Leaf Day (2025-26)

Update Sept. 12, 2025: The 2025 Leaf Day schedule is posted below. Look up your zone by address using the PortlandMaps Leaf Day tool. Leaf Day brochures typically arrive by early October. A downloadable version is available below. 

What is Leaf Day?

From November to mid-January each year, PBOT’s Leaf Day service helps us provide cleaner, safer streets, keep our storm drains clear, and ensure our intersections don’t flood. PBOT instituted Leaf Day because the amount of leaves in our original 50+ Leaf Zones was simply too much for our regular street cleaning equipment.

Leaf Day pickup is FREE for residents in Leaf Zones. There is no need to opt in or out.

Address lookup, maps 

Everyone in a Leaf Zone should have received a brochure in the mail in early October with directions on finding your pickup date(s) and advice on making the most of your Leaf Day. Many neighborhoods are broken into multiple Leaf Zones with different pickup dates. Be sure to double-check pickup dates for your exact address! Download the brochure here: 

Look up your address using our interactive PortlandMaps tool. Type your street number and name carefully and it should auto-populate. Click “View the Leaf Day Zone Map” below to explore the boundaries of all the city's Leaf Zones.

Subscribe to reminders about Leaf Day 

PBOT sends weekly reminders so you don’t forget Leaf Day and don’t get towed in our clean-sweep zones. Opt in to get these via email or text. 

Leaf Day service starts Nov. 1, 2025 and runs through Jan. 17, 2026. Severe weather like snow or ice could delay your pickup date or time. Please double-check your dates as you get closer, or if there is winter weather in the forecast.

We've noted below which Leaf Zones require moving your car or risk being towed. These clean-sweep zones in Northwest Portland, Goose Hollow and Sullivan’s Gulch will be swept and cleaned Nov. 19 – Dec. 19, 2025. 

Subscribe for weekly Leaf Day reminders:

Weekly email Leaf Day reminders

Don’t get towed! Subscribe to tow zone reminders for Northwest, Goose Hollow, or Sullivan's Gulch: 

Leaf Day tow zone reminders

Leaf Day basics and brochure

To learn more about how to prepare for Leaf Day, look for your brochure in the mail early October. Download a copy here: 

Basics to remember:

• One day before. Rake loose leaves you want picked up into the street one day before your scheduled Leaf Day pickup.
• Gather loose tree leaves only. Pine and fir needles from evergreen street trees are okay. DO NOT place other yard debris in the street. NO twigs, NO branches, NO pinecones, NO grass clippings, NO other yard debris.
• Keep one foot of space between your pile and the curb for storm runoff and to make it easier for our sweepers. Also allow plenty of clearance between your pile and any vehicle left parked on the street.
• Trim your trees to leave 11 feet of clearance. Make sure you trim any low-hanging tree limbs over the street so our equipment can get as close to the curb as possible and get the best clean. Learn more about tree pruning and permits here.
• Move vehicles and other objects off the street. Whenever possible, allow plenty of clearance between your pile and anything left parked on the street. Leaf Zones are small enough that you should never have to travel more than a quarter mile to park a vehicle outside the boundaries of a zone.
• Help your neighbors. People still work from home in large numbers, with vehicles parked longer. Check in with your neighbors so everyone remembers to move their vehicles on Leaf Day.
• Don’t get towed. Moving your vehicle is REQUIRED in the zones listed. On Leaf Day, you are subject to a $85 citation for violating a temporary no parking zone as well as $294 in tow fees ($378 for larger vehicles) in these Leaf Zones. Storage and other fees may accrue. To locate towed vehicles, visit search.autoreturn.com or call Police Auto Records at 503-823-0044.
  • Northwest: Zones NW 2, NW 3, NW 4, NW 6, NW 7, NW 8, and NW 9
  • Southwest: Zones SW 1 and SW 2
  • Sullivan's Gulch in Northeast: Zone NE 14
• Buy compost. PBOT crews haul leaves to our Sunderland Yard for composting. For information on how to buy this compost, visit our Buy Compost page.

Brochure

Mailed brochures should have arrived early October. Download a copy here:

How to prepare for Leaf Day video

North Portland schedule

Note: Many neighborhoods are broken into multiple Leaf Zones with different pickup dates. Double-check pickup dates for your exact address!