How Deep Should I Lay Garden Materials?

The most-asked question in the yard, answered. Match your job, set the slider in the calculator, and you're ordering like a landscaper.

Topsoil

New lawn underlay

10–15 cm

0–45 cm scale

Topsoil

Flower beds & borders

10–20 cm

0–45 cm scale

Topsoil

Raised vegetable beds

20–30 cm

0–45 cm scale

Mulch

Weed-suppression mulching

5–7.5 cm

0–45 cm scale

Mulch

Playground bark

10–15 cm

0–45 cm scale

Topsoil

Tree pits & specimen planting

30–45 cm

0–45 cm scale

Turf

Laying turf

1 roll per m², +10% cuts

Rolls arrive fresh-cut — lay the same day for best results.

Concrete

Shed & summerhouse bases

10 cm

0–45 cm scale

Concrete

Driveway & garage slabs

10–15 cm

0–45 cm scale

Concrete

Fence post holes

60 cm deep

One 20kg post-mix bag per standard hole — two for gate posts.

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