Mini Cost Share Participant Guide

Eligible Expenses

Mini-cost share project types include native plant projects on residential property. Examples of native plant projects include pocket prairies, pollinator gardens, and native shrub and/or tree plantings. Native plants include all forms such as wildflowers, grasses, sedges, trees, and shrubs.

Components eligible for cost share include live native plants (potted, bare root, tuber, etc.), native plant seeds, temporary fencing to protect plants from herbivores, natural mulch for soil protection or moisture conservation, edging, and other items or materials essential to project success.

Ineligible components include decorative elements, irritation supplies, landscaping fabric, in-kind labor or materials, and vehicle mileage/fuel.

At least 75 percent of the reimbursable cost of a project must go toward the purchase of live native plants and seeds.