Tree Recycling & Fall Compost Events

April 8, 2025

The Highlands Ranch Metro District will host its spring tree limb recycling event on Sunday, May 4th 2025, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Redstone Park, 3280 Redstone Park Circle. Tree limbs less than 12 inches in diameter and woody plant materials will be accepted. These will be converted to free mulch, available to Highlands Ranch residents at the event.

In addition, the Metro District has already announced the next yard waste composting drop-off event on Saturday, November 15th 2025, from 8 a.m. to noon at Redstone Park. Further details have yet to be released, but the intent is for fall leaves to be bagged in 30-gallon paper bags and dropped off for composting. Instead of the leaves rotting in a landfill and creating methane emissions, the leaves and yard waste dropped off at this event will be turned into rich soil for gardens. Tree limbs will also be recycled into mulch at that event.

The Metro District has offered free tree limb recycling events for nearly 25 years, and in the last year alone, helped Highlands Ranch residents divert 1,660 Christmas trees, tons of tree limbs, and over 10,000 pounds of fall leaves and yard waste from landfills.

Not only does the Metro District recycle fallen trees and limbs, it nurtures over 14,600 living trees throughout Highlands Ranch. This summer, the Metro District plans to add more trees along local roadways and open space areas to replace many of those destroyed by the tornado in 2023. Its outstanding support for our "urban forest" has earned Highlands Ranch the honor of being named a Tree City USA for 37 consecutive years, most recently this month!