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Raised Bed & Container Mix

A regionally sourced organic soil for raised beds and large containers. Made near you with locally sourced ingredients for fewer miles per bag and lower emissions.

Key features:

  • Regionally sourced ingredients, made as close to you as possible
  • Fewer miles per bag means lower carbon emissions
  • Free from far-sourced ingredients like distant peat moss and coconut coir
  • OMRI Listed and CDFA registered organic input

Available size:

1.5 cu. ft. (42.5 L) bag
nearsource raised bed and container mix

A Raised Bed Soil Made Near You

NearSource Organics Raised Bed & Container Mix is built on a simple idea: the soil in your garden should not have to travel across the country to get to you. Ingredients are sourced regionally and the mix is produced close to where it is sold, which means fewer miles per bag, lower emissions, and a stronger connection between you and the place where your soil comes from.

The mix is formulated with a diverse range of particle sizes that work well for both raised beds and large containers. It is nutrient-rich and ready to use, with regional formulations that may include processed forest products, recycled forest products, arbor fines, humus, rice hulls, composted dairy manure, compost, horticultural perlite, dolomite lime, processed poultry manure, feather meal, earthworm castings, bat guano, and kelp meal. One bag fills approximately one 2 sq ft x 9 inch deep raised bed, or three 12 inch pots.

How to Use Raised Bed & Container Mix

  1. For New Raised Beds: Fill your raised bed directly from the bag. One 1.5 cu. ft. bag fills approximately one 2 sq ft bed at 9 inches deep. Water thoroughly before planting.
  2. For Large Containers: Fill your container from the bag, leaving about an inch at the top for water. One bag fills approximately three 12 inch pots.
  3. For Seasonal Refresh: Add a few inches on top of your bed each spring and mix lightly into the top four inches of existing soil.
  4. Feed Through the Season: Pair with a compatible organic fertilizer for ongoing plant nutrition.

Product Specifications

Bag size: 1.5 cu. ft. (42.5 L)
Coverage: Fills one 2 sq ft raised bed at 9 inches deep, or three 12 inch pots
Form: Bagged raised bed/