- Garden Soils & Compost
- Pebbles & River Rocks
- Mulches
- Sand Types
- Ornaments, Water Features & Letter Boxes
- Driveway Materials
- Sleepers & Pavers
- Firewood
- Synthetic Grass
- Natural Turf & Lawn Seeds
GARDEN SOILS & COMPOST
The Mint Garden Centre P/L now offers a wide variety of garden soils & mixes. It is well worth taking the time to select the best mix for your specific needs. We have been supplying leading landscapers and local councils for over 20 years. Please remember this when purchasing your soil. GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
Lawn Mix
An excellent sand based soil with sufficient organic material to maintain friable nature with good moisture and nutrient holding potential. Suitable for:
Raising new lawns
Base for instant turf
Top dressing existing lawns
Garden Mix
A specially blended soil, mixed with sufficient organic matter to improve soil structure and drainage & sustain healthy plant growth. Suitable for:
Creating New Garden Beds
Enriching Poor Quality Soil
Adding to Existing Garden Beds
Vegetable Gardens
Sandy Loam
Sand based soil, free draining, more often used as a component of soil mixes. Suitable for:
Top Dressing New Lawns
Sowing New Lawn Seed
Base For Instant Turf
Topsoil
Our special budget priced 3 way blend. Suitable for:
Top Dressing
Base for Instant Turf
Filling Soil
Compost
High in organic matter, great for giving your garden a boost. Best added in springtime.
PEBBLES & RIVER ROCKS
30 – 50mm Delatite Pebbles
Natural river pebble, sourced from the Delatite River near Mansfield. Looks great on the garden, around ponds or used to create a natural riverbed feature in your garden
20mm Scoria
Red to purple in colour. Suitable for garden beds but is mainly used for drainage on top of Aggi-Pipe.
Mudstone
Mainly flat, great for landscaping. Comes in all shapes and sizes. Great for doing waterfalls, steps or natural seats in your garden.
AVAILABLE THIS SPRING:
20mm CRESWICK QUARTZ
A brilliant white colour, will look fantastic on your garden.
Mulches
The Mint Garden Centre has various types of mulches available, including:
Red and Black Mulches
Our Red/Black Mulches are made from recycled timbers and colour dyed for long lasting colour. Great for on the garden to help minimize weed growth and moisture evaporation. These mulches are suitable for all plants.
Softfall
Softfall is an ideal playground mulch. It is approved for use under all play equipment that meets Australian standards.
Fine Pine Bark
Fine Pine Bark, a natural coloured mulch, tan in colour and suitable for all types of plants, shrubs & trees.
Bush Mulch
Bush Mulch is a natural mulch recycled from all types of trees, and has that nice eucalyptus smell.
Not only are you helping your own garden but you are helping the environment by using this recycled product.
River Red Chips
Made from recycled timber and colour dyed for long lasting colour. Great for on the garden to help minimize
weed growth and moisture evaporation. These mulches are suitable for all plants. Size approximately 25mm x 50mm,
more uniform in shape.
When creating new garden beds, we recommend the use of Weed Mat. We carry this product in various size rolls to suit any size garden.
Sand Types
The Mint Garden Centre has various types of sands available, including:
Brick Sand
White or orange. This sand is used to mix mortar for brick and stone work and for under above-ground pool liners.
Concrete Sand
This is a coarse sand generally used for mixing concrete and also can be used under certain rain water tank bases.
White Washed Sand
This sand is washed and of high quality. It is mainly used as a base when laying pavers and also used in children’s sandpits.
Packing Sand
This sand is compactable and is used as a base under rain water tanks, foundations or bedding sand around pipe works.
ORNAMENTS, WATER FEATURES & LETTER BOXES
The Mint Garden Centre has a huge selection of garden accessories for any home, including:
Bird Baths
Statues
Pots
Outdoor Benches
Letter Boxes
Water Features and Ponds
We also stock a wide varied of water features for both indoors and outdoors. Choose from the more traditional water features or if you are looking for something a little different, we have a range from local artists, perfect as a gift. Our ponds are also a beautiful way to bring water into your garden. Let us help you choose the pond that would suit your garden space and we can offer advice on all areas of installation and maintenance of pond, pumps and accessories.
Garden Furniture
At the Mint Garden Centre, we offer many types of outdoor furniture. From traditional concrete designs through to more relaxed wooden furniture. By choosing from a selection of colours to best suit your garden, our garden furniture can bring the best out of your garden. With pond bridges, benches etc, you can enjoy your garden to the fullest.
Ponds
The Mint Garden Centre stocks a wide range of ponds. Plastic, fibreglass, imitation ponds and concrete. We can assist you in choosing the right pond for your garden and stock pumps, black plastic and accessories to help you install it easily and quickly.
Driveway Materials
We have a variety of colours to choose from for your paths and driveways. These materials will compact to a hard durable surface for a long lasting path or driveway.
Crushed Rock
Scoria
Lillydale Toppings
Tuscan Crushed Rock
Fine Red Scoria
Granetic Sand
Stonedust
Stonedust
Compactable material, grey in colour. Suitable for under synthetic turf, under water tanks or used on pathways.
How much will you need?
This depends on how big an area you have and how thick you want the coverage to be.
