Massachusetts Based Wholesale Wood Mulch, Leaf Mulch, Compost, Screened Loam, Planting Soil, Playground Mulch, and Custom Soils Provider
Home of the "A.R.Plante TruMeasure Pledge" (see below)
"Where Accuracy and Honesty Matters"
Honestly Serving MA, RI, and Beyond since 2011
Our mulch products are fine-blended softwoods & hardwoods with a pleasing backwoods fragrance. Each is finely textured and triple-ground for consistent appearance and efficient application.
TUXEDO BLACK MULCH™
Our most popular color-enhanced mulch that provides an intense contrast to brightly colored flowers and buildings.
FOREST BROWN PINE BLEND MULCH™
This color-enhanced brown mulch looks like a natural mulch and provides a longer-lasting appearance with a bit more resistance to sun bleaching that can affect a natural-only mulch.
BACKWOODS BLEND BROWN MULCH™
An economical natural alternative to our color-enhanced mulches that is a perfect product for use with mulch blowers.
A.R.Plante Materials Full Product List:
| Wood Mulch Products: | |
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Material |
Description |
| Plante's "Tuxedo Black Mulch"™ | Mix of "virgin" pine and other soft and hardwoods, triple ground to a fine consistency. Color enhanced with an environmentally safe, carbon powder colorant for longer lasting color. |
| Plante's "Forest Brown Pine Blend Mulch"™ | Mix of "virgin" pine and other soft and hardwoods, triple ground to a fine consistency. Color enhanced with an environmentally safe, carbon and iron colorant for longer lasting color. |
| Plante's "Backwoods Blend Mulch"™ | Mix of "virgin" pine and other soft and hardwoods, triple ground to a fine consistency. As there is no added color enhancement, the color will vary depending on the natural aging of the wood. Made to order -Call for Availability. |
| Plante's "Eco Mulch"™ | Mix of "virgin" pine and other soft and hardwoods, double ground to a slightly larger consistency. As there is no added color enhancement, the color will vary depending on the natural aging of the wood. Used for cost conscious ground cover, or for use in silt socks for erosion control. Made to Order -Call for Availability. |
| "Plante's PlaySafe Playground Mulch"™ | Made only from "virgin" wood sources. Made to Order -Call for Availability. |
| Wood Grindings/Chips | Size, texture, and color vary throughout the year. Call for availability. |
| Clean Wood Chips | Made from logs for a clean appearance. Call for availability. |
| We NEVER use recycled industrial wood, C&D, or wood pallets in any of our products. | |
| Leaf & Compost Mulch, Loam, Compost, and Top Dressing Products: | |
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Material |
Description |
| Plante's "Legendary Leaf Mulch"™ | A special blend of leaves that helps the soil retain moisture, inhibits weed growth, all while slowly breaking down and adding nutrients back to the soil. Screened to a fine and consistent texture that looks great in all gardens! |
| Plante's "Brown Beauty Super Mulch"™ | A naturally dark brown, compost and wood mulch mix perfect for use in all gardens, especially perennial gardens, as an alternative to wood or bark mulches. Also useful in erosion control sock applications. |
| Plante's "Black Beauty Super Mulch"™ | A naturally black, compost and wood mulch mix perfect for use in all gardens, especially perennial gardens, as an alternative to traditional dyed wood or bark mulches. |
| "Plante's Premium Loam"™ 1/2" Screened Compost Loam | Carefully screened to a 1/2" average size and blended with compost for an organics content boost. Perfect for new lawns, lawn repairs, or the lower soil layer of garden beds. |
| "Plante Food"™ 50/50 Planting Mix Blend | 50-50 blend of our premium screened loam and "Black Gold" compost. Perfect for lawns and lawn repairs that need a higher organic content boost to replace lost soil nutrients, or in the upper root zone soil layer in gardens. |
