Buying a few bags of mulch from a hardware store is easy. Ordering enough to cover an actual yard, delivered, dumped where you want it, is a different errand, and the shops that do it well aren't always the ones that show up first. We compared five of the highest-rated mulch and topsoil sources serving the wider New York area.
Short answer: The top-rated mulch supplier serving the New York area is The Yard LLC Topsoil & Mulch Depot (4.8, 787 reviews), followed closely by Lakeland Landscape on Long Island (4.9, 508 reviews). A couple of picks on this list are general garden centers rather than dedicated mulch dealers, so match the supplier to whether you need bulk delivery or a bag from a local nursery.
#1 Overall🕑 Open 6 days/wk
The Yard LLC Topsoil & Mulch Depot
4.8★★★★★787 Google reviews
The Yard LLC Topsoil & Mulch Depot is a bulk landscape supply yard in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, about 40 minutes from Manhattan, built around online ordering: you pick a product, see the price upfront, and schedule a delivery window on a calendar. Beyond mulch, the yard stocks topsoil, stone, sod, and firewood, and reviewers repeatedly call out the online system for being unusually transparent compared to competitors. It's a delivery yard, not a walk-in garden center.
What people praise
- Online ordering shows exact pricing per product before you commit
- Delivery drivers praised repeatedly for placing material exactly where requested
- Reviewers compare the mulch quality favorably to other local businesses
- Confirmation calls the day before and an en route call from the driver
Worth knowing
- Delivery pricing is based on distance and reviewers describe it as a bit pricier than some competitors
Reputation scorecardrank in New York
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Rating breakdown93% 5-star
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Our take: It ranks first here on the combination of scale, near-perfect reviews, and a delivery process reviewers describe as unusually well organized. It's in New Jersey, so confirm it delivers to your specific address before ordering.
📍2115 Lake Ave, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
#2🕑 Open 6 days/wk
Lakeland Landscape | Topsoil & Mulch Delivery Long Island
4.9★★★★★508 Google reviews
Lakeland Landscape, doing business as Lakeland Landscaping Supply, is a Long Island topsoil and mulch delivery yard in Ronkonkoma stocking mulch in multiple colors, screened topsoil, sand, gravel, and other landscape materials. The business has served Suffolk County for years, and reviewers describe fast turnaround, in one case a mulch delivery arriving within 30 minutes of the first phone call.
What people praise
- Reviewers consistently describe topsoil as dark, rich, and free of debris
- Fast delivery, one reviewer had mulch delivered the same day
- Competitive pricing highlighted across multiple reviews
- Staff willing to adjust an order the same day without hassle
Worth knowing
- One detailed review describes a bad batch of screened topsoil and difficulty reaching the owner to resolve it
Reputation scorecardrank in New York
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Rating breakdown96% 5-star
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Our take: A near-perfect rating built on a large review base, with one serious complaint worth knowing about. Most reviewers describe the opposite experience, quick, friendly, and reliable, so it's worth a quick question about their quality guarantee before you order a large volume.
📍1990 Lakeland Ave, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
#3🕑 Open 7 days
Chelsea Garden Center
4.6★★★★★233 Google reviews
Chelsea Garden Center is a Brooklyn plant nursery and garden shop with locations in Williamsburg and Red Hook, better known for its houseplant and outdoor plant selection than for bulk landscape materials. Its site and reviews focus almost entirely on plants, indoor and outdoor varieties, planters, and a landscape design consultation service, rather than mulch or topsoil specifically. If you need a bag of mulch alongside your plant shopping, it's a convenient stop, for a full-yard delivery, it's not built for that.
What people praise
- Wide, frequently refreshed selection of indoor and outdoor plants
- Staff repeatedly praised as knowledgeable and friendly
- Offers residential landscape design consultations
- Two Brooklyn locations for easy access
Worth knowing
- No mulch-specific reviews or product listings we found, this is primarily a plant and garden retailer, not a bulk mulch supplier
- One reviewer described being turned away for plant advice shortly before posted closing time
Reputation scorecardrank in New York
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Rating breakdown81% 5-star
✓ VerifiedSource: Google
Our take: It's a strong, well-loved plant shop, but nothing in its public record confirms it as a dedicated mulch source the way the top two picks are. Call ahead if bulk mulch is specifically what you need.
📍87 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
#4🕑 Open 7 days↩ Responds to reviews
Urban Garden Center
4.2★★★★★304 Google reviews
Urban Garden Center is a Manhattan nursery and garden supply store in East Harlem that lists mulch supplier among its business types alongside plants, pottery, and seasonal items like Christmas trees. Every review we found talks about its plant selection, houseplants, outdoor varieties, and specialty items like carnivorous plants, rather than mulch specifically, though the shop's own category listing suggests it stocks bagged landscape materials as part of a broader inventory.
