Don’t forget that your applications for the free money to beautify landscaping around your community are due June 8 at noon!
Broward Beautiful Community Grants Program will give you anywhere from $1500 to $10,000 for a project providing it’s on public property or common areas visible to the general public.
You can spruce up a small park, right of way or entranceway to your community, in any community in Davie, Cooper City, Weston, wherever, because the grant is countywide.
Gated communities have a bit of a speedbump because they can only apply for projects outside the gates, however, it is still a worthwhile effort because many gated communities have more than one entrance and many borders.
There are rules. You can only use the money for plants, sod and mulch. And out of the set of plants allowed, at least half have to be Florida native plants.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has defined native as "a species that occurred in Florida at the time of European contact or 1500” … that grow naturally in our area, without our interference.
They include arrowroot, coontie and wild lime, and can attract butterflies as well as people. For a list click here.
And it all has to meet code.
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