Join the effort to keep renewable materials out of landfills and back into our soil by making leaf compost with your neighbors. Here’s how to help:
(1) Add Your Site to the project if you can accept and compost leaves, and check our Q+A.
(2) Rake your leaves, collect them in clear or paper bags (no branches or trash), and get the word out to a garden near you. You’ll find a growing list of confirmed gardens and other sites that are accepting leaves in November and early December on our Locations page.
If you already have bags filled with leaves and you don’t want to trash them, ask your local community gardeners if they’d like to participate, and chances are, they’ll accept your leaves. Note to participating gardens: please encourage neighbors not to leave bags outside the garden gate, or risk a hefty fine!
(3) Volunteer with your local garden on drop-off days. At least three volunteers are recommended at each participating garden, so take this opportunity to help the greening of your community! It’s a great way to meet your neighbors, too.
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(4) Spread the word at your local library, school, church, arts collective, CSA or BID. For flyer ideas, check out our Printable Flyers and Facebook page.
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Many thanks to the Master Composter Program and the NYC Compost Project, funded since 1993 by the NYC Dept of Sanitation’s Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling.
And thanks especially to Kendall Morrison from Earth Matter who gave us the space for this website!