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Your homeowners are planning front yards before they file anything.

Pollinator Patch is a planning app for homeowners who want native and drought-tolerant landscaping and do not want a letter from their association. We are not on anyone's side of an appeal. Boards keep landing here because the people bringing them applications used this first, so this page is what we would tell you if you called.

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Applications arrive with a plan attached

Homeowners use the app to produce a plant list and a rendering of the proposed yard before they submit anything. A committee reviewing a drawing spends less time guessing what "some native plants" is going to look like in year three.

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Plant choices are keyed to your region

Recommendations come from EPA Level III ecoregions rather than a national list, so what a resident proposes is suited to local soil and rainfall (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, USDA PLANTS Database). Mature height and spread are on every plant, which is usually the number a committee actually cares about.

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Your state statute, summarized in plain language

Several states now limit what an association can prohibit, and a few place affirmative duties on the board. Our summaries cite the statute so your attorney can check the source rather than take our word for it.

The duty most boards have not noticed

A handful of statutes do more than limit what an association can prohibit. Colorado is the clearest example: under C.R.S. §38-33.3-106.5, as amended by SB 23-178 (2023), an association covering single-family homes must develop at least three preapproved water-wise garden designs for front yards. Boards that have them route conversions through a known baseline. Boards that do not end up hearing every request as a one-off.

Rules vary by state and change, and this is educational context rather than legal advice. Read the summary for your own state, then confirm it with your association counsel.

What SB 23-178 asks of a Colorado board

What we do not do

Worth saying plainly, because most inbound assumes otherwise.

  • We do not sell software to associations, and there is no board dashboard to buy.
  • We do not review, rule on, or file applications on a homeowner’s behalf.
  • We do not give legal advice or tell you your guidelines are unenforceable.
  • We do not sell or share resident data with associations or management companies.

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