Covering Partick, Govanhill and Hyndland, and every Glasgow postcode. One-off and repeat garden waste collection across Glasgow. We take the grass, hedge trimmings, leaves, prunings and branches the brown bin cannot hold, loaded by us from wherever you have piled it, and send it for composting rather than landfill.
This is the service for the load that is too big for the brown bin and too messy for the car: the September hedge cut, the October leaf fall, the spring tidy that filled fifteen bags. We collect from Glasgow gardens the same or next day, and you pay for the space the waste takes in the van, not for a year-long permit you will not fill.
A 240-litre brown bin collected fortnightly is built for maintenance, not for projects. One leylandii hedge reduction is five to ten bins. A mature tree's autumn leaf fall is more. And in Glasgow, as in most of Scotland, the council brown bin now needs a paid annual permit, with no pro-rata rate if you only need it for one big job.
The alternative most people try is bagging it and driving to the recycling centre. Garden waste is bulky and light, so a car boot takes very little of it, the bags split, and several sites will not admit a van at all without a booking. It is a slow, dirty afternoon for a job that takes us twenty minutes.
Cut a forty-foot leylandii hedge back and had a mountain of it on the lawn. They came the next morning, loaded the lot in half an hour and the garden was clean. Far easier than a dozen trips to the tip and cheaper than I expected.
Hedges, pruning, the autumn leaf fall — the one-off load that swamps the bin.
Green waste collected from the client's kerb so your van stays on the job.
Overgrown gardens between tenancies cleared and the waste gone the same day.
Flats and tenement back courts in Glasgow with no council garden waste service.
Fallen branches and blown-down fencing cleared after a named storm.
A monthly pick-up through the growing season for gardens that produce a lot.
One picture of the pile is enough. Tell us if it is bagged or loose and where it sits in the garden.
We quote by van space, from a minimum load up to a full van, before we set off.
Garden waste is quick to load. Most Glasgow collections are done within 24 hours.
Rear garden, side path or front kerb — we carry and load. You do not need to move it.
Green waste goes to a licensed composting facility. Timber and soil go to the right recyclers.
Typical range for Glasgow: £45–£150. Every figure below is a fixed quote agreed before we start — labour, disposal and recycling included. No charge for stairs, no fuel surcharge and no day-rate creep.
| Job Size | Price | Typical For |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum load | £30 | Up to 8 bags or one small hedge trim |
| Quarter van | £60–£75 | Around 15–20 bags — a full hedge cut or a leaf fall |
| Half van | £110–£140 | A full garden tidy, several hedges, brash and prunings |
| Full van | £200–£260 | Overgrown garden reclaim, tree work brash, mixed timber and green waste |
Send photos on WhatsApp or call 0141 280 6130 and we will come back with a fixed figure, usually within 60 minutes.
We cover every Glasgow postcode — G1–G5, G11–G15, G20–G23, G31–G34, G40–G46, G51–G53 — and the surrounding Glasgow area. Local crews, local knowledge, and no travel charge anywhere inside our Glasgow coverage.
Gardens in Glasgow come with the houses, and the houses vary a lot. Glasgow is a tenement city first: red and blond sandstone closes of three and four storeys from Dennistoun to Partick, with inter-war bungalows in the outer suburbs, post-war schemes such as Castlemilk and Drumchapel, and a growing stock of new-build flats along the Clyde.
Across Glasgow the regular calls come from Partick, student and young-professional flats where the September turnover is relentless; Govanhill, the highest tenancy churn in the city and the most end-of-tenancy clearances; Hyndland, large West End flats with heavy period furniture and long stairs; Springburn, post-war housing and housing-association voids near the Balgrayhill.
Glasgow has four council recycling centres: Polmadie on Polmadie Road for the Southside, Dawsholm off Maryhill Road for the West End and north, Shieldhall for Govan and the south-west, and Easter Queenslie for the East End. They are drive-in sites, staff will not lift for you, and a flat clearance is eight to ten car trips. Glasgow City Council charges for bulky uplifts, with sofas now collected on a separate stream since April 2026 and a wait that stretches to several weeks in busy months. Bagged garden waste is a slow tip run; a van clears a full garden in one visit. Our Glasgow City Council Bulky Uplift 2026 — What It Costs, What It Takes has the detail.
What to tell us when you book: Closes with no lift, half-landing turns, permit-only parking in the West End and Southside, and the Low Emission Zone in the centre all shape how we plan a Glasgow collection. Half the jobs we do in the city start with a photo taken on a tenement landing.
Garden waste collection in Glasgow starts at £30 for a minimum load of up to about eight bags. A quarter van of 15 to 20 bags is £60 to £75, a half van £110 to £140, and a full van of green waste, brash and timber £200 to £260. Send a photo on WhatsApp and we will fix the price before we come out.
For a one-off job, usually yes. A permit in Glasgow City Council's area is an annual charge whether you fill the bin or not, and a big hedge cut will not fit in it anyway. For fortnightly grass through the summer the permit is good value; for the September and October clear-out a single collection is cheaper and faster.
No. Bagged waste loads faster, which keeps the price down, but we will load a loose pile of branches or leaves from the lawn. Tell us which when you send the photo so we allow the right time.
Yes, but they are priced by weight rather than volume because a van reaches its legal limit long before it looks full. Keep soil and rubble separate from the green waste and we will collect both on the same visit.
Green waste goes to a licensed composting facility, where it becomes soil improver. Timber, fence panels and treated wood go to a wood recycler. Very little of a garden collection goes to landfill. We are SEPA registered under licence WCR/R/3011855.
Yes. Several Glasgow customers book a monthly pick-up from April to October. It is priced per collection with no contract, so you can pause it in a dry month.
Glasgow is a tenement city first: red and blond sandstone closes of three and four storeys from Dennistoun to Partick, with inter-war bungalows in the outer suburbs, post-war schemes such as Castlemilk and Drumchapel, and a growing stock of new-build flats along the Clyde. Each type carries differently, which is why we ask for a photo before we price.
Glasgow has four council recycling centres: Polmadie on Polmadie Road for the Southside, Dawsholm off Maryhill Road for the West End and north, Shieldhall for Govan and the south-west, and Easter Queenslie for the East End. They are drive-in sites, staff will not lift for you, and a flat clearance is eight to ten car trips. Green waste is bulky and a car takes very little of it; a van clears the garden in one go.
Closes with no lift, half-landing turns, permit-only parking in the West End and Southside, and the Low Emission Zone in the centre all shape how we plan a Glasgow collection. Tell us the floor, the parking and anything unusual when you send the photo and we send the right crew.
Send us a photo on WhatsApp and we will have a fixed price back within 60 minutes. Glasgow's SEPA registered clearance team — fully insured, and the quote costs you nothing.