As a guide, 1 cubic metre compacted will cover approx. 10 m2 at 75 mm thick.
For successful laying, we recommend you:
- Dig out the intended area to be covered, to a depth of approx. 75mm
- Slightly dampen the material chosen and spread evenly with shovel
- Smooth out with the back of a rake or similar object
- Water LIGHTLY
- Best results are gained when a roller or compacter is used to compact the material.
Sleepers & Pavers
REDGUM RAILWAY SLEEPERS
Sizes available:
-2400mm x 200mm x 50mm
-2400mm x 200mm x 75mm
-2700mm x 200mm x 75mm
Please ring to check for availability because they are sometimes not available.
PINE RAILWAY SLEEPERS
Sizes available:
-2400mm x 200mm x 50mm
-2400mm x 200mm x 75mm
-3000mm x 200mm x 75mm
PAVING & RETAINER WALLS
Come in and check out our display board. We have a great new range of sandstone pavers now in stock.
STRUCTURAL CONCRETE SLEEPERS
Maintenance free with a LIFETIME guarantee. Great range of colours, check out our displays. Great for retainer walls and garden beds. We carry a range of galvanised channels, H channels, C channels and 45 degree & 90 degree channels suitable for retaining walls.
Aggi Pipes and Hoses
A garden will never flourish unless it has a good watering system and good drainage. With lengths of Aggi Pipes you can ensure any excess water on your property does not become a problem. We sell various lengths of both Aggi Pipes and hosing so you can easily control the amount of water your garden receives.
Retaining Walls
We are distributors for both Pisa Retaining Wall Systems and Stackstone.
Pisa is fantastic for larger retaining walls. Pisa combines strength and beauty to produce the finest modular retaining wall system on the market today. Providing superior, longer lasting results with fewer installation and maintenance difficulties.
Stackstone is more suitable for garden beds. Offering you the ability to easily include curves, you can create the perfect retaining wall for your garden. Choose from a huge range of colours to bring out the best in your garden.
Rainwater Tanks
Water tanks are fast becoming a necessity in most inner city homes and rural properties. We stock a huge range of Australian Made, Polymaster Rainwater Tanks. Sizes include tanks perfect for a small back yard holding 500 litres, through to rural and commercial tanks holding up to 63,400 litres. Choose from a wide range of colours to match your home. www.polymaster.com.au
GARDEN EDGING MATERIAL:
– Jarra Edging 4.5m lengths
– Aluminium Edging 3m lengths
Other Products
Pegs
Black Plastic by the Metre
Weed Matting
Firewood
Split Redgum available.
Buy it via the crate, pickup or deliver.
All firewood deliveries are by the tonne and are weighed.
Synthetic Grass
Looks real, no watering or mowing EVER. No maintenance. Green all year round. Suppliers of OzTurf synthetic grass and XtremeTurf.
We also stock a full range of lawn seeds and fertilizers. OR we can supply you with instant grass. We carry a full range of H.G. Instant Turf
Come in and talk to us about what kind of lawn you are looking for. Synthetic, Instant Lawn or Seeded we have it all. Need a quote or someone to lay it for you? We can provide that service as well.
Synthetic Grass special price $10.00 per sq meter 15mm 2mt x 8mt Rolls $160.00
Natural Turf & Lawn Seeds
We stock and carry a large range of natural, roll-out turf and lawn seeds to suit all different types of requirements.
NATURAL TURFS
Kings Pride – Soft Leaf Buffalo
Imagine a totally new Australian soft leaf buffalo grass that is greener for longer, softer than ever, yet even more hard-wearing. A grass that looks better performs better and allows you more time to enjoy your lawn and your life. For more information go to www.kingspridebuffalo.com.au
HG Kikuyu
Kikuyu is a hard-wearing, drought tolerant lawn that does not require a lot of watering in the summer months. This grass is very aggressive and able to withstand repeated use, and repairs itself from damage. It is the ideal choice if you have dogs.
HG Santa Ana Couch
Santa Ana is regarded as the best all-round lawn in the Melbourne market. Santa Ana thrives in full sun and has the best drought tolerance of all our lawn varieties. Unlike other couches, Santa Ana will tolerate some shade and will retain some activity and colour during the winter months.
HG Sunlover
Sunlover is a hard-wearing, low maintenance lawn making it ideal for home lawns and landscaping projects. Sunlover is a blend of two Turf Type Tall Fescues. This variety is wear tolerant and performs best at a mowing height of 30-40mm.
LAWN SEEDS
We carry a range of HG Lawn Seeds:
Sunlover, in either 1kg or 5kg packages. Premium Dark Green Lawn, Deep root system, saves water. Thrives in full sun and tolerates shade. Durable, low maintenance lawn.
Survivor, in either 1kg or 5kg packages. Hardy drought tolerant lawn. Thrives in hot, dry conditions. Green all year round. Durable and self repairing.
Couch Lawn Seed, 200grams.
Kikuyu Lawn Seed, 200grams.
We also stock Fairbanks Lawn Seed: Budget Mix. Mainly consists of ryegrass. Comes in 5kg bag, $38.
Lawn Food comes in 5kg packages for fertilising your lawn. Best time to fertilise is in the Spring months. We recommend fertilising your lawn twice a year.