site visit on your property, we will send you a written report that includes a list of site-specific project options to reduce runoff from your property.

You can install more the one project on your property. Rebates are awarded at 75 percent of project costs completed by contractors, and 100 percent of project costs completed by homeowners, up to a maximum of $5,000 for single family homes or $10,000 for multifamily & larger properties.

Project Steps Checklist(PDF, 6MB)

Contractor List(PDF, 2MB)

Project Approval Forms:

• Native Landscaping, Cisterns, and Rain Gardens(PDF, 866KB)

For Single Family Homes, we will cover 75% of project costs up to $5,000 for work done by contractors, or 100% of project costs up to $5,000 for Do-It-Yourself (DIY) projects. 

For Multi-Family Homes & Non-Residential Properties (commercial, industrial, multi-family), we will cover 75% of project costs up to $10,000. Non-profit participants are eligible to receive 100% of project costs covered up to the $10,000 maximum rebate. 

Rebate Fact Sheet(PDF, 287KB)

To Receive Rebate

1. After your project is installed, inform City of Kirkland staff (at  kschmiett@kirklanwa.gov) that it is ready to be inspected.
2. City staff will inspect your project(s) and give approval of the installation, or provide any necessary changes.
3. After receiving final approval, submit a fully completed Project Rebate Packet(PDF, 318KB) , along with required attachments.
4. A rebate check for the installed project(s) will be issued after yout completed Project Rebate Packet is received and reviewed by the City of Kirkland.