City-Sponsored Residential Landscape Transformation Program
Santa Ana is working on securing a Small-Scale Water Efficiency Program grant that will enable us to offer residents in designated lower-income neighborhoods (known as DACs) an opportunity to remove and replace their water-wasting turf with beautiful, drought-tolerant landscaping and an efficient irrigation system—all at no cost to the homeowner.
The ongoing California drought makes this program more important than ever. Here are a few details.
- The two-year project kicks off in February 2022.
- The program is offered to DAC residents to offset high up-front costs homeowners typically pay to remove existing turf, create a landscape design and install native plants with a water-wise irrigation system.
- It will improve the City’s water efficiency, increase climate resilience, decrease residents’ water bills and increase property values.
- It also will provide green jobs to at-risk youth, who will be hired to help create the new sustainable landscapes in their neighborhoods.
- Homeowners who live outside of DACs can continue taking advantage of the City’s ongoing water-smart landscape program with the use of rebates offered through the Metropolitan Water District (MWD).
Look out for updates on this program later this year. We look forward to helping Santa Ana residents create a bright green future for themselves, our community and Planet Earth!
One of four design samples prepared by a landscape architect for the Landscape Transformation Program.