Slimy surfaces, no-swim orders, and foul smells often plague Canberra’s
lakes. We’re on a mission to change that.

Can you help us save Canberra’s waterways? Join us for a leaf clean up event, adopt a tree or find a leaf drop off site.
Get Informed
Read why and how we can stop Canberra’s algal blooms together.
During our long hot summer days, one of our favourite things to do is enjoy the water. We can’t do this when our lakes are closed.
Read moreFind out what the ACT Government are doing to improve water quality in Lake Tuggeranong and its surroundings.
Read moreLearn more about how Social Marketing @ Griffith build initiatives such as The Leaf Collective.
Read moreLearn how leaves left to go down drains contribute to blue-green algal blooms in Canberra waterways and the solutions available that can be implemented to get the true value back from leaves.
Watch nowHero or villain? Have you stopped to consider that leaves are litter and when left to their own devices leaves may not be the hero we thought them to be?
Read moreGet Involved
Compost can be a garden feature that feeds the garden as it breaks down.
Simply enter how much leaf litter you collected and what you did with it.
Click hereThe Leaf Collective is contributing to the prevention of algal blooms in Canberra’s waterways. Since launching the pilot program in 2021 more than 345,000L of leaves have been diverted from storm water drains.