Laurel Valley Soils
High-quality compost products since 1979
Would you wish for improved moisture holding capacity in your soil, so your plants would have increased drought tolerance and stay vibrant all summer? Would you want to lighten up your heavy clay soils, improving percolation and reducing compaction, or would you want organic slow release nutrients that can steadily feed your plants all season […]
International Compost Awareness Week, May 7-14, 2017, is a time to celebrate the many benefits of compost, as well as those who use it to benefit others. This year, Laurel Valley Soils has chosen The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s City Harvest Program as their Compost for Cupboards beneficiary. Laurel Valley Soils has partnered with our local Garden […]
ICYMI, Here is An Encore Presentation of Your Favorite Laurel Valley Soils Team Members Presenting The 12 Days of Compost! And no video is complete without its Bloopers! Check out The 12 Days of Bloopers here!
Stormwater management BMP’s (Best Management Practices) are part of every new construction project. Installation of Bio-retention basins and rain gardens is a common method used for capturing storm water. The general design of a basin or rain garden can vary. Some basins incorporate stone drainage layers and filter fabric below the engineered soil filter layer […]
Historically land development projects were designed with the objective of maximizing the built space within both the building footprint and the parking area, with little consideration given to much else. As the built environment has grown over the history of our country we have seen urban flooding events grow in both regularity and destructiveness. Now that […]
Gravener: n. A Grave Gardener The award for the most unusually cool application using our Enriched Topsoil goes to The Woodlands for their Grave Gardeners Program. Yup—I said it—Grave Gardeners! Jessica Baumert is the Executive Director of the Woodlands, and the brainchild of this unique program. The Woodlands, a National Historic Landmark District, is a 54 acre […]
Whether you are a Golf Superintendent, Sports Field Manager, or Homeowner with a passion for a beautiful lawn, topdressing with Laurel Valley Soils STA-Certified Premium Compost may well be the solution to getting the turf you dream of. Cool season grasses, which are typically grown from Delaware northward, benefit tremendously from a dose of compost every […]
May 2016 Was the 10th Rainiest May Since 1900. But it didn’t stop our customers, because no matter how WET it was yesterday, we will deliver DRY topsoil and compost today! With 15,000 cu yd of covered topsoil storage and 30,000 sq ft of production capacity for blending custom engineered soils used for bioretention basins, rain gardens, green roofs and […]
So to help you celebrate, and to provide great Memorial Day Party Conversation Topics, Here are 5 Awesome “CLICKS ABOUT COMPOST”! How does COMPOST help SOIL? How does COMPOST give your neighbors LAWN ENVY??? Composting 101—a Five Minute Overview Healthier Plants, Less Watering, Less Disease??? Tell Me More!!! I want some compost! Where can I get […]
“Site” Seeing is not a typo! Jake and I were attending an event hosted by the Delaware Valley Green Building Council in Philly, and decided to make a day out of it by visiting Laurel Valley Soils “sites” throughout the city! Our morning meeting wrapped up with a tour of Central Green, the 5 acre park located in the middle […]
Do you know how the best looking lawns in the neighborhood get that way? According to Joe Lamp’l, host of Growing a Greener World, it always begins with a generous topdressing of STA Certified Compost! It’s the most readily available, economical, and stabilized form of organic matter on the market today. Joe Lamp’l discusses how […]
Like Top Chefs, We Know That Quality Ingredients, Blended Perfectly, Create MASTERPIECES! Compost can be derived from many different types of materials, including yard trimmings, food scraps, leaves, manure, and post-harvest mushroom compost. In the previous two blogs, we discussed why you should use compost, and why you should use STA Certified Compost. Here, we […]
Good Housekeeping, Energy Star, United Laboratories, USDA Organic. These icons invoke a comfort level; a feeling of trust, safety and quality endowed on the products that carry these coveted seals of approval. For compost, the United States Composting Council is the governing body which sets the standards for this product. Like the certifications listed above, […]
Think Gardens Like This Only Exist on Pinterest??? Not So! The simple, not so secret, secret ingredient behind robust gardens is COMPOST! And don’t worry—if you don’t make your own compost, you can buy Premium STA Certified Compost at your local Garden Center. Adding compost to soil provides the following benefits: Increases the organic matter […]
Cira Green, Philadelphia’s first elevated public park and first blue-green roof, is a 1.25 acre park located on top of Cira Centre South in University City, which sits ninety-five feet above street level! The oasis was built on a parking garage roof which overlooks Center City, University City and the Schuylkill River, and is an […]
So here we are—publishing our FIRST BLOG! I am Suzanne Longacre, Marketing Champion for Laurel Valley Soils. I am extremely lucky to be able to utilize my passion for marketing and writing every day here at Laurel Valley Soils, and it is my goal to create interesting and useful blogs to help you grow awesome […]
