Mulch

High Quality Much for Your Landscape in Amherst, Massachusetts

Are you looking for something to add to your landscape or yard that can add a refined, professional quality while still providing a healthy and natural environment for your home and plants? If so, add quality mulch from Duke’s Landscaping Supply to your garden or landscape and let it stand out.

Mulch Landscaping – Amherst, MA - Duke’s Landscaping Supply

What is Mulch?

Mulch is a protective cover placed over the soil to retain moisture, reduce erosion, provide nutrients, and suppress weed growth and seed germination. Mulching in gardens and landscaping mimics the leaf cover that is found on forest floors. Materials used as mulches vary and depend on a number of factors. Use takes into consideration availability, cost, appearance, the effect it has on the soil — including chemical reactions and pH, durability, combustibility, rate of decomposition, how clean it is — some can contain weed seeds or plant pathogens.

Mulch We Sell

Brown Mulch
Black Mulch
Red Mulch
Natural Mulch
Wood Chips

How Does Mulch Help my Landscape?

While you plan your landscaping this year, consider the benefits of putting mulch around your plants. Mulch is a layer of material that is typically woodchips or rubber. It's not only decorative, it benefits your garden and helps to cut down on excessive watering.

1. Mulch prevents erosion

Mulch provides a barrier between elements like wind and rain that protects the soil below. Erosion can also deplete nutrients from soil while plants need in order to thrive. Mulch helps to prevent erosion as well as providing nutrients for the soil as it breaks down over time.

2. Mulch slows evaporation

Mulch also provides a barrier between direct sunlight and your plant’s roots which helps to slow the evaporation process. This allows plants a longer opportunity to get more water needed to grow.

3. Mulch helps prevent weed growth

Weeds can grow quickly, using the water plants need for healthy growth. Adding mulch to a flowerbed helps to prevent weed growth that requires extra work to remove.