St. George and Washington County
Water-wise landscape
Turf conversion with the Washington County Water Conservancy District rebate handled end to end, plus the irrigation, hardscape and outdoor work around it.
20 kinds of work below. Prices go on this page as each one is set, and never before. Read our Plain Terms
Turf conversion and the rebate
Turf removal
Cut, remove and haul the sod, then rough grade.
Water-wise conversion
Turf out, soil prep, drip conversion and desert planting.
Designed conversion
The same work with designed beds, boulder placement and a plant schedule.
Rebate application management
Pre-inspection, measurement, photographs and the paperwork. Nobody else here does this for you.
Landscape design and plan
A measured plan, plant schedule and drip layout.
Irrigation
Drip irrigation conversion
Spray heads out, drip in, zone by zone.
Smart controller install
A controller that waters to the weather, not to a habit.
Backflow test, annual
The test your water provider requires, filed for you.
Hardscape
Paver patio
Excavate, compacted base, bedding sand, pavers and edge restraint.
Paver walkway
The same build, narrower run, more cuts.
Paver driveway
Heavier base and thicker paver for vehicle load.
Concrete flatwork
Form, base, pour and broom finish.
Decorative and stamped concrete
Stamp pattern with integral or release colour.
Retaining wall
Block or boulder wall, drained and built to hold.
Sealing, pavers or concrete
Clean, dry and seal. Recurring work, not once.
Outdoor living and power
Artificial turf
Excavate, base, compact, turf, infill and seam.
Putting green
Base, contouring, turf, cups and fringe.
Pergola or shade structure
Shade that survives a Washington County summer.
Landscape lighting
Path, uplight and step lighting on a transformer and timer.
EV charger installation
Site assessment, permit and install. The electrical is performed by our licensed electrical partner, a Qmerit-certified installer.
Read before you decide
Artificial turf, measured: 200 degrees on a 98 degree day
The highest published synthetic turf surface temperature was recorded in Utah. Watering cools it for about five minutes. Here is where turf still makes sense, and what planted conversion does instead.
Defensible space, water savings and your wildfire fee
Utah HB 48 took effect on January 1, 2026. If your property is inside the high risk boundary, a county officer now assesses an annual fee on it. The work that lowers your classification is mostly the same work that lowers your water bill.
Getting a Level 2 charger installed here
The federal credit expired on June 30, 2026 and half the internet has not noticed. Which utility serves you depends on which side of the Virgin River you live on. And you probably do not need the panel upgrade you were quoted.
Above the flood zone and still at risk
In 2005 the Santa Clara River destroyed about 30 homes at roughly half the 100 year flow. The mechanism was bank erosion, not rising water.
A board's guide to converting common-area lawn
The hard part is not the landscape. It is the budget calendar, the reserve study, and a recorded easement that lasts forever. Here is the sequence in the order a board has to run it.
Your HOA denied your project. Here is what the letter has to say.
Utah Code § 57-8a-109(4) requires a written denial to name the provision relied on and the specific part of your plan that fails it. Most letters do not.
Can my HOA make me keep my grass?
Utah Code § 57-8a-231 and St. George City Code § 10-7-7 both limit how much lawn anyone can require. Here is what the documents say, section by section.
The turf rebate, and the easement you sign for it
WCWCD pays $2 per square foot to remove lawn, with no published end date, plus $1 more on the first 1,000 square feet for projects finished between June 9, 2026 and June 1, 2027. The payment buys a perpetual, recorded easement on that ground. Both halves, explained.
What actually grows here, and where you are
Santa Clara is half a zone colder than St. George and it is ten minutes away. Cold air pools in the river bottoms. And there is no approved plant list for the rebate, whatever anyone told you.
The quote is the number. There is no second number.
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