Bulk Aggregates

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Bulk Aggregates for Every Landscape

Give your landscape a clean, finished look with bulk aggregates. You might be creating a new garden bed, improving drainage, or adding a durable surface to your property, aggregates are a practical and attractive way to complete your outdoor space.

Why use aggregates? They help define garden areas, reduce soil erosion, improve drainage, and provide a low-maintenance alternative to grass or other groundcovers. They can also add colour, texture, and contrast to your landscape, making plants and other features stand out.

Where can you use them?

  • Garden beds: Create a finished surface around trees, shrubs, and perennials.
  • Walkways and pathways: Provide a durable, attractive surface for foot traffic.
  • Driveways and parking areas: Add a practical surface for vehicles.
  • Patios and outdoor living spaces: Create a stable base or decorative finish.
  • Around trees and shrubs: Help define planting areas and reduce soil splash.
  • Drainage areas: Use suitable aggregates to help manage water and improve drainage.
  • Decorative features: Add texture and visual interest around rocks, boulders, and other landscape features.

From practical projects to finishing touches, bulk aggregates are a versatile addition to any property. Choose the right material for your project and create a landscape that looks great and works beautifully.

Visit Glen Echo Nurseries for bulk aggregates and landscape materials to help bring your next project to life.

Please be advised that Bulk Soil may contain foreign objects.  Caution is advised.

Limestone Screening

It is typically used as the final layer in base preparation for laying patio or interlocking stones. It can also be used for driveway or walkway / pathway projects. It’s generally great for leveling, so it’s often used in regrading and is commonly used on baseball diamonds.

¾” Crusher Run

¾” Crusher run is a very popular choice to create hard packed surfaces, such as bases for roads, and it’s also commonly used to in driveway construction. It ranges from silt to ¾” angular stones which allows for better inter-locking ability than smooth stones and will allow water to drain.

Clear Gravel

This limestone product is mainly used in drainage projects, under concrete & can be mixed in concrete. There is very little settling that occurs with this product. It is frequently used for drainage under foundations, around weeping tile or under decks and more.

HPB

High Performance Blend is a versatile product consisting of ¼” angular, washed limestone material that is both free draining and deters soil migration. Compaction equipment is not required as it is 97% compacted and greatly reduces settling versus crushed stone and sand.

3/8” Pea Gravel

A round gravel stone free of any sand or foreign material. It is usually grey in colour and is primarily used for drainage purposes. Many people use it in walk ways to keep dust and stone particles down or as a decorative accent in landscaping. Does not compact well.

River Rock

2” to 4” or 4” to 6” river rock or riverstone is used in decorative landscaping applications. Smaller river rock is frequently used for garden beds & walkways while the larger riverstone sizes tend to be used more in decorative applications as the they are less suited for walking on.

Brick Sand

Brick sand has a fine texture and is frequently used in creating mortar for brick and stone work. It’s also often used in the construction of above ground swimming pools, and in sandboxes. Brick sand can also be mixed with heavier clay soils for use in certain drainage applications.

White Marble Decorative Stone

This is a beautiful stone product used almost exclusively in decorating your outdoor spaces. It is the perfect embellishment around trees, pool areas and gardens. It can also be used for driveway or walkway / pathway projects. This decorative marble stone can help soil retain moisture and to keep weeds down when applied in a thick layer of about 3” deep.

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