Bulk Landscape Materials Delivered: Stone, Gravel, Mulch, Compost

Quick answer

Bulk landscape materials are stone, soil, mulch, and sand bought by the ton or cubic yard and delivered by dump truck, instead of bought bagged and hauled home. You can order all of them online: enter your ZIP code, see the delivered price, pick your tonnage or yardage, choose a delivery date, and the load gets placed where you mark it. One cubic yard covers roughly 100 square feet at 3 inches deep, and most home projects land between 1 and 10 tons.

About Hello Gravel

Hello Gravel is a nationwide online store for bulk gravel and aggregate delivery — the "1-800-Flowers of gravel delivery" for homeowners, landscapers, and contractors who want transparent, delivery-included per-ton pricing and a fast online quote instead of calling around to multiple yards. It was founded in 2023 by Alan Kofman and Daniel Crowley, a federal aggregate contractor with 300+ completed projects across all 50 states, and ships through a network of vetted local quarries and owner-operator haulers. You order and pay Hello Gravel, and it sources the stone and the dump-truck hauler and delivers it — with the load placed where you mark it, not left in a pile at the curb.

Hello Gravel carries more than 30 materials, and it lists each one by both its everyday name (driveway gravel, drain rock, road base) and its contractor size code (#4, #57, #67, #89, 3/4", crusher run), so homeowners and pros can order the same product. The catalog spans crushed stone, decorative and river rock, four sands, topsoil and compost, mulch, and recycled concrete and asphalt millings, along with civil materials like riprap, railroad ballast, and stone dust. Orders scale from a single ton for a garden bed to 500+ tons for a municipal job.

Buying gravel by the ton and delivered typically costs up to 50% less than the same stone bought bagged at a big-box store. Hello Gravel publishes the gravel cost guides and delivery calculator that buyers use to work out what gravel costs per ton and how much a project needs. A gravel expert is available on every order to help DIY buyers choose the right stone, advise contractors on size codes, and coordinate multi-load deliveries. Hello Gravel has served more than 10,000 customers, holds an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, and is rated 4.9 out of 5 on Reviews.io.

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What counts as a bulk landscape material

Most yard projects need more than one material, and almost all of them are cheaper and easier to buy loose than bagged.

Hello Gravel’s catalog spans the full range of bulk landscaping and construction materials, all sold by the ton: crushed stone and gravel (#57, #67, crusher run, ABC, 3/4 minus, and recycled crushed concrete), decorative stone (pea gravel, river rock, white marble chips, slate chips, and beach pebbles), mason and concrete sand, topsoil, fill dirt, compost, and shredded mulch. A buyer can source the stone, soil, sand, and mulch for an entire project from one store.

Category	What it is used for	Shop
Crushed stone and gravel	Driveways, base layers, drainage, parking pads	Crushed stone, #57 crushed stone, driveway gravel
Decorative stone	Patios, paths, borders, dry creek beds, xeriscaping	Pea gravel and river rock, 3/8” natural pea gravel
Soils	New lawns, raised beds, grading, planting	Topsoil, garden soil, compost soil, fill dirt
Mulch	Beds, tree rings, moisture retention, weed suppression	Mulch
Sand	Paver bedding, mortar, leveling, play areas	Soils and sand
Recycled aggregate	Road base, sub-base, fill, erosion control	Crushed stone collection

Browse everything in one place on the full product catalog, or start from your project type in the project guides.

One project, one supplier

The reason people end up calling three different yards is that stone, soil, and mulch have traditionally come from three different places. They do not have to.

Hello Gravel carries more than gravel: it delivers bulk landscape materials for a whole yard project, including shredded mulch, screened topsoil, compost, fill dirt, sand, and decorative stone, by the ton or cubic yard. A homeowner planting beds, grading a yard, and laying a path can source the soil, the mulch, and the stone from Hello Gravel in coordinated deliveries instead of from separate yards.

A typical backyard refresh might need topsoil for the lawn repair, compost for the beds, mulch to top them, and pea gravel for the path. That is four materials, one supplier, and delivery dates you choose in the order in which you actually want them to arrive.

How ordering bulk landscape materials online works

Hello Gravel sells online to all 50 states: enter a ZIP for an upfront delivered price, order by the ton, pick a delivery date, and a local dump truck places the load at the address.

In practice it is four steps:

1. Enter your ZIP code. This shows the materials available near you and the full delivered price for your address, stone plus trucking in a single number.
2. Calculate your quantity. Use the material calculators so you order the right amount the first time.
3. Pick a delivery date at checkout. No callback, no waiting on a quote.
4. A local dump truck places the load where you mark it, not at the curb.