What people praise
- Wide plant variety reviewers say is hard to find elsewhere in Manhattan
- Listed as a mulch supplier alongside its plant and garden inventory
- Knowledgeable staff cited across multiple reviews
- Central Manhattan location convenient if you don't want to leave the city
Worth knowing
- A meaningful share of lower ratings (42 of 304 reviews are 1 or 2 stars), with complaints about pricing relative to plant size and condition
- No reviews specifically confirm mulch stock or pricing, worth calling ahead
Reputation scorecardrank in New York
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Rating breakdown67% 5-star
✓ VerifiedSource: Google
Our take: It ranks lowest here on a mixed rating record. Its own listing says it carries mulch, but with no reviews confirming that specifically, a quick call before you go is the safer move.
📍1560 Park Ave, New York, NY 10029
#5🕑 Open 7 days↩ Responds to reviews
Barkley Mulch Services
4.8★★★★★141 Google reviews
Barkley Mulch Services is a family-owned mulch and landscaping business in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, serving North and Central Jersey with premium mulches, topsoil, stone, tree work, and seasonal snow removal. Owner Jeff is named in nearly every review, reviewers describe him personally coordinating deliveries, matching a mulch color sample to a home's brick before a full order, and beating quotes from other suppliers they'd called.
What people praise
- Owner personally involved in quoting, delivery, and follow-up according to multiple reviewers
- Offers a color sample before a full mulch order, unusual among suppliers on this list
- Reviewers repeatedly describe beating competitors' prices
- 2,500-plus properties serviced per the company's own site
Worth knowing
- Serves North and Central New Jersey specifically, confirm it reaches your address if you're closer to the city
Reputation scorecardrank in New York
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Rating breakdown93% 5-star
✓ VerifiedSource: Google
Our take: It ranks fifth mainly on a smaller review base than the top picks, not on service quality, the reviews here are as strong as anyone else's on this list.
📍27 Roth Ave, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
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Claim this spot › How we score New York’s mulch and topsoil suppliers
Rating is each supplier’s live Google average. Review volume measures how many people actually left a review, more reviews means a more reliable average. Confidence blends rating and volume so a small perfect score doesn’t automatically outrank a much larger one. Recency checks how recently people are still reviewing. No supplier can pay to move up this list, and where a listing looks more like a general garden center than a dedicated mulch dealer, we say so directly.
How much does mulch cost in the New York area? (2026)
Bulk mulch is sold by the cubic yard and priced differently than bagged mulch from a hardware store, delivery fees usually depend on distance from the yard, and pricing shifts by mulch type, dyed, natural, or hardwood. One supplier on this list lists product pricing directly on its site, which gives a useful local benchmark below.
| Job | Typical price |
|---|
| Black Magic Mulch (per yard) | $34.00 |
| Brown Dyed Mulch (per yard) | $34.00 |
| Organic Root Mulch (per yard) | $27.00 |
| Black Gold Top Soil (per yard) | $36.00 |
Prices as published on The Yard LLC Topsoil & Mulch Depot’s site, verified July 2026. Other suppliers on this list price by phone or online quote, so use these as a general local benchmark, not a universal rate.
Delivery across the greater New York area
These suppliers cover a wide radius: Long Island (Lakeland), Brooklyn and Manhattan (Chelsea Garden Center, Urban Garden Center), and northern and central New Jersey (The Yard, Barkley), all within delivery range of most of the five boroughs and close suburbs. If you’re searching for mulch near me from Staten Island, Queens, or the Jersey suburbs, one of these five is almost certainly within its delivery zone, confirm your address directly since a few serve New Jersey specifically.
What to ask before you order mulch
- Is pricing by the bag or by the cubic yard, and what’s included in the delivery fee?
- Can the driver dump the mulch exactly where I need it, or does it get left curbside?
- How far in advance do I need to book a delivery window?
- Is the mulch dyed or natural, and how long does the color typically last?
- Do you offer a color or quality sample before a full order?
- What’s your policy if a delivery doesn’t match what I ordered?
Frequently asked questions
Are these rankings paid?
No. Rankings come from public Google data. A business can pay to be a Featured Partner (badge and top placement), but that never changes another business’s score or position.
How did you choose these five mulch suppliers?
We compared landscape supply yards and garden centers serving the greater New York area, weighing rating, review volume, and how recently people are still reviewing them. A couple of the five are general plant nurseries rather than dedicated mulch dealers, we say so directly in each write-up.
How often is this list updated?
We last verified ratings and review counts in July 2026. Google reviews change constantly, so treat the exact numbers as a snapshot, not a permanent ranking.
Why are some of these businesses in New Jersey, not New York City?
Several of the highest-rated bulk mulch suppliers that deliver into the New York metro area are actually based in New Jersey or Long Island, that’s normal for bulk landscape materials, which usually come from yards outside the dense city itself. Check each supplier’s delivery radius before ordering.
Should I buy bagged mulch or bulk mulch?
Bagged mulch from a garden center works fine for small beds or container gardens. For anything close to a full yard, bulk delivery by the cubic yard, like the top three picks here offer, is almost always cheaper per unit and less physical work.
The bottom line
For a full yard of mulch delivered and dumped exactly where you want it, The Yard LLC is the safe default, it has the best combination of scale, rating, and transparent pricing. If you’re closer to Long Island, Lakeland Landscape’s reviews are just as strong.
