New Playground with Rubber Bark™

Coastline Church in Carlsbad, California just got a little more kid-friendly with this new playground. It uses our signature Rubber Bark™ as groundcover, to help keep the kiddos bruise free, and able to play on the equipment safely. Rubber Bark™ is manufactured with recycled tires, and is virtually chemical-free. It has been tested for safety procedures, and is ideal for playgrounds. Interested in getting your own playground with some Rubber Bark™? Find out how to order here!

Our bark comes in great playground colors too! Try our blue, brown, redwood, black, or forest green.

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!

Aerial Photo of Rubber Bark™

Ever wondered what Rubber Bark™ looked like from high in the sky? Well, here is your chance! The Mather Federal Aviation Building in Northern California recently received this photo of its landscape improvements.

All the blue, green, and brown, surrounding the central white buildings is Rubber Bark™!  

Along with this photo, came a nice note:

"We were lucky enough to receive a recent aerial shot sent to us from Digital Sky Aerial Imaging this morning, as you can see, the landscape upgrades are almost complete, and look fantastic!  We have been receiving
a lot of compliments and accolades for the progress." 

It's always extra special to see large entities such as Mather Aviation go green with recycled products like Rubber Bark™. 

Rubber Bark in the Merced Sun-Star

Rubber Bark™ recently released a news item about a new partnership with Garland, Texas based artificial landscape company Synthetic Greenscapes. The Merced Sun-Star liked the story so much, it decided to publish last week. Here is a link to the article. Below is a quote from the story about the new distribution and why the partnership is, as they say, a match in artificial landscape heaven. 


Scott Moore, a spokesperson for Synthetic Greenscapes: 

“The overall quality and beauty of the products is second to none in the industry which is what drew us to Rubber Bark. The products are long lasting and a very high grade just like our grass products so it makes sense to use Rubber Bark.”

Moore said he believes that because Rubber Bark doesn’t fade, float or blow away, it will become a top seller, due to its low maintenance and an increased demand for water have made organic mulches and grasses costly to preserve.

Moore said he believes that because Rubber Bark doesn’t fade, float or blow away, it will become a top seller, due to its low maintenance and an increased demand for water have made organic mulches and grasses costly to preserve. “A synthetic solution is the best route to keep your home beautiful,” Moore said.

Read more here: http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/03/08/2260877/rubber-bark-forges-partnership.html#storylink=cpy

"A synthetic solution is the best route to keep your home beautiful."

Ag Mats Keep the Children at Play and the Gophers Away

One of Rubber Bark's clients recently purchased our stall mats for a really great application. They used the mats underneath some artificial grass they were installing to keep the gophers from burrowing through the ground beneath the grass. 


Traditionally, people use crushed rock, which is more labor intensive to install and may be more expensive.  And in the end,  gophers can still come through the rock. 


Rubber Bark's mats, which are usually used for horse stalls, vet clinics, and warehouses (so this new technique is unique!) are gopher-proof and create a nice soft, flat surface under the artificial grass.

Are you interested in gopher-free landscapes? Contact Rubber Bark™ and learn more about our Ag mats and our other wonderful products. 

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's New Sales Exec and more info on the World Ag Expo

Check out the news release below about Rubber Bark's new sales executive Carin Ryan, and about her upcoming adventures, including attending the World Ag Expo next week, where she will bring Rubber Bark™ to the willing masses! 

Rubber Bark™ Hires Sales Exec; Earns Spot at World Ag Expo

Rubber Bark™ is excited to announce its inclusion at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA on Feb. 14 through the 16th, with its new sales executive Carin Ryan, showcasing the award-winning Rubber Bark™ products at the event.

Ryan joins the growing company at an optimal time; Rubber Bark is releasing its new weed cloth, a porous landscape fabric, to complement its rubber mulch.

“We want to make Rubber Bark™ a household name like Kleenex or Scotch tape so that when someone says our name, our logo and products immediately come to mind,” said Ryan about the decision to join the Expo and Rubber Bark™.

The expo, which is in its 45^th year, will have over 1,600 exhibitors from across the country.

Ryan said her influences for joining the environmentally conscious company stem from her background in the construction industry and her dedication to California businesses.

“Rubber Bark™ is a progressive, green company who is already leading their industry and I was excited for the opportunity to help them grow,” she said.

“I love where Rubber Bark™ fits into corporate America.  We’re small but mighty.  We’re an industry leader. We’re growing. We’re family owned and operated.  All those things really matter to me personally and bode well for the future of this company. “

“We are very happy to have Carin on board and bring her expertise to this new position,” said CEO of Rubber Bark™ Jana Nairn.

“We can’t wait for her to shine at the World Ag Expo. It’s a wonderful time for Rubber Bark™.”

