Rain Garden Cost-Share Program Application

The Rain Garden Program encourages residents to install rain gardens on private property to “micromanage” stormwater runoff as close to the source (like downspouts, driveways, sump pump discharges) as possible. A rain garden is a shallow depression that is planted with deep-rooted native plants. It functions by capturing and infiltrating stormwater runoff into the ground thereby reducing the flows to nearby streams and other drainage ways.

Residents interested in the Rain Garden Cost-Share Program will need to:

1. Set up an Ecological Consultation through the Village and pay a $75.00 consultation fee. The Village ecologist will determine the property's eligibility for the Cost-Share program. Click here for the Ecological Consultation Cost-Share Program Application.
2. If approval is given by the Village Ecologist, the resident must then apply for a permit from the Village of Riverwoods and pay a $100.00 application fee before starting any work. Please find the Rain Garden Program online application form below.

Fees can be paid by:

• Credit card in person or over the phone at 847-945-3990 (a 3% service charge will be applied for all credit card payments) or
• Check written out to the "Village of Riverwoods" and dropped off or mailed to Village Hall at 300 Portwine Rd., Riverwoods.