Certify Your Yard
Showcase your sustainable yard with these certification programs.
River-Friendly
Ensure your property is River-Friendly through the Watershed Institute.
Complete their easy survey and meet 75% of the qualifications to be certified as a River-Friendly Resident. Receive a free sign to display in your yard!
Cost: Free
Wildlife Habitat
Invite wildlife with certification through the National Wildlife Federation.
Share how your yard or garden provides habitat and the NWF will recognize it as a Certified Wildlife Habitat®
Cost: $20 application fee (sign is an additional cost)
www.nwf.org/CertifiedWildlifeHabitat
Monarch Waystation
Provide a habitat for butterflies in your yard or garden.
Certify your new or existing monarch habitat to show that you are contributing to monarch conservation.
Cost: $16 certification ($33 to certify and purchase a sign)
www.monarchwatch.org/waystations
Gas-Free Yard
Create an AGZA (American Green Zone Alliance) Green Zone at home.
Help spread awareness and demonstrate to your community that your property is a gas-free, quieter place to be with a green-zone gas-free yard sign.
Cost: $15.98
https://agza.net/product/agza-yard-sign/
“DIY” Yard Sign
Make your own sign!
Help spread awareness and demonstrate your sustainable landscaping practices to the community.
Use any materials you might have and show off your creativity!
Other
Homegrown National Park Map
Record your native plantings and join users across the country!
https://homegrownnationalpark.org
Xerces Society’s Pollinator Protection
Sign their pledge and add your yard to their map!
https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation
Have you certified your yard? Let us know!
Learn more about sustainable landscaping practices.
