Managing your verge/nature strip
Your verge/nature strip is the area between your house and the road. It can have lawn, landscaping or a garden. Managing your verge is important for public health and safety, and helps to keep our streets looking beautiful.
We have a verge/nature strip management program that helps to maintain public health and safety throughout the year, but you can mow and upkeep your verge/nature strip anytime.
With more than 52,000 verges/nature strips maintained across the City of Charles Sturt, verge management is no small task. Our verge management program is not just a turf maintenance and mowing service. It ensures that the verge areas do not pose an unacceptable risk to the community through long grass.
Overgrown verges and nature strips can:
- present a fire hazard
- present trip hazards
- interrupt sight lines for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians
We encourage you to mow and maintain the verge/nature strip in front of your property if you're able to do so. This improves the look of your property and street, and encourages neighbours to do the same.
Verge/nature strip management FAQ
My verge is too long, what can you do about it?
If an overgrown verge is posing a potential safety hazard (visibility or otherwise), let us know. We can arrange for an assessment, followed by a reactive cut if required.
Why are the verges so overgrown?
Grass grows quicker at certain times of year. This is because of the combination of wet and warmer weather. Extra verge management services are sometimes engaged to help manage the load, but you can mow your verge at any time to keep it maintained.
I want to maintain my own verge
Great! Please contact us and we'll remove your address from the verge management and/or herbicide spraying schedule.
How does the verge management program work?
Street sweepers follow the verge management teams to collect all grass from the road surface. Blower operators follow the verge management team to blow any grass from the footpath to the roadway so it's easier to collect by the street sweepers.
What if my property is damaged?
The contractors take great care in their work, but accidents do happen. In the unlikely event your property is damaged during the verge management process, please contact us as soon as possible and provide details about the incident.
How do I go about creating a verge/nature strip garden?
We support our residents to create more beautiful streets. Here's some handy information to help you start your verge garden.
We service verges across our community to the following schedule:
- Local roads: 5 cuts per year
- Main roads: 8 cuts per year (around every 6 -7 weeks)
At peak growing times, extra services may be added as required. Enter your address in the search box at the bottom of this page to find out when your verge is due to be serviced by our team.
Please note: The dates are intended as a guide only and are subject to weather conditions, staff availability, resources and response to urgent requests or emergency work.
1) Use the 'Simple Address' feature which will auto-populate your address as you type. You can also use the more advanced 'Address Search' if required.
2) You can then find your indicative verge maintenance schedule dates in the 'General Details' toolbox on the right, as highlighted in green below.
Please note these are estimated dates only and may vary due to weather conditions and other circumstances.
Need more information? Get in touch with us.
Joe Parisi
Team Leader Contracted Services
E: jparisi@charlessturt.sa.gov.au