Rubber Bark™ will be at Booth #4100 in Pavilion D, the Beef & Livestock Building, for the World Ag Expo.  Patrons of the expo will have a chance to win three yards of Rubber Bark™ or 15 rubber mats by filling out a survey.

Tomorrow is Green Tuesday! Time for some Rubber Bark™ gift giving!

The title pretty much says all that is needed to say, however, we like to talk on the buzz so here's the scoop. Everyone knows about Black Friday, and Cyber Monday (today!) is becoming quite the tradition as well, but tomorrow is perhaps the most important, in terms of consumerism and eco-consciousness.

It's Green Tuesday, which is meant to inspire the shopping masses to think a little more environmentally about their holiday purchases. Buy local, recycled, reused, or products that have a low-environmental impact that may be recycled.  With climate change, rapid population growth, and countries industrializing at a breakneck pace, plus our own consumption here in the states, the Earth is taking a beating.

So, instead of buying a new plastic train set (packaged in that oh-so-bad Styrofoam!) why not buy some bright blue Rubber Bark™ for a playground set? Or buy some Rubber Bark™ for that green thumb in the family that has their sites set on re-mulching the spring vegetable garden?

Rubber Bark™ is made with 100 percent recycled tires that would otherwise go into California's already crowded landfills. It doesn't deteriorate, such as wood mulch, and is safe for the whole family.

This Green Tuesday, put recycled products such as Rubber Bark™ on your list. You will be doing your family, friends, colleagues, and Secret Santa's a favor, but you especially will be doing a favor for our good ole' planet Earth.

New Product!

We are about to start selling a new product, and it will definitely benefit those who use Rubber Bark™ for all their outdoor landscaping needs! Although we have to be slim on the details of the new product (we haven't started to sell it yet) it should be available to order soon and it will help those who are having weed troubles.  Stay tuned!

Your Dog and Rubber Bark™

If you don't already know, Rubber Bark™ is very four-legged friendly. It is easy to hose down if your pet goes to the bathroom on it, and it is safe for dogs to run and play on! Here are some more general facts about the complementary relationship between critters and rubber mulch.

Total Landscape Care covers Rubber Bark's Ronald McDonald House Donation

We are a little late on bringing this to the buzz, but we just found out that Total Landscape Care, a great outdoor/gardening/landscape magazine and website, picked up our news about Rubber Bark™ donating to the Ronald McDonald House at Stanford. Picture included! Check out their coverage here.

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.

"HGTV'd" Featuring Rubber Bark™ on October 1

Woohoo, it is almost here! The premiere of Rubber Bark's "HGTV'd" episode on the HGTV channel will play at 8pm Pacific time on Saturday, October 1! Check out the press release below for more info about the episode and Rubber Bark's involvement. 

HGTV Program Featuring Rubber Bark™ Premieres Oct. 1

Rubber Bark™ proudly announces the premiere of HGTV’s hit show “HGTV’d” featuring its signature product on the first of October at 8pm.

Working with High Noon Entertainment, the production company that creates “HGTV’d,” Rubber Bark™ was chosen to help a family renovate their backyard into a usable, child-oriented space.

“We were happy to help out the program, and are looking forward to seeing the finished backyard displaying our product with the rest of the America in October,” said CEO of Rubber Bark™ Jana Nairn.

Tina Seiler of High Noon Entertainment sought out Rubber Bark™ for the program and expressed gratitude toward Rubber Bark™ after the shooting of the episode for “providing ‘HGTV'd’ with [the] fantastic rubber mulch for our Clegg backyard episode.”

“The yard now looks amazing, and the homeowners are ecstatic!” Seiler noted.

According to the “HGTV’d” website, the premise of the episode includes renovating the large backyard into something the whole family could use. 

“Landscape designer Ahmed Hassan take on the daunting task of overhauling the Clegg family's big and barren backyard in the middle of Texas,” the website details.

Rubber Bark™ has also worked with High Noon Entertainment on the HGTV show “Carter Can.”

“It’s important to Rubber Bark™ to be involved in different media endeavors,” said Nairn. “We like to be in the forefront of the industry, and awareness of our product is the first step.”

"HGTV'd" premiered June 6 on HGTV and airs every Monday at 9pm/8c.

  

Rubber Bark™ in the Modesto Bee!

Well, not exactly. The town of Newman is undergoing a revitalization, including expanding its city hall, and is the subject of a recent Modesto Bee article. The town used Rubber Bark™ to landscape around a downtown plaza (mentioned in one of our previous posts), but the Bee never stated Rubber Bark™ as the provider by name. (Give credit where credits due, Modesto Bee!)

So, we are letting all the buzzers know about our contributions to Newman's makeover. 

Here is the snippet from the Bee:  

"A new plaza welcomes visitors. A landscape project — with colored, recycled tires for ground cover in place of traditional bark — has been completed. And this fall, the city will work on the intersections where the asphalt is wearing away."

