Topsoil Calculator Infographic (2024)

You’re in need of soil for your garden project but you’re unsure how much you need. We sell all of our soil in bulk bags (AKA Jumbo or Dumpy bags), so no matter how big your garden is - we have you covered!

Knowing how to measure the area of yourgarden can seem like a bit of a pain but we’ve made it easy with the belowinfographic.

The first stage is literally mapping outyour garden, deciding on the best way to measure it (for example split it intomanageable shapes) and use our easy conversion formula to get to the magicsquare metre figure. We have examples of different garden shapes so if you have a triangular, circular or any other random shape we can help.

The second stage is measuring your garden,preferably in square metres. This makes things easy as most suppliers work insquare metres. The last stage is then to contact your chosen supplier and receivea quote for the amount you need.

Bulk Bags

We have a range of bulk bags available, bothcompost and top soil. These vary from Garden Compost, Mushroom Compost, generalpurpose Top Soil, Turfing Top Soil and more. All of our soil and compost isavailable in bulk bags. Our bulk bags are a cubic metre andhold approximately 750 to 800 kilos of product.

Coverage

Typically, a bulk bag will cover an area of30 square metres to the depth of an inch.