Fall Leaf Program - City Residents

Event Title: Fall Leaf Program-City Residents
Date/Time: Sat, Sep 20th (All day) - Sun, Nov 16th (All day) 
Location: Holland City Streets

Holland's Annual Fall Leaf Program has been scheduled for
September 20, 2025, through November 16, 2025.
Only leaves will be picked up, no sticks or brush. 

Residents may place leaves on the side of the curb, out of the roadway, between September 20 and November 16. City crews will begin their final pick-up starting early in the morning on November 16 and continue throughout the week. There is a chance you may see crews picking up piles in front of your house or on other streets before the 16th. If that is the case, they will return after the 16th as well. To guarantee pick up, you must have your pile out by the end of the day on November 16th; crews will not return to collect piles that were placed out after the deadline.

We understand that there is potential that not all leaves will be off the trees by the final date of pickup; however, we will not be extending the program. Any leftover leaves will need to be held until our Spring program or handled by a third-party contractor at the expense of the homeowner.

If branches or other debris are in your leaf piles, your pile will not be picked up.  Leaf piles left in yard areas cannot be picked up due to the potential damage to yards, sprinkler systems, or landscaping by the trucks and equipment used in the program. The Streets Division asks that leaf piles not be placed near utility poles, guy wires, fire hydrants, mailboxes, or other obstructions that prevent their equipment from accessing your leaf pile.

For questions about the Fall Leaf Program, please call 616.928.2400.

As with snow removal, leaf piles may only be left on your own property, not the property of another, per Ordinance Sec. 19-7.  Please see the attachment for details of the ordinance.

Residents with a storm drain near their home must take special precautions not to stack leaves on top of or near storm structures.  This could lead to drains backing up, causing puddling near your home, and leaves that enter the storm system pollute our waterways.  To learn more about protecting our valuable waterways, you may visit the following link - http://www.the-macc.org/watershed/overview/

Call Community & Neighborhood Services at 616.355.1330 to ask about options to dispose of yard waste/debris outside of our Fall Leaf Pick-Up and Spring Clean-Up programs.