Peat-free, by the bag or the bulk bag
Compost and bark
Peat-free compost, soil improver, topsoil, ericaceous and bark, by the 50 litre bag or the 800 litre bulk bag, with a calculator to work out how much.
Most people buy too little compost, go home, run out, and come back on a Sunday. The soil calculator is here so you only make the trip once.
Our peat-free compost is a blend of composted bark, coir and green waste, made to our recipe by a blender in Herefordshire. We have sold nothing else since 2021. It behaves a little differently from the old peat bags: the top dries first while the middle stays wet, so push a finger in before you water.
Topsoil is screened and comes in the bulk bag only, because a bag of it is heavier than anyone should lift. Bark comes in three sizes: fine for paths, medium for beds, and the coarse play-grade that meets the safety standard for under swings.
A bulk bag holds 800 litres, about sixteen ordinary bags, and comes to your drive on a tail-lift. If you are filling a raised bed over about two metres long, it is usually cheaper; the calculator names the cheaper one for your measurements.
What you get
- Peat-free multi-purpose, ericaceous and soil improver
- Screened topsoil in bulk bags
- Fine, medium and play-grade bark
- Bags carried to the car; bulk bags delivered by tail-lift
What it costs
Peat-free compost £6.50 for 50 litres, four for £22. Bulk bag £75 delivered. Prices are on every label; the price list has the common ones, and the soil calculator works out how much to fill anything.
Questions about compost and bark
How do I work out how much I need?
Use the soil calculator: length, width and depth in centimetres. It adds ten per cent for settling and gives you bags, the bulk bag and the cheaper of the two.
Can you tip a bulk bag on the road?
We leave it on your drive or a hard front garden, never on the pavement or the road. If you have only a back lane, tell us when you book and we will bring it round.
Open every day but three, on the hill above Bedwas.
Bring a photograph of the bed or a leaf in a sandwich bag. Free parking for sixty cars, soup in the lean-to and a van for anything that will not fit in yours.