Missouri Native Landscaping Rebates

The Deer Creek Watershed Alliance offers cost-share for rain gardens, native plantings, and other practices that reduce stormwater runoff into Deer Creek: 75% of eligible project costs, up to $4,500 (a project needs at least $6,000 in eligible expenses to draw the full $4,500). Awards are currently made only in priority areas within the Deer Creek watershed, not the full watershed, so confirm your address on the program eligibility map first: https://tinyurl.com/RainscapingInteractiveMap. Applications are accepted January through early June each year, award decisions come in mid July, and projects are installed that fall or the following spring.

Administered by the Missouri Botanical Garden EarthWays Center Rainscaping team, which also runs the MSD Rainscaping Small Grants Program. A recipient may receive only one award from one of the two programs, not one from each and not multiple awards from the same program. Awards are currently limited to priority areas within the Deer Creek watershed. The Rainscaping team says the full watershed may open in the future. Confirmed by the Rainscaping team by email on 2026-08-03.

Grants for rainscaping projects: rain gardens, native plantings, permeable pavement, and other stormwater management features. Reimbursement after project completion. Eligibility covers St. Louis City and most of St. Louis County, the MSD service area. Confirm your address on the program eligibility map before applying.

Applications are accepted year round and new funding is released each July. Demand in the River des Peres CSO area is high, and applications there can be waitlisted for review depending on when they are submitted, so check remaining capacity with the Rainscaping team before planning a project. Reimbursement typically arrives 4 to 5 months after completion. The Missouri Botanical Garden EarthWays Center Rainscaping team administers both this program and the Deer Creek Watershed Alliance Cost-Share. A recipient may receive only one award from one of the two programs, not one from each and not multiple awards from the same program. Confirmed by the Rainscaping team by email on 2026-08-03.

Reimburses 50% of paid costs, up to $5,000, for residential stormwater and erosion-mitigation projects including rain gardens, bioswales, modified French drains, porous pavers, and grading. Native plants are preferred and no invasive species are allowed. Residential properties only; not available for new construction, redevelopment, or work in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas. City staff must be notified before work begins and given inspection access (City of Creve Coeur; last verified July 2026).

Creve Coeur is listed in the MSD Project Clear program cities array, but this is a distinct, separately administered City program with its own amount and application.

Yard Ethic's Pollinator Garden Grant Program, administered by the James River Basin Partnership, is open to individual homeowners (as well as neighborhoods, community gardens, schools, cities, and parks) in the Springfield/Greene County area who want to plant and maintain native plants. Approved applicants receive native plants and mulch valued up to $500 per garden, purchased directly by the Missouri Department of Conservation rather than reimbursed as cash. There is no online application portal; applicants apply by contacting the program directly (Yard Ethic / James River Basin Partnership; last verified July 2026).

In-kind program (MDC purchases plants/mulch directly, not a cash reimbursement to the homeowner) - same structural pattern as the already-added OR Corvallis Streamside Plant Grant. No online application; apply by contacting Clarissa Hatley, 417-864-2005.