City of Yarra, City of Port Phillip, City of Stonnington and City of Melbourne

Lawn mowing in Melbourne's inner suburbs

Recruiting: founding mowers are joining across the Stonnington / Yarra cluster now, 4 of the 12 suburbs mapped here. List your lawn free; it goes to them as they're verified, and you pay only when you see the photo.

The inner suburbs are terrace and Victorian-era housing within a few kilometres of the city, along the Yarra and around the parks. Many homes have no lawn at all; the ones that do are small, walled and reached through the house or a lane, which makes access the first question on any quote.

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Every suburb in inner suburbs

12 suburbs, A to Z, with postcodes. Live means verified mowers are bidding today; Recruiting means mowers are being signed up in that cluster; Not yet means it's mapped and opens when enough locals join.

Mowers wanted: Stonnington / Yarra

A suburb opens when several neighbouring mowers cover it - one mower spread across twenty suburbs is a phone book; six mowers working four suburbs is a market. These are the clusters being signed up here now.

Stonnington / Yarra

Mowers joined: 0
Lawns waiting: 0
Offer closes: 31 Dec

Armadale, Malvern East, Toorak, Clifton Hill.

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Nature strips and green bins here

What each council in inner suburbs expects of the strip out the front and where the clippings go, read off the council's own page.

Council	Nature strip and garden waste	Checked
City of Boroondara	Boroondara does not mow, water or spray nature strips; the community expectation is that residents mow the strip outside their place. The FOGO bin (dark green, lime lid) takes lawn clippings, leaves and branches to 75 mm, not bagged, and is collected weekly. One 120 L bin and a 7 L caddy come with the rates through the Waste Environment Levy; a second or 240 L bin is a one-off $154. Across Gardiners Creek on the Stonnington side, the General Local Law 2018's untidy-premises clause caps grass on any land, strip included, at 30 cm, and the green-lid FOGO bin is fortnightly.	12 Sep 2026
City of Port Phillip	Port Phillip puts the nature strip's mowing and weeding on the owner or occupant, apart from the street trees, which the council cares for; it steps in only when a strip becomes a public health risk and prefers mediation before orders under Local Law No 1 (Community Amenity) 2013. Plantings on a strip stay under 1 m, and under 50 cm within 2 m of a driveway or 10 m of a corner. The green-lid FOGO bin (120 L standard, 80 L or 240 L on request) takes soil-free grass clippings and is collected weekly on the same night as garbage; houses pay a $90 kerbside FOGO charge on the 2026-27 rates notice.	12 Sep 2026
City of Stonnington	Stonnington's General Local Law 2018 counts the nature strip as land the owner and occupier must keep from becoming unsightly, with grass, alive or dead, not to exceed 30 cm in height. The strip is council land maintained by residents; a permit is needed to plant it, and the street trees are the council's to plant and prune. The green-lid FOGO bin (120 L for standalone homes, $89 a year) is collected fortnightly, alternating with recycling, with garbage weekly.	27 Sep 2026
City of Yarra	Yarra relies on the established community expectation that residents maintain and mow the nature strip abutting their property; the strip is public land from the boundary to the road and must not become a trip or fire hazard. Street trees on it are the council's under its Street Tree Policy, so don't plant, prune or remove one. Food and garden waste goes in the lime-green-lid FOGO bin, collected weekly on the same day as the red-lid rubbish bin since the week of 1 July 2024.	12 Sep 2026

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