Best Mulch Adelaide Residents Can Select For Landscaping!

When landscaping your garden, the range of mulches Adelaide landscape designers and landscapers from Hand Made Gardens can offer you is extensive. For many people aesthetics, how the garden looks and will look in years to come is a major consideration when making a choice. However there’s more to consider than looks when deciding what mulch will be the best choice for your garden.

Adding a mulch aids in moisture retention, especially during Adelaide’s hot Summer. Protecting the soil and therefore the roots of plants from getting too hot is an important consideration. Weed suppression, insects and cost are also high on the list when choosing the best mulch to have when landscaping your garden.

Fortunately, there are some guidelines and principals that can help making the decision easier and that starts with looking at the area to be mulched.

Mulches can be divided into two categories, non-organic and organic.
Rocks, stones and pebbles are examples of non-organic mulches that are often laid down with pavers to form paths. With a wide choice of colours and sizes, they’re more likely to stay put during strong winds and less likely to be disturbed by birds, cats and dogs digging. Smaller pebbles won’t trap leaves as much as larger pebbles and because they won’t break down, they’ll retain their looks.
Organic mulches can however offer valuable nutrients to the soil, ideal if you’re wanting to plant flowers, fruit trees or vegetables. Also available in a range of colours and sizes, an organic mulch provides extra food for plants, keeps the soil underneath cooler and retards weed growth.

These days too, with the aid of a colourant and recycling timbers, long lasting mulches are also available, ideal for large areas with plants, shrubs and trees.

So in summary, when looking at what the best mulch Adelaide home owners should have laid, both looks and purpose should be considered.

The landscape designers Adelaide residents turn to for design advice from Hand Made Gardens have over 35 years experience creating dream gardens that look stunning and can help you decide what mulch will suit when designing the different elements of your new garden.
Backed up by the team of landscapers Adelaide home owners have also trusted to complete the construction work, Master Landscaper Martyn Hand’s extensive landscaping and horticultural knowledge means you also get the best mulch to look after your plants, whether on a sloping block, for your vegetable garden or used to showcase your courtyard’s raised garden beds.

Using natural products to provide a natural looking garden is at the core of Hand Made Gardens philosophy. Being environmentally responsible by using stone, wood and metal materials in lieu of plastics can create a garden that not only has a ‘wow’ factor but helps protect the environment too.
These are some of the more popular examples of mulch Adelaide residents choose that look natural and provide benefit to the soil and plants.

When landscaping Adelaide gardens, often it can be a complete garden makeover, where the soil hasn’t been fertilised, aerated or generally conditioned for many years. Digging in soil conditioners and organic composts is then top dressed with an organic mulch, rich with blood and bone that provides additional nitrogen, phosphorous and calcium your plants will thank you for.

Typically, when plants are involved, an automatic drip line irrigation system is installed prior to mulching garden bed areas. This allows the water to be closer to where it’s needed, at the plants root system.
So recapping, the best mulches Adelaide homeowners can have will depend on how it looks, how it performs and the location or situation.