Windsor, Colorado Pays Up to $2,000 a Year to Replace Your Lawn
The short version
- The Town of Windsor pays $1 to $2 per square foot of front-yard turfgrass removed, up to $2,000 per water account per year (windsorco.gov).
- A minimum of 200 square feet of turfgrass must be replaced, and the new design must be at least 50% living plant material. Artificial turf is not eligible.
- Pre-approval is required before work begins; starting without sign-off forfeits the rebate.
- Projects run on an annual cycle: submit February 2 through June 30, complete by October 16.
The Town of Windsor, in Northern Colorado's Front Range (Weld and Larimer Counties), pays $1 to $2 per square foot for removing living turfgrass from the front yard, up to $2,000 per water account each year. The rate depends on project scope, and the new landscape has to be at least half living plant material, not just mulch and gravel.
Key takeaways
- Windsor pays $1 to $2 per square foot of front-yard turfgrass removed, up to $2,000 per water account per year (windsorco.gov).
- You need to replace at least 200 square feet of turfgrass, and the new design must be at least 50% living plant material, low-water-use plants or grasses plus mulch. Artificial turf does not qualify.
- Pre-approval is required. Windsor Water Efficiency staff has to sign off on the project design before you break ground, or the rebate is forfeited.
- Projects run on an annual cycle: submit between February 2 and June 30, and complete the work by October 16.
How the Windsor rebate works
The Town of Windsor's Water Efficiency Department administers the Lawn Replacement Program directly, not through a regional passthrough like Resource Central, which several neighboring Front Range cities rely on instead. The published rate is $1 to $2 per square foot of living, healthy turf removed, and the amount depends on project scope. The program caps out at $2,000 per water account per year, and the rebate applies to front-yard turf only.
A minimum of 200 square feet of turfgrass has to be replaced for a project to qualify, and the replacement landscape needs to be at least 50% living plant material, meaning low-water-use plants or grasses plus mulch, not a yard that swaps grass for gravel and calls it done. Artificial turf is explicitly not eligible.
Getting pre-approval before you start
Windsor requires the project design to be approved by Water Efficiency staff before any ground is broken. Starting work first and applying afterward forfeits the rebate entirely, so the sequence matters: submit your design, wait for sign-off, then dig. The Town runs the program on an annual cycle, with project submissions accepted from February 2 through June 30, and completed work due by October 16 of the same year.
Who this program is for
Windsor sits at the boundary of Weld and Larimer Counties on Colorado's northern Front Range, an area where several neighboring cities route residents to the Resource Central regional program instead of running their own rebate. Windsor's own rate and cap make it worth checking directly, rather than assuming a shared regional rebate is the only option nearby.
See the Colorado rebates pagefor the current application link and Windsor's program details alongside other Front Range and mountain-town rebates.