Yard of the Month Award Program

Guidelines

• Your yard must be healthy and kept mowed and neatly edged. This includes the easement and sides of your home.
  
  
• All landscaped areas must be weed free with trees and shrubs trimmed. (This includes trees and bushes overhanging the sidewalks.)
  
  
• Fences must be in good repair and not in need of paint, stain, etc.
  
  
• Driveways and sidewalks must also be weed and stain free.
  
  
• Landscaping awards will be presented for the months of May through September.
  
  
• The award term lasts from the 1st day to the last day of the each calendar month.
  
  
• The same property cannot receive more than one award in the same rolling 12 month calendar period.
  
  
• The property of all current residents of Apalachee Plantation, both owner-occupied and rental, are automatically eligible to participate in the program, including those homeowners involved in the governance of the HOA.
  
  
• Yard of the Month winners must be members of good standing with the Association, current with their Association dues, and free of current HOA covenant violations.
  
  
• The occupants of a Yard of the Month winning home will receive the gift card award.
  
  
• The Board and Committee members of the HOA agree to waive the gift card award if they are a Yard of the Month winner.
  
  
• The upkeep of the yard can reflect the efforts of the residents themselves or that of a professional landscaper.
  
  
• During their reign as Yard of the Month, winners are expected to maintain their yard in the same manner that allowed them to win the title.