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"
-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 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 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 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 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 PlaySafe" Playground Mulch | Made only from "virgin" wood sources. Made to Order -Call for Availability. |
| Wood Grindings/ Wood Chips | Size, texture, and color vary throughout the year. Call for availability. |
| We NEVER use recycled industrial wood, C&D, or wood pallets in any of our products. | |
| Leaf Mulch, Loam, Compost, and Top Dressing Products: | |
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Material |
Description |
| "Plante's Legendary Leaf Mulch" | A special blend of leaves and small wood fibers 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 Premium Loam"- 1/2" Premium Screened 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 Bed Blend"- 50/50 Blend | 50-50 blend of our premium screened loam and 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 Food"- 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. |
| "Plante's Black Gold"- Top Dress Mix | One of our highest organic content products. Similar to our premium screened compost, it is screened to a smaller size to facilitate the easy spreading on turf areas by hand or machine. |
| "Plante's Platinum"- Top Dress Mix | This product uses the same compost as our "Black Gold" mix, but blends in sand to help promote drainage, help level lawn areas, and facilitate the easy spreading by hand or small top dressing machines. |
| "Plante Super Mulch" | An aged compost and wood mulch mix perfect for use in all gardens, especially perrenial gardens, as an alternative to wood or bark mulches. Also useful in erosion control sock applications where a higher level of water filtration capabilities is needed. |
| "Plante Boost" Compost | 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 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 custom blended with loam and 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. |
| "Rootzone Plante Mix" | Custom blended based on project specifications of loam, 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 Tuxedo Black" Mulch | X | |||||||||
| "Plante Forest Brown Pine Blend" Mulch | X | |||||||||
| "Plante Backwoods Blend" Mulch | X | X | ||||||||
| "Plante Eco" Mulch | X | X | ||||||||
| "Plante PlaySafe" Playground Mulch | X | X | ||||||||
| Wood Grindings/ Wood Chips | X | |||||||||
| Leaf Mulch, Loam, Compost, and Top Dressing Products: | ||||||||||
| "Plante's Legendary Leaf Mulch" | X | |||||||||
| "Plante's Premium Loam"- 1/2" Premium Screened Loam | X | |||||||||
| "Plante Bed Blend"- 50/50 Blend | X | X | ||||||||
| "Plante Food"- Premium Screened Compost | X | X | ||||||||
| "Plante's Black Gold"- Top Dress Mix | X | |||||||||
| "Plante's Platinum"- Top Dress Mix | X | |||||||||
| "Plante Super Mulch" | X | X | ||||||||
| "Plante Boost" Compost | 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 | ||||||||
