The Home Crew · Northern Johannesburg
Garden waste removal in Johannesburg
Collection of branches, hedge cuttings, leaves and grass clippings across our Johannesburg service area. Send photos of the pile and access route so the load size, labour and disposal can be quoted together.
What we take
Garden waste only: the green stuff that comes out of a garden. If it grew there, it goes in the load:
- Branches: storm fall, pruning piles, whole limbs cut to fit the load.
- Clippings: lawn, hedge trimmings, edges and sweepings, raked and loaded, not left in bags at the gate.
- Palms: palm fronds and cycad leaves, which no wheelie bin was ever going to hold.
- Leaves and weeds: autumn drop, cleared beds, everything green the cleanup left behind.
Building rubble, soil and mixed household waste are not garden waste; they’re a separate job with different disposal, quoted after we’ve seen what’s there. Keeping the load green keeps it at the green-waste price.
What garden waste removal costs
| Garden waste, per bakkie load (about 1m³)loading and disposal included for the agreed load; confirm capacity | R450–R1,100 |
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| Whole-site clearance after a storm or long neglect | R1,500–R4,500 |
These are market-sourced guide ranges, not closed quotes: a pile three bakkie loads deep is priced from your photos before we load it. See the review date in the guide above.
How one load is counted
A load is a bakkie load: about one cubic metre of packed green waste, level, not heaped to the sky. Long branches are cut to fit so the load travels legally and arrives whole. If the pile is bigger than a load, we count loads with you before starting, so there are no surprises when the price arrives.
One thing the loading crews know that a pile on a driveway doesn’t: loose branches don’t pack. A heap of loose branches is mostly air, so it takes more loads than it looks, while the same heap of bagged or trodden-down clippings takes far fewer. That’s why we count loads from photos of the pile: a guess at the heap from the kitchen window, yours or ours, is what overcharges people.
The cheaper ways to shift garden waste
A paid load is not the only answer, and the cheap routes work, up to a point:
- The wheelie bin. Clippings, leaves and sweepings go out with the bin over a week or two of bin days. Loose branches don’t fit, and aren’t collected loose at the kerb.
- Composting and shredding. Leaves and clippings compost down, and a shredder turns prunings into mulch for your own beds. It’s real work, and it doesn’t touch a storm pile.
- Drop-off. Where there’s a municipal garden site near you, loading your own trailer is cheaper than paying us, if you have the trailer, the Saturday and a second pair of hands.
What none of these routes takes is the big loose pile on the driveway. That’s the job we do, and what we collect leaves on our bakkie for green-waste disposal, not bagged at your gate. We don’t claim more than we do.
Same-week collection, start to finish
- 1. Send photos. WhatsApp the pile: a couple of angles is enough to count loads and estimate the load size and price.
- 2. We collect. A crew arrives in the booked window with bakkie, rakes and gloves. You point at the pile; we do the rest.
- 3. Swept, photographed and gone. The area is swept flat, you get a WhatsApp photo of the loaded bakkie before we drive off, and the gate is closed behind us. The price you were quoted is the price you pay once the load is on the truck and the pile is gone.
Collection is booked same-week, and if a crew is already working in Fourways or Douglasdale when you call, it usually happens sooner. We collect across every suburb on our patch.
Why we don’t just dump it on the pavement
A pile on the pavement is not a removal plan. Loose branches don’t go out with the wheelie bins, so they sit, through wind, rain and the first complaint from next door. Bagged clippings overflow the bin within a day, and a storm pile can sit for weeks.
We load it and drive it away ourselves, the same visit. The job ends with a swept driveway, not a heap with your name on it at the kerb.
Other work the same crew does
If the garden behind the pile needs work, that’s a garden cleanup: cleared, cut and carted in one visit, the natural pairing with a waste run. Regular maintenance after that is garden services, the scheduled garden maintenance. Once the waste is gone and the driveway is visible again, pressure washing takes the stains the pile was hiding, and handyman work fixes what the storm loosened, same company, same number.
Questions we get asked
What does garden waste removal cost?
Use the per-load guide above. The quote should state the vehicle or container capacity, waste type, loading access, labour and disposal fees. Confirm the number of loads before removal.
How many loads will my pile be?
Send photos from several angles with an object for scale, plus the access route. The estimate depends on volume, branch size and how tightly the waste can be loaded; confirm the final load count and total before collection.
Can you collect this week?
Send your suburb, access details and the symptoms or job list. We confirm the next available appointment. The timing depends on the agreed scope, access and any materials needed.
Do I need to be home when you collect?
No. Send the photos, book the window, and leave us the way in, and we WhatsApp you a photo of the loaded bakkie before we drive off, and the area is swept before the gate closes behind us.
Can you take building rubble or mixed waste too?
Not in a green-waste load. Rubble, soil and mixed household waste are a separate job with different disposal, quoted after we've seen what's there. Keep the pile green and you keep the green-waste price.
My garden is the pile. Can you clear it and remove it in one visit?
Yes, ask for a combined garden cleanup and waste-removal quote. Cutting and clearing are separate from transport and disposal; the quote should show both scopes and the expected loads.
Before you book
Keep branches and clippings separate from rubble, soil and household waste. Show the full pile and the carrying route in your photos; both affect loading time and the quote.
Scope in detail
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Removal of an existing pile of garden waste, without changing the driveway or surrounding garden.
Generated illustrations explain the work shown. They are not photographs of completed customer jobs.
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