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Best Soil & Mulch for Raised Garden Beds | ID Garden & Landscape Centre Eltham

Get the right foundation for your raised garden beds with quality soil, compost, and mulch from ID Garden Centre. Local delivery across Eltham & surrounds.

·      Garden Blend Soil

·      Diggers Compost

·      Reground Bush Mulch

·      Eucy Mulch Fine

·      Raised Garden Beds

·      Soil for Veggies

·      Eltham Gardening Supplies

·      Sustainable Landscaping

 

🌿 Raised Garden Beds: What Soil, Mulch & Materials to Use for Best Results

Building raised garden beds is one of the best ways to create a productive and easy-to-maintain space for vegetables, herbs, or flowers — especially in tricky soils like those common in Eltham and surrounding suburbs. But what you put inside those beds matters just as much as the timber, stone, or sleepers that frame them.

Here’s how we recommend layering your raised garden beds for success — using high-quality, locally sourced products that get results.

 

The Ideal Soil Blend for Raised Beds
Raised beds drain more freely than in-ground beds, which means your soil needs to retain moisture and nutrients while staying loose and aerated.

Our go-to is Garden Blend Soil — a nutrient-rich mix of compost, screened loam, and organic matter. It’s free-draining, easy to work with, and provides the perfect balance of nutrition and structure. If you’re growing particularly hungry plants like tomatoes, mixing in some extra Diggers Compost is easy to do!

Use it for:

·      Veggie beds

·      Herb gardens

·      Seasonal planting of flowers or natives

·      Blending with on-site soils or compost

 

🌱 Boost with Compost for Extra Nutrition
 To supercharge your growing medium — especially for heavy-feeding plants like tomatoes or zucchinis — mix in some Diggers Compost. Made from recycled green waste, it’s rich in organic nutrients and microbial life.

Add compost to:

·      Improve soil structure

·      Feed plants naturally

·      Encourage root development

·      Reinvigorate raised beds between seasons

 

🍂 Don’t Forget the Mulch
Once planted, a layer of mulch helps keep your raised beds low maintenance by locking in moisture and reducing weed growth.

Choose a mulch that matches your garden style and plant needs:

·      Eucy Mulch Fine – Clean look, breaks down quicker to feed soil, suitable for vegetables and natives.

·      Reground Bush Mulch – Great for moisture retention and native gardens, use in raised planters containing native plants for a neat look.

·      Eucy Mulch Chunky – Longer-lasting protection, ideal for larger or less formal beds

Apply 5–7.5cm across the surface and top up each season as needed.

 

🚚 Ready for Pickup or Local Delivery Eltham
All our bulk soils, composts, and mulches are available for pickup or delivery across Eltham, Montmorency, Diamond Creek, Warrandyte, Research, and surrounding areas. We’re also happy to help you calculate how much you’ll need — just ask our team.

 

🌻 Build it Right from the Ground Up
Great raised beds start with great soil. Visit us at ID Garden & Landscape Centre or order online to give your next planting project a healthy, productive foundation.