Who We Are

NYCLeaves is a volunteer-run, neighborhood-based coalition of gardeners and greening partners who are harvesting residential leaves for compost this fall. Questions, comments, tools? Email compost@nycleaves.org

Thanks to Our Partners

GREEN THUMB, north brooklyn compost project, SOLAR ONE, flatbush gardener, SUSTAINABLE FLATBUSH, neighborhood open space coalition, EAST NEW YORK FARMS, bk farmyards, 6/15 GREEN, brooklyn green team, EARTH MATTER NY, green edge nyc, BROOKLYN BASED, park slope food coop, CENYC, green guerillas, BUILD IT GREEN NYC, architecture for humanity ny, BBG, lower east side ecology center, QBG, and all staff of the nyc compost project!

 

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The Fall of '09

Five Boroughs. A Million Trees.
For the leaves this fall, it’s a race to the bottom.

Until 2008, the City collected 20,000 tons of leaves each year from residential trees and composted them in municipal facilities. The compost was then returned to us through community gardens, parks, and public givebacks to help us improve our soil [...]