| Plante's "Black Gold"™ Premium Screened Compost | One of our highest organic content products. Consists primarily of aged leaves, grass, and small wood particles carefully blended and screened to a fine texture. Can also be used for general top dressing purposes. |
| "Plante's Platinum"™ Top Dressing Compost | Similar to our "Black Gold" screened compost in composition and high organics content, it is painstakingly screened to a smaller size to facilitate the ideal application thickness of 1/4" to 1/2" as well as the easy spreading on turf areas by hand or machine. |
| "Plante Boost Mix"™ | A Cost-Conscious, Natural Fertilizer Alternative for Tilling into Fields and Large Gardens consisting of a shredded but unscreened mix of leaves, grass, and wood particles . |
| "Plante Slope Mix"™ | A shredded but unscreened mix of leaves, grass, and wood particles to help prevent erosion. |
| We NEVER use human waste (biosolids) in any of our products due to the possible presence of harmful chemicals. | |
| A.R.Plante Custom Soil Products: | |
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Material |
Description |
| "Bio Plante Mix"™ | A blend of our premium compost, loam, and sand for use in bioretention, bioinfiltration, and rain garden applications. Custom blended based on project specifications to faciliate plant growth as well as drainage. |
| "Wetland Plante Mix"™ | A blend of loam and our premium compost to help support the growth of plants in a wetland environment. Custom blended based on project specifications. |
| "Structural Plante Mix"™ | A sand based soil that is blended with loam and premium compost to provide structural stability for pavers and walkways as well as nutrients for plant roots that grow within the soil. The sand base allows the soil to allow the infiltration of storm water while being well drained. Custom blended based on project specifications. |
| "Rootzone Plante Mix"™ | Custom blended based on project specifications of loam, premium compost, and sand that provides a high organic content for root layers while also providing structure and drainage. Different blends can be made for high and low use lawn areas, sports fields, and golf courses. |
| Other Custom Soil Blends Possible- Please Give Us a Call to Discuss Your Specific Project Needs! | |
*ASK ABOUT OUR ONSITE CUSTOM SOIL SCREENING AND BLENDING CAPABILITIES!
| A.R.Plante Materials Suggested Use Chart: | ||||||||||
| Material Type | Mulching | Playgrounds | "Cost Conscious" Ground Cover | Gardening/Plant Establishment and Support | Lawns/Turf | Top Dressing | Erosion Control/ Filter Socks | Bio/Wetland Soil | Engineered Soils | Natural Field/Crop Fertilizer |
| Wood Mulches: | ||||||||||
| Plante's "Tuxedo Black Mulch"™ | X | |||||||||
| Plante's "Forest Brown Pine Blend Mulch"™ | X | |||||||||
| Plante's "Backwoods Blend Mulch"™ | X | X | ||||||||
| Plante's "Eco Mulch"™ | X | X | X | |||||||
| "Plante's PlaySafe Playground Mulch"™ | X | X | ||||||||
| Wood Grindings/Chips | X | X | ||||||||
| Clean Wood Chips | X | X | ||||||||
| Leaf & Compost Mulch, Loam, Compost, and Top Dressing Products: | ||||||||||
| Plante's "Legendary Leaf Mulch"™ | X | |||||||||
| Plante's "Brown Beauty Super Mulch"™ | X | X | ||||||||
| Plante's "Black Beauty Super Mulch"™ | X | |||||||||
| "Plante's Premium Loam"™ 1/2" Screened Compost Loam | X | X | ||||||||
| "Plante Food"™ 50/50 Planting Mix Blend | X | X | ||||||||
| Plante's "Black Gold"™ Premium Screened Compost | X | X | X | |||||||
| "Plante's Platinum"™ Top Dressing Compost | X | |||||||||
| "Plante Boost Mix"™ | X | X | X | |||||||
| "Plante Slope Mix"™ | X | X | X | |||||||
| A.R.Plante Custom Soil Products: | ||||||||||
| "Bio Plante Mix"™ | X | X | ||||||||
| "Wetland Plante Mix"™ | X | X | ||||||||
| "Structural Plante Mix"™ | X | X | ||||||||
| "Rootzone Plante Mix"™ | X | X | ||||||||
