Mulch
Landscaping mulch provides the finishing flourish to your landscape planting. The benefits also go well beyond beauty. Mulch in planting beds helps retain moisture, adds nutrients to the soil and protects your plant roots during winter.
At Tim Wallace Landscape Supply & Nursery, we offer you mulch in bulk, which saves you time and money. One cubic yard equals 27 cubic feet (picture a 3’ x 3’ x 3’ box). Each cubic yard covers about 100 square feet at a 2”-3”depth.
To determine how much mulch you’ll need, measure each of your planting beds in square feet (length x width) and add them up. To calculate the cubic yards needed to cover at a 2”-3” depth, divide the total number of square feet by 100. If you ever need assistance with estimating your material, be sure to let us know. Bring in your measurements and get your delivery on the schedule! More about our delivery service
Do It Yourself and $ave
You can pick up landscaping mulch with an open bed truck or trailer (please be sure it doesn’t have caps or racks, as we tractor load). One cubic yard of mulch weighs about 700 pounds. A full-size pick-up can usually hold two cubic yards; you’ll want to be sure your vehicle can handle the weight. (Please note that Tim Wallace Landscape Supply & Nursery is not responsible for damage to a vehicle during loading or unloading.)
If you prefer, we can deliver from two to 14 cubic yards of your mulch straight to your driveway.
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The Bucket Program
Need just a little landscaping material – or maybe just a little more? This program is for you! Bring your own container (e.g. five-gallon bucket, flat rectangular recycle bin, 33-gallon trash can) and load your own decorative stone, construction material or mulch.
Landscaping Mulch: 14 Types for the Right Color and Texture
At Tim Wallace Landscape Supply & Nursery, we offer a wide range of mulch for the look and style you’re searching for. Our display at our Bolingbrook location even lets you directly compare your landscaping mulch options. Should you have a tough time deciding, simply request free samples from our outside bins.
Barn Yard Red
Barn Yard Red is a 50% hardwood / 50% clean lumber mulch with biodegradable colorant for longer- lasting color. A very popular landscaping mulch, Barn Yard Red has a somewhat coarse texture.
Walnut Brown
Walnut Brown is a hardwood mulch with biodegradable colorant for a lasting color. It has a medium-brown tone with a somewhat coarse texture.
Jet Black
Jet Black is a hardwood mulch with biodegradable colorant for enduring color. Our darkest-colored landscaping mulch, it has a somewhat coarse texture.
Brite Gold
Brite Gold is a hardwood mulch with biodegradable colorant for longer-lasting color. It is a lighter-colored mulch with a somewhat coarse texture.
Landscaper's Mixed Hardwood
A good, basic landscaping mulch and our most economical choice, Landscapers Mixed Hardwood is the whole tree ground up – wood and bark. This is a naturally aged, non-dyed mulch. Note the wood portion tends to gray faster than an all-bark product.
Landscaper's Mix Fines
Another of our economically priced hardwood mulches, Landscapers Mix Fines is the whole tree’s triple-ground wood and bark. It is good, basic mulch with a finer texture. This is a naturally aged, non-dyed mulch.
Premium BLENDED Hardwood Mulch
An economical alternative to our Premium Hardwood Bark mulch, this mulch is 60% hardwood bark and 40% clean, ground hardwood chips. It is a double processed shred and has a nice medium brown tone.
Premium Hardwood Bark Mulch
Our most popular mulch: 99% hardwood bark, 1% ground hardwood. Premium Hardwood is double processed for a shredded texture. It has a rich brown color that holds up well, providing an elegant professional finish to your landscape.
Premium Black Oak
Premium Black Oak is made from 99% oak-bark fines, 1% ground oak wood and triple processed for a fine texture. Our darkest-brown hardwood mulch, it is ideal for shrub plantings and perennial beds. This mulch is so-named as it uses only the quality bark of black oak trees.
Premium Red Oak
Premium Black Red is made from 99% oak-bark fines, 1% ground oak wood and triple processed for a fine texture. Its alluring reddish-brown color further refines your landscape plantings and perennial beds. This mulch is so-named as it uses only the quality bark of red oak trees.
Southern Red Cypress
Southern Red Cypress is considered a two-year mulch, as it breaks down slower than most landscaping mulches. With a natural wood color and a course texture, it still looks good the second year, reducing the need to re-mulch annually. It is excellent for your planting beds.
Western Red Cedar
Like Southern Red Cypress, Western Red Cedar is considered a two-year mulch. It has a reddish-brown color and a somewhat coarse texture, as well as a wonderful aroma. It’s a natural bug repellent as well. Include it as a perfect finish to your landscape project. .
Cypress Chips
A true cypress bark product in a chunky, chipped form. Cypress wood chips are often used for pathways.
Western Bark Nuggets (Large / App. 3")
This traditional, long-lasting hardwood mulch is imported from Idaho and available only in bulk. While you may invest a little more up front for the nuggets, their return will reward you for years
Bark Nuggets (Medium / App. 1-2")
This traditional, long-lasting hardwood mulch is imported from Idaho and available only in bulk. While you may invest a little more up front for the nuggets, their return will reward you for years.
Play Mat
Ensure your children’s safety by installing only the best material under play equipment. Made of uniform hardwood chips, Play Mat meets the Consumer Safety Commission Guidelines for playground surfaces. It also allows for wheelchair access.