We are very excited to be a part of the ongoing project in Newman and hope that its residents enjoy the Rubber Bark™! 

Rubber Bark™ at the Bellagio Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas

The folks over at the Bellagio Hotel & Resort in glitzy Las Vegas have been long-time customers of Rubber Bark™ and just purchased more for their high-class conservatory.

They started using Rubber Bark™ for some of their planters throughout the hotel's expansive grounds. According to the hotel, before using Rubber Bark™ they used wood mulch but decided to switch because the wood kept attracting nats and flies.

So, next time you are in Vegas (casinos are our bag, baby!) , check out Belliago's beautiful conservatory and botanical gardens that are not only chock-full of some of the most splendid plants and flowers in the world, but also Rubber Bark™!

Inside Bellagio's conservatory. 

Newman plaza gets makeover with Rubber Bark™

Recently, the city of Newman acquired a grant from CalRecycle to use Rubber Bark™ in order to replace the town's inferior wood mulch to our shredded tire bark. Volunteers and community members helped spread the mulch on a community plaza but the redwood colored bark will also be used for playgrounds throughout Newman. 

Newman workers filling a plaza with Rubber Bark™.
Source: Westside Connect

Newman Public Works Superintendent Doug Mutoza said, in a Westside Connect article, a Gustine-based online news site, that much of the 1,000 tires Newman disposes of a year end up at Rubber Bark™'s facilities to be transformed into projects, such as the 42,000 pounds of mulch used for the downtown plaza. 

From the news piece:

“It doesn’t deteriorate like wood bark, and it doesn’t compact like the wood bark, which we have to go out and fluff up every few months,” Mutoza explained. “The sponginess of this material is a lot better than the wood. Twelve inches of wood bark is required in the fall protection areas on playgrounds, while this only requires six inches."


The grant awarded the city $122,000 for the project. 


Remember if you, or someone you know in local government or those that meet any of the criteria specified by CalRecycle, have a project in mind that could use some Rubber Bark™, contact our company, and we will help with the grant application process, which officially opens on August 17th. 

Rubber Bark™ at Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino!

We at Rubber Bark™ just received word that Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino near Madera bought over ten loads of Rubber Bark™ from one of our many esteemed dealers. We are super excited about the purchase and just wanted all the buzzers to know!

So, go out to Chukchansi and play the slots or some Blackjack and admire their new landscaping. The bark should be all out by next week!



Also, remember that the CalRecycle grants are coming up soon. TWO WEEKS until applications are open.  If you have a project in mind, now is the chance to really start thinking about the proposal. And if you don't, you still have some time to come up with one!

All Fair photos now up on Flickr!

Check out all the photos we at Rubber Bark™ took of the wonderful Rainforest Exhibit at the Stanislaus County Fair on our Flickr page! And remember there are only THREE more days to go see the exhibit in person. It's definitely worth it!

fair goers on the Rubber Bark™ mist trail

Rainforest Exhibit at the Stanislaus County Fair features Rubber Bark™!

Below are pictures from the Rainforest Exhibit at the Stanislaus County Fair. It's a must-see attraction, especially for the kiddos. It features a walk through a mist trail to a slide (for kids only!) and features blue and brown Rubber Bark™. The blue bark was used to represent water with a Loch Ness Monster type creature coming out of it at certain points.

Inside the exhibit includes all sorts of Rainforest wildlife including grey parrots, macaws, capuchin monkeys, geckos, a yellow anaconda, and much more!

There are four more days to check out the wonderful exhibit, and the wetlands exhibit which features Rubber Bark™ as well! The fair ends Sunday July 24th, so go soon and go often!

Blue Rubber Bark™ with part of the
serpent creature sticking out

Part of the mist trail featuring
brown Rubber Bark™

jumping lilly pads with blue Rubber Bark™

A fair goer crossing the bridge over
the blue Rubber Bark™ sea

the head of the mighty serpent

the mist trail

A fair goer on the mist trail

HGTV'd on Monday nights

Here is a recent thank you note from a High Noon Entertainment exec (they are the producers of the HGTV show HGTV'd) for featuring Rubber Bark™ in an upcoming episode. We are really excited to see the show! 

Dear Rob (Rubber Bark's CFO):

 Thank you & Rubber Bark so much for providing "HGTV'd" with your fantastic rubber mulch for our NAME REDACTED backyard episode.  The yard now looks amazing, and the homeowners are ecstatic!!

Rob, THANK YOU so much providing the additional material for the homeowners.  We are greatly appreciative, and we will also give Rubber Bark a 'special thanks' in the end credits. 

 "HGTV'd" premiered June 6th on HGTV. It will now air every Monday at 9pm/8c.   We will notify you as soon as we know the air date for your episode.  As soon as this episode airs, we will be sending you a DVD of the show.

And of course, as soon as we get the episode we will be posting it to the blog and our facebook page. So keep checking 'em both!