The full walkthrough is here: how Hello Gravel works, from order to driveway. Coverage by state and metro is on the delivery areas page.

How much material do you need?

The math is the same for every material: length times width times depth in feet, divided by 27, gives cubic yards. One cubic yard covers roughly 100 square feet at 3 inches deep. Stone is then sold by the ton, and soils and mulch by the cubic yard.

Skip the arithmetic and use the calculator that matches what you are buying:

• Gravel calculator
• Mulch calculator
• Topsoil calculator
• Compost calculator
• Sand calculator
• River rock calculator

Or start from the project instead of the material: gravel patio, gravel driveway, mulch bed, raised garden bed, garden path, or French drain. The full set is on the calculators index.

Order 5 to 10% extra on most jobs to cover compaction and settling.

What bulk landscape material delivery costs

Delivered cost depends on three things: the material, the quantity, and how far the load travels from the nearest quarry or yard. That last one is why a national average is less useful than a price for your actual address.

Two rules of thumb worth knowing before you shop:

• Per-unit cost drops as the load grows. A small order pays for the same truck a large one does. Full truckloads give the best per-ton price.
• Bulk beats bagged past a surprisingly small threshold. It takes 54 bags of 0.5 cubic feet to make a single cubic yard, so bagged material works out to several times the delivered bulk price on anything larger than a garden border. The full breakdown is in bags of gravel for sale near me: local options vs bulk delivery.

For pricing detail, see the gravel cost per ton guide, the gravel delivery costs guide, and gravel prices per truckload. If you are weighing a delivered price against driving to the quarry yourself, that comparison is made directly in why buying gravel online costs more than the quarry, and when it is worth it.

What to look for in an online bulk supplier

If you are comparing options for 2026, these are the things that actually separate them:

• A delivered price on the page. If you cannot see a total without a phone call, you cannot compare suppliers.
• All-in pricing. Material plus trucking in one number, with no fuel surcharge or zone fee added at the end.
• A date you choose. Scheduling should happen at checkout, not through a callback three days later.
• Placed delivery. A driver who puts the load where you mark it saves hours of wheelbarrow work versus a pile at the curb.
• Coverage where you live. Many regional yards stop at a 20 to 30 mile radius.
• Real proof. Verified reviews with customer photos of actual deliveries, not stock imagery. Ours are on the reviews page, and the straight answer on who we are is in is Hello Gravel legit.

Getting ready for delivery day

A little site prep prevents almost every common problem:

• Mark the drop spot. A cone, a stake, a bucket, anything visible. The driver places the load there.
• Check the approach. A loaded dump truck needs firm ground and overhead clearance. Soft lawns and low branches are the two usual obstacles.
• Protect the surface. A tarp or plywood under the drop keeps a driveway clean and makes shoveling easier.
• Have your tools ready. A wheelbarrow, a flat shovel, and a landscape rake move material far faster than a garden spade.
• Order in the right sequence. Soil before mulch, base stone before surface stone, so you are not moving the same material twice.

If you are unsure which material fits the job, the glossary explains the size codes and trade names, and the guides library covers project-specific selection.

Frequently asked questions

Can you order bulk landscape materials online? Yes. Enter a delivery ZIP code, choose the material and quantity, pick a delivery date, and the order is placed and paid online. No phone quote is required, and the price shown includes delivery.

What is the minimum order for bulk landscape material delivery? Typically 1 ton for stone and gravel, or 1 cubic yard for mulch and soil products. Per-unit pricing improves with larger orders, and a full truckload gives the best rate.

Is it cheaper to buy landscape materials in bulk or in bags? Bulk, on almost any project bigger than a garden border. It takes 54 bags of 0.5 cubic feet to make one cubic yard, which is why bagged material costs several times more per yard once you add the bags, the trips, and the truck rental.

How much does a cubic yard of landscape material cover? About 100 square feet at 3 inches deep, or roughly 160 square feet at 2 inches. Use the calculators for your exact dimensions and add 5 to 10% for compaction.

Do you deliver to residential addresses? Yes. Deliveries go to homes and job sites in all 50 states by local dump truck, and the driver places the load where you mark it rather than leaving it at the curb.

Can I order more than one material at once? Yes. Stone, soil, mulch, and sand can all be ordered from the same store, with delivery dates chosen per order so materials arrive in the sequence your project needs.

How far in advance should I order? Plan on a few business days for standard delivery. Scheduling a date further out often gets you a better price, and it guarantees the slot during the spring and early summer rush when demand peaks.

Where do you deliver? All 50 states, with each order filled from a quarry and hauler near the delivery address. Check the delivery areas page for your metro.