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Enter your beds, get cubic yards and the bag equivalent, then order shredded hardwood mulch in bulk.
Material: Shredded Hardwood Mulch (0.3 tons per cubic yard) · calculating a different material?
Bulk, sold by the cubic yard, delivered to your driveway
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One cubic yard of mulch covers 108 square feet at 3 inches deep and replaces 13.5 store bags. Those two numbers do most of the planning. The calculator below does the rest.
Mulch is sold by volume, not weight. A yard of shredded hardwood weighs only 400–800 pounds yet spreads as far as a yard of stone. Most suburban front-yard bed sets land between 3 and 5 yards.
Three beds totaling 500 sq ft at 3 inches: 125 cubic feet, or 4.6 cubic yards. With the cushion the calculator recommends 5.5 delivered. In store bags that would be about 63.
Sold by the yard, so the table shows coverage per cubic yard:
| Depth | 1 cubic yard covers | Bag equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| 1 inch | 324 sq ft | 13.5 bags per yard |
| 2 inches | 162 sq ft | – |
| 3 inches | 108 sq ft | – |
| 4 inches | 81 sq ft | – |
| Project | Depth | Note |
|---|---|---|
| New beds and weed control | 3 inches | Blocks light, holds moisture |
| Annual refresh | 1–2 inches | Rake and fluff the old layer first |
| Around trees | 2–3 inches | Keep a 3–6 inch gap at the trunk. Piled mulch rots bark. |
| Playground paths (wood chips) | 6 inches or more | Loose fill for cushioning |
| Slopes | 3–4 inches | Shredded mulch knits together. Nuggets roll away. |
Between 400 and 800 pounds depending on moisture, with shredded hardwood averaging around 600 dry. Rain makes it heavier but no bigger, which is exactly why mulch trades in volume. For scale: a full-size pickup bed holds about 2 loose yards.
Bed area in square feet, times depth in inches, divided by 324. That is cubic yards. At the standard 3-inch depth one yard covers about 108 square feet, so a 500 sq ft bed set needs about 5 yards.
13.5 of the standard 2-cubic-foot bags. A typical 5-yard delivery replaces 67 bags, and bulk usually runs less than half the per-yard price.
3 inches for new beds and weed control. 2 for a yearly refresh. Never more than 4 in total, because deeper layers suffocate roots and repel water.
400–800 pounds depending on type and moisture. Shredded hardwood averages about 600 dry.
Shredded hardwood mulch, delivered fresh in bulk. Code FIRSTTIMER50 takes $50 off a first order, or call/text (646) 809-3983.