Topsoil Plus

Topsoil Plus is a mix of 70% screened and processed native soil, combined with 30% Black Gold Compost. It is an ideal base for new lawn establishment.

Topsoil Plus is also an excellent choice for creating planting beds and establishing any area needing nutrient-rich soil for landscape use.

Topsoil plus is an amended silty loam soil, combined at specific ratios with our Black Gold Compost to achieve a good balance of structure and organic content.

Amending soils with compost helps improve soil texture, enhances moisture handling capabilities, boosts soil nutrient and microbial levels, and helps encourage nutrient holding capacity.

Available for pick-up at all locations.

Raised Bed Mix is ideal for raised bed gardening and planting boxes. It works for both above-ground beds and beds on grade. This mix offers excellent drainage and soil porosity. At the same time, it holds enough moisture to help plants thrive.

Furthermore, Raised Bed Mix works well for vegetables, fruits, and flowers. It combines native soil, rich compost, pine bark fines, and sand. This unique blend supports healthy roots and helps plants establish quickly.

In addition, it includes an OMRI-listed organic starter fertilizer. This gives your plants a strong start. The open soil structure allows water to drain well and roots to grow easily.

Moreover, the mix has a slightly acidic pH. This makes it perfect for berries and other acid-loving plants. Overall, use Raised Bed Mix to create a productive and vibrant garden.

Available for pick-up at Valley Park, Florissant, and Belleville, IL locations.

Garden Mix is a 50% blend of screened and processed native soil with 50% of our Black Gold compost.

Garden mix is great for amending new and existing planting beds and for filling around new tree and shrub plantings.

Use Garden mix in existing garden beds to revive soils with a punch of nutrients and soil microbes. Blend or till Garden mix to sandy or rocky soils to improve soil quality and texture.

Available for pick-up at Valley Park, Florissant, and Belleville, IL locations.

Topsoil from St. Louis Composting is a screened and processed mineral soil. It forms the uppermost layer of the soil profile and usually has a dark color with high organic matter.

This topsoil is classified as silty loam, which means it contains over 50% silt and 5% to 20% clay. Because of this, it holds moisture well and supports healthy plant growth.

With some organic content, silty loam topsoil works great for general landscaping and garden preparation.

Available for pick-up at Valley Park, Florissant, and Belleville, IL locations.

St. Louis Composting (SLC) Rain Garden Mix is a highly engineered combination of Sands, Topsoil and STA Certified Black Gold Compost. SLC Rain Garden Mix meets or exceeds all MSD specifications for Rain Garden (Bioretention) soils. This unique blend allows for high permeability and supports vigorous native plant growth. SLC Rain Garden Mix filters stormwater and allows it to permeate back into the native soils sustainably as nature intended.

SLC Rain Garden Mix has been installed on hundreds of MSD Bioretention projects in the St. Louis Metro and surrounding areas for the past 20 years. St. Louis Composting can provide all testing required to obtain MSD permits. St. Louis Composting has the ability to custom blend any engineered soil to meet commercial specifications.

Available for pick-up at Valley Park, Florissant, and Belleville, IL locations.