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San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont

Mulch beds cost
in San Francisco.

Calculate mulch by the cubic yard or bag for beds of any size. Start with the published examples below, then use your own supplier quote for a delivered estimate.

English garden mulch — $99 per cubic yard

Material price. Published per-cubic-yard product listing. The supplier explicitly lists this product for San Francisco delivery; confirm availability for your address.

Obtain a separate delivery quote, minimum order, and tax-inclusive total. The San Francisco catalog offers inquiries for truckload discounts on 15+ yards.

North Bay Materials · checked 2026-09-14 ↗
MEASURE. PLAN. BUILD.

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Your dimensions

YOUR PROJECT, IN PROFILEIllustrative · not to scale
20 ft12 ftDepth3 in
Mulch layerDepth entered by you
Allow a little extra

For uneven ground, spillage, and the unexpected.

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Bagged or bulk?

Same project. Two ways to get it done.

THE BAGGED APPROACH
32 bags

Check the package for individual bag weight.

Material estimateAdd your price
THE BULK APPROACHLess handling
2.5 cubic yards

1 estimated load at your truck capacity.

Bulk estimateAdd your price

Prices are optional. Tax and additional charges are included only when explicitly entered or covered by the saved terms. Placement labor is excluded. Estimates are not supplier quotes.

User-entered supplier prices; delivery and tax require confirmation. No detailed supplier conditions were saved. Confirm delivery and other charges before ordering.

Product

Density and bag values are editable planning assumptions. Confirm the product label or supplier specification.

Reinforcement quantities follow your inputs, not a structural design. Base volume excludes its own waste and compaction. Trench fill does not subtract pipe displacement.

Saving a reference preserves your inputs. Apply individual values only when they match the product you will buy.

  • Density: 0.35 US tons/yd³ — unverified planning assumption; confirm for this product.
  • Bag yield: 2 ft³; bag weight: unspecified lb; confirm the selected bag product.
  • Shrinkage: 0% — entered planning allowance; no product-specific compaction rate verified.
Price and delivery
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These are product-specific examples, not regional averages. Applying one sets the listed unit rate. Review delivery, minimum-order and density terms before using the totals. Editing the unit rate switches to manual quote mode.

English garden mulch · $99.00/yd³

Material price. North Bay Materials — Published per-cubic-yard product listing. The supplier explicitly lists this product for San Francisco delivery; confirm availability for your address.

Obtain a separate delivery quote, minimum order, and tax-inclusive total. The San Francisco catalog offers inquiries for truckload discounts on 15+ yards.

Reviewed applications: Mulch beds.

Source · checked 2026-09-14 ↗

Set an optional weight capacity under Supplier order terms; loads use whichever volume or weight limit is lower. Confirm the payload limit and material density with your supplier. Short-load fees apply to each load below your threshold. Base material and rebar costs are excluded.

Entered delivery fees: $0.00 · Short-load fees: $0.00

Supplier order terms

Amounts are flat dollar charges for this order. Leave unknown charges blank; enter zero only when confirmed. Weight limits use your entered density. Choosing another supplier clears these quote fields and the delivery location.

Your entered unit price, rounding, delivery, and short-load assumptions apply. Saved supplier minimums and brackets are not automatically enforced in manual quote mode.

Additional project costs

Destination and timing identify a delivery you plan to share. They do not establish supplier service eligibility. Combined orders are chosen below after saving sections.

Labor, equipment and other project items

All added item prices are your estimates, not researched local rates. Include applicable taxes in these unit prices. Blank charges remain unknown; enter zero only when confirmed. Save the section to update the project budget.

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A GOOD ESTIMATE STARTS HERE

Know what goes
into your numbers.

Every estimate shows its assumptions. Adjust waste, material density, and delivery rules to match your job. Use your supplier’s actual prices for a more useful comparison.See how we calculate

FROM MEASUREMENTS TO AN ORDER

Plan your mulch beds

What to measure

  1. Split beds into simple shapes and measure only the area being covered.
  2. Exclude paths and spaces kept clear around stems or trunks. Enter the added mulch depth, accounting for any existing layer.

Worked example: 30 ft × 4 ft × 3 in

30 × 4 × (3 ÷ 12) ÷ 27 = 1.1111 yd³ before allowance.

5% waste · 0% shrinkage

Neat volume
1.1111 yd³
Volume with allowances
1.1667 yd³

Illustrative dimensions and allowances. Use your project specification and supplier’s product data. Quantities shown are before supplier rounding.

Included in this quantity

Added mulch volume for the measured bed area.

Measure or price separately

Removal of old material, edging, planting, transport and spreading labor.

Choose the specified product

Check the bag’s labeled volume or the bulk supplier’s product description. Wood mulch, compost and decorative stone are different materials with different density and application requirements.

Before booking the order

Confirm bulk minimums and bundle sizes. Compare full bags using the selected bag volume, and keep delivery and spreading charges separate. Leave space around stems and trunks as the planting guidance requires.

General product and ordering reference: University of Minnesota Extension — Mulching for soil and garden health · checked 2026-09-14. Worked quantities are CubicTally examples.

University extension gardening guidance; not a supplier product specification or local price. Any local prices on this page are attributed separately to the suppliers offering them.