Content components We collect autumn leaves along selected streets in the City of Boroondara from April to July. We select these streets based on the size, species​ and number of trees on the streets.Our leaf collection starts at a different time each year, depending on weather patterns and when different species of trees drop their leaves.This service replaces regular residential street sweeping from April to June. In July, both services run. You can find out more about our regular street sweeping on our Find your street sweeping days page.If you can't find your address in our lookup tool, please use the 'Was this page helpful?' form at the bottom of this page to send your address to us, and we'll check it. Find your autumn leaf street sweeping datesFind your autumn leaf street sweeping dates Please enter a valid Boroondara address. How you can help us with leaf collectionAvoid parking on the street on your sweeping days.If you can't move your vehicle, you can help by sweeping leaves from under parked vehicles the night before. Please remove any sticks, branches and rocks as they will damage the machinery.Don't rake or blow grass clippings or leaves onto the road after the sweeper has passed by. Our trees are beautiful but heavy leaf fall can have quite an impact on our streets. Step 1: Council contractors blow the leaves off the nature strips and out of accessible gutters to prepare for collection. Leaves are now ready for collection by the truck. Step 2: If there is a high volume of leaves on the street, a leaf loader collects the leaves... ...and loads them into a truck. This is a street after the leaf loader has collected the bulk of leaves, but we're not finished yet! Step 3: The remaining accessible leaves are swept up by the street sweeper, leaving the street clear of most leaves... ...until next autumn. What to do with extra leavesWe don’t sweep or collect leaves from private gardens. You can:put them in your food and garden waste (FOGO) bincompost them at home.More informationFor more information or a printed copy of a street's schedule, call us on (03) 9278 4444.Find out what types of green waste we collect from household FOGO bins on our How to use your FOGO bin page.Learn about composting food waste and buy a compost bin for 50% off the retail price at our Composting page.For information on how we maintain roads in Boroondara visit our Road maintenance page.
