Mulch Calculator

How To Figure The Area Of Your Landscape Beds
or The Area You Want To Mulch:

  1. With a measuring tape, measure how many feet long the bed is. Then measure how many feet wide. Multiply these two figures. The total is the square foot area of that landscape bed.
  2. Decide how thick you want your mulch to be. 2″ is average. If you are just top dressing a previously mulched bed, you may wish to use as little as 1″ of mulch. Using the conversion chart below or Mulch Calculator to the right, you can figure how many cubic yards or bags of mulch, soil or gravel to order.
  3. If you still have questions, please call our corporate office at (816) 941-4700. If you have the total area of your landscape beds calculated, we’d be glad to help you figure the amount of mulch, soil or gravel you will need.
BULK MATERIAL

A cubic yard will cover:

1296 sq. ft. 1/4″ deep

648 sq. ft. 1/2″ deep

324 sq. ft. 1″ deep

162 sq. ft. 2″ deep

108 sq. ft. 3″ deep

81 sq. ft. 4″ deep

 BAGGED MATERIAL

A 3 cubic foot bag will cover:

144 sq. ft. 1/4″ deep
72 sq. ft. 1/2″ deep
36 sq. ft. 1″ deep
18 sq. ft. 2″ deep

12 sq. ft. 3″ deep
9 sq. ft. 4″ deep

Conversions
1 square yard = 9 square feet
1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet