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Peconic Estuary Partnership Homeowner Rewards Program

The program may support one of these project types: Create a Native, Pollinator, or Conservation Yard, Build a Rain Garden, Bioswale, or Runoff-Management Yard, or Capture Rainwater in a Barrel or Cistern.

Run by
Peconic Estuary Partnership
Service area
Peconic watershed portions of Brookhaven, East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold.

Program at a glance

Benefit
Native or rain garden: up to $500.00 for native plants only. Rain barrel: up to $100.00 each or actual cost.
Who
Peconic watershed portions of Brookhaven, East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold.
Where
Peconic watershed portions of Brookhaven, East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold.
Qualifying project
The program may support one of these project types: Create a Native, Pollinator, or Conservation Yard, Build a Rain Garden, Bioswale, or Runoff-Management Yard, or Capture Rainwater in a Barrel or Cistern.

Quick check

Do the main rules appear to fit?

Your answers stay in this page session. The program makes the final decision.

1. Is the property in the official service area or account group?

A city mailing address may not match a utility or watershed boundary.

2. Does the property need one of the approved project routes listed above?
3. Have you checked the approval rule before buying or starting work?

Many programs need before photos, an inspection, or written approval.

Answer each question for a cautious result.

The rules remain visible here even if the interactive check is unavailable.

The finished result

What project qualifies?

This program may support more than one approved project route. The program’s plan and written decision control which route applies to the property.

The property gains approved living plants or habitat that saves water, protects soil, or improves water quality. An approved planted feature slows, stores, filters, or infiltrates runoff on the property. Roof runoff is captured in an approved container and reused or released safely.

Create a Native, Pollinator, or Conservation Yard

The property gains approved living plants or habitat that saves water, protects soil, or improves water quality.

See the full project guide →

Build a Rain Garden, Bioswale, or Runoff-Management Yard

An approved planted feature slows, stores, filters, or infiltrates runoff on the property.

See the full project guide →

What the project may require

A product can be one part of the work. The approved project, timing, design, and proof control.

Complete the approved property project

required

Creates the finished outcome the program supports.

The program may support one of these project types: Create a Native, Pollinator, or Conservation Yard, Build a Rain Garden, Bioswale, or Runoff-Management Yard, or Capture Rainwater in a Barrel or Cistern.

Official path: official page

How to apply or check the program

  1. 1

    Confirm the property

    Verify the service area, account, ownership, applicant, and property type with Peconic Estuary Partnership.

  2. 2

    Open the current official program source

    Use the official program link below.

  3. 3

    Collect the before-project evidence

    Ask for the current document checklist.

  4. 4

    Get approval when required

    Get written approval before removing, buying, signing, or installing anything the program treats as project work.

  5. 5

    Complete only the approved scope

    Keep design changes and material substitutions in writing.

  6. 6

    Submit the completion package

    Ask what after photos, invoices, inspections, or certifications are required.

Open the official program

Details to confirm

  • The garden reward covers native plants only, not the full project bill.
  • The address must be inside both an eligible town and the Peconic watershed.
  • Funds are first come and limited.

Examples that do not qualify

  • Buying gravel, soil, mulch, or another product by itself does not create eligibility.

Questions people ask

Is this a rebate for buying gravel or another material?

No. The program supports the qualifying property project described above. A material purchase matters only when it serves the approved design and follows the program’s payment rules.

Can I start before applying?

Get written approval before removing, buying, signing, or installing anything the program treats as project work.

Does appearing eligible guarantee funding?

No. Current status, funding, ranking, inspection, and final approval can still affect the outcome.

Who decides whether a material substitution qualifies?

The program or its designated designer. Ask Peconic Estuary Partnership to approve the exact substitute in writing before ordering.

Last verified 8/11/26

Official sources

Use these official sources for current rules, availability, and application details.

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