Forest Floor Mulch
Recycled tree loppers mulch, fully composted.
Forest Floor is recycled tree loppers mulch mixed with sawdust and fully composted. Because it is composted rather than raw, it goes on as a finished product — a mixed, dark, woodland-looking layer that suppresses weeds and holds moisture without the nitrogen drawdown a fresh chip brings with it.
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Real stock, not a swatch. Blended products vary a little batch to batch, so treat these as a guide rather than an exact colour match.
Forest Floor Mulch details
Forest Floor Mulch at a glance
- Product type
- Composted recycled mulch
- Made from
- Tree loppers mulch and sawdust
- Processing
- Fully composted
- Look
- Dark, mixed, woodland
- Application depth
- 50 to 75mm
- Sold as
- Loose by the cubic metre, bulka bag, trailer load
What Forest Floor Mulch suits
What can you use Forest Floor Mulch for?
Trees, shrubs and perennials
Established plantings that are staying where they are. A mixed composted layer is close to what those plants would have underneath them in the wild.
Beds you want looking natural
Dark and mixed rather than uniform. It reads as ground rather than as a product, which suits a native or a cottage garden better than a screened bark does.
Improving the soil while you cover it
It is composted, so it is already breaking down. The organic matter goes into the top of the profile rather than sitting on it inertly.
Slopes and runoff
The mixed particle sizes knit together, which holds soil in place where water has been cutting channels.
How much Forest Floor Mulch
How much Forest Floor Mulch do you need?
Length by width by depth, all in metres, gives you cubic metres. For a bed 4m by 1.2m filled to 75mm, that is 4 × 1.2 × 0.075 = 0.36 m³.
It is an estimate. Uneven ground and how firmly the mix settles both change what you actually use, so round up rather than down. We have not published a recommended depth for this product — describe the bed at the counter and someone who works with it every day will tell you.
Whatever you work out here lands in the enquiry form below, already written down.
That is about one trailer load. Order a touch over rather than under — a second trip costs more than the extra scoop.
Why Forest Floor Mulch
Why choose Forest Floor Mulch?
Fully composted, so no drawdown surprise
A fresh chip pulls nitrogen from the soil while it breaks down. This has already been through that process, which is the difference between composted mulch and whatever came off the back of a truck.
Mixed material, sustained release
Leaves, bark and wood decompose at different rates, so the bed gets organic matter over a long period rather than a single flush.
Recycled, not harvested
It is made from tree loppings that would otherwise be waste. That is a genuine environmental point rather than a slogan.
It insulates well
A dense composted layer keeps roots cooler in summer and warmer in winter, which is the point of mulching at all in a climate like this one.
Getting Forest Floor Mulch home
How to get Forest Floor Mulch
Collect from the yard
Open seven days at 222 Barrington St, Bibra Lake. The loader puts it straight into your trailer or ute, and someone will tell you whether what you have brought will carry the load.
Borrow one of our trailers free for two hours to get your load home. No charge, no bond.
Have it delivered
Across Perth's southern suburbs, seven days. For a quote we need the address, how much you need, and anything awkward about access — tight driveways, low branches and side access all change which truck we send. Confirm the current cost when you order.
Formats
- Loose, by the cubic metre
- Bulka bag, roughly a cubic metre each
- Trailer load, including our free two hour trailer
Using Forest Floor Mulch
How to use Forest Floor Mulch
Work out the volume
Length by width by depth, in metres, gives you cubic metres. The calculator below does it. Round up rather than down.
Weed and water first
Mulch stops weed seed germinating; it does not kill established weeds. Pull them, then wet the bed through, because mulch over dry sand keeps it dry.
Spread 50 to 75mm evenly
Even matters more than deep. A thin patch is where the weeds come through, and a very thick layer just costs money without doing more.
Leave a ring clear at every trunk
Mulch piled against a trunk holds moisture there and invites collar rot. Keep a clear gap at the base of every plant.
When to choose something else
When it is the wrong product
- It is a recycled product, so the mix varies a little between batches. That is normal for composted green waste and it is worth knowing if you are matching an existing bed exactly.
- It is not a decorative coloured mulch. It is dark and natural rather than injected, so it will grey off over a Perth summer in a way the colour-injected mulches are made not to.
- It breaks down. That is the point of a composted mulch, but it does mean topping up rather than a mulch you lay once and forget for five years. Pine bark or wood chips last longer.
- It does not replace feeding. It brings organic matter, not a fertiliser analysis. A hungry bed still wants feeding underneath.
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Goes with Forest Floor Mulch
Other products you may need
The other composted recycled mulches
Same idea, different character and different plantings.
If it needs to hold its colour
Colour-injected mulches, made for a Perth summer.
Building the bed underneath
Mulch covers soil. These are what goes in before it.
Guides for forest floor mulch
Planning your project
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Forest Floor Mulch quote
Need Forest Floor Mulch for your project?
Send us the quantity you need, your suburb, and whether you would like to collect it or have it delivered. If you are not sure how much, put your measurements into the calculator above and we will check it for you.
Or ring the yard on (08) 9434 2290
222 Barrington St, Bibra Lake WA 6163 · Open 7 days
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