Rubber Bark™ Works Well with Pools

Rubber Bark™ is great for outlining pools, ponds and other standing water sources, because it doesn't soak in water, like soil, or wood mulch, and it floats!

Check out customer Robert's new landscaping near his snazzy pool in San Diego.

This is just one of the ways Rubber Bark's intuitive design and purpose can work for your outdoor and landscaping needs.

More info is available at Rubber Bark's recently redesigned website. And make sure to calculate your costs for Rubber Bark™ using your space measurements with Rubber Bark's handy calculator.

Happy swimming!

Nice new patio & garden with Rubber Bark!

Below are a few snapshots one of Rubber Bark's customers sent to us after he used about 14 bags of our signature mulch. Looks perfect for lounging on a breezy summer day!

Want to transform your backyard/front yard/patio/play space into a summer wonderland? Let us know! 

Want to see more photos of customer's transformations using Rubber Bark™ (plus all our community projects)? Go to our Flickr page! 

New Before & After Photos of Rubber Bark™ projects

We just got a slew of new pics in from various projects incorporating Rubber Bark™ into center dividers, outlining landscapes, and generally beautifying areas.

Check them out on Rubber Bark's Flickr page. We also posted a few on here for a sneak peek. Are you in the middle of a landscaping project and are using Rubber Bark or any of its other wonderful products (including Rubber Bark's new landscape fabric?) Then let us know, or send in pics!

center divider in the city of Redding

with Rubber Bark™!

Rubber Bark™ Introduces New Landscape Fabric, Gardeners Rejoice!

Yes, we are very excited to announce that a new product, a durable, sturdy landscape fabric with Rubber Bark™'s quality guarantee will be added to our wonderful list of outdoor products for the new year. Rubber Bark's landscape fabric complements our signature Rubber Bark™ mulch in numerous ways, including decreasing weeds and trapping moisture for soil and perennials while keeping out toxins. So, get your green thumbs ready, and make sure to get some weed cloth when you are ordering your supply of Rubber Bark™ from our website. Check out the news release below: 

Rubber Bark™ Streamlines Landscape Maintenance with New Outdoor Fabric

            Rubber Bark™, the leading west coast rubber mulch manufacturer, launched a protective weed cloth this week to its line of eco-conscious and budget conscious landscape products with the intent to streamline the process for customers to get both Rubber Bark’s signature mulch and the landscape fabric under one company.

Rubber Bark™ decided to include a weed cloth to its repertoire because of its importance in maintaining a beautiful landscape and its complementary features with Rubber Bark™ for many projects including gardens, playgrounds, edging, and yards.

            The weed cloth, which will come with the quality and guarantee of a Rubber Bark™ labeled product, acts a penetration barrier for weeds, and protects perennials surrounded by Rubber Bark™ from weed invasion.  Known as “geotextiles,” weed cloth is typically permeable fabric that has the ability to separate, filter, reinforce and protect drain systems. Rubber Bark™ will be carrying fabric made of Polypropylene in four different sizes.

Using Rubber Bark™ ensures the additional benefit of lengthening the life of perennials because it protects it from unnecessary sunlight yet allows for moisture and nutrients to pass through its pores and it provides an escape for trapped carbon dioxide, a toxic build up that can lead to sterile soil.  

             “It’s the perfect complementary product with Rubber Bark™,” said CFO of Rubber Bark™ Rob Nairn.  

“Rubber Bark™ is to weed cloth like peanut butter is to jelly.”

  Obtaining Rubber Bark™ mulch and weed cloth at the same location also allows for customer cost efficiency, as deliveries can be made in one trip and all the products needed for a weed-free project can be found in one place.

“Rubber Bark™ wanted to make it easier for customers to get both great products in one simple swoop,” said CEO of Rubber Bark™ Jana Nairn. 

“We are very excited to bring this new Rubber Bark™ product to our clients. It gives that extra protection some landscapes may need in weed prone areas.”

            

Time for some fall mulching

As the seasons inevitably change, and the weather starts to change as much as the color of fallen leaves, that means its time to do some fall mulching! A prudent gardener and landscaper mulches before the first frost of the fall season. So, get some Rubber Bark™ to help with creating a beautiful fall garden or yard!

Rubber Bark™ is at its best in adverse weather! It is lightweight enough for children to fall on without injury while playing on playground equipment, yet it is also heavy-duty enough to stay in place during harsh winds and rains. It helps keep the moisture from cool air and rains on the soil longer because it doesn't absorb any moisture like other organic mulches may. It's also great for vegetable gardens as insects and other critters tend to not go for rubber and they are easier to spot, if a few get into your crops, against our brightly colored mulch.

Check out this website for more info about mulches and preventing winter injury.

Rubber Bark's tables and benches help community project

We just received word from Leadership Fresno that it has used Rubber Bark's tables and benches for their community garden project! Here is an excerpt about their unusual path to the project last month.

"This Saturday, the Al Radka Community Garden in Southeast Fresno will receive a much needed make-over with supplies coming from a very unlikely source— Illegal marijuana farms. The donation of thousands of yards of irrigation equipment and gardening tools is a result of a partnership between Fresno Metro Ministry and Leadership Fresno Class 27’s community service project."


Below are some of the photos of the project with Rubber Bark's tables and benches.

Wanna avoid pests this summer?

Than Rubber Bark™ is the perfect answer to a picture-perfect garden or lawn. But don't take our word for it (although really you should, c'mon we're the experts!), a recent news spot from a Washington D.C. radio station discusses the versatility of different mulches. 

Rubber Bark™ is not only a long-lasting alternative to wood mulch, but also as a better option for fighting termites, stink bugs and other critters that like to invade and snack on precious plants and other materials.  Here's a quote: 

"As I've been stressing for more than a decade, "mulch" does NOT mean "wood."

We agree!  

wood mulch is these critters'  Thanksgiving