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Beds & Borders Topsoil

£8.21

Our Beds and Borders Topsoil is ideal for building new flower beds and garden borders or for topping up existing beds which need a boost of nutrients ready for a new season of growing.   

It's packed with natural nutrients and holds moisture beautifully, giving your blooms the perfect start!

  • Use all year round 
  • Perfect for use in new or existing beds and borders 
  • Soil Association approved 
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Our Topsoil for Beds and Borders is a rich, fertile blend designed to give your flowers, shrubs and perennials the healthiest possible start. Screened, balanced and enriched with organic matter, it provides the ideal structure for strong root development and vibrant planting displays.

Why Choose Our Topsoil for Beds and Borders?

· Specially blended for ornamental planting – the perfect structure for flowers, herbaceous perennials and ornamental shrubs.

· Nutrient-rich and fertile – provides plants with a slow, steady supply of essential nutrients.

· Great moisture balance – retains water without becoming heavy or compacted, helping to support long-term plant health.

· Easy to work with – light enough for easy spreading and digging, but substantial enough to anchor plants securely.

· Peat-free and sustainably produced – a natural, environmentally responsible choice for modern eco-friendly gardeners.

How to Use Beds and Borders Topsoil:

1. Creating new beds Spread a generous layer of topsoil, rake level, and plant directly for an instant improvement to soil structure and fertility.

2. Refreshing existing borders Work the topsoil into tired garden soil to improve nutrient levels, drainage and root depth.

3. Mulching around plants Apply a surface layer around shrubs and perennials to help retain moisture and feed the soil naturally.

This Topsoil is Ideal For:

· New flower beds and decorative borders
· Herbaceous planting schemes
· Shrubs and perennials
· General soil improvement

British Standard approved: BS3882

Blended with quarried sand and 40% of our PAS100 compost.

48 hour delivery included as standard; next day delivery available from £15.00

Our couriers deliver between 8am and 6pm. If you would prefer a telephone call one hour before your delivery please let us know.

For any queries please contact our friendly Sales Team on 01243 781730.

Delivery information, including where we can deliver to, is available on our delivery page.

Pairs well with

Pedigree Stainless Steel Digging Spade
Pedigree Stainless Steel Digging Spade
Pedigree Stainless Steel Treaded Border Spade
£45.99

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Instructions

  1. Measure the area. If you are filling a raised bed or container, make sure to measure the depth as well. For turf dressing, mulching, and the laying of new topsoil, please refer to our product guides for information on how deep to lay for these purposes.
  2. Make sure you have selected the correct measurement units for each dimension
  3. Select the product from the list
  4. Click “Calculate” to see how much you require.

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Should I use topsoil or compost?

Topsoil helps to improve the structure and texture of soil, enabling it to retain nutrients, moisture, air and drain excess water effectively. It's made up of slow weathered roots and organic matter that has disintegrated over a long time, making it high in minerals, nutrients and organic matter. It helps to bring poor-quality soil up to scratch by injecting beds and lawns with nutrients to support growth.

Compost is made in a similar way but over a shorter timescale. It quickly adds vital nutrients and organic matter into your garden, providing the ideal environment for plants to get the best start in life.

Choosing which to use depends on the project you're working on. Compost is great for providing a huge hit of nutrition to hungry plant life whereas topsoil can help fill holes, add a base area to soil and prepare areas for planting.

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FAQs

Yes our peat free composts and manure are produced from organic materials with no additives or chemicals added. Our cow manure compost is also produced from our own organic dairy herd!

We'd recommended that you use your products as soon as you can. If that's not possible, cover the bag with a plastic sheet and leave it no longer than a couple of days. Small bags can be left longer and used at a later date.

At 5cm depth a 1m3 bulk bag (1000 litres) will cover 20 sq/m and a 0.75m3 (750 litres) bulk bag will cover 15 sq/m. Our bulk bag calculator can provide you with the right number of bulk bags to order based on the quantity of compost, topsoil, bark or mulch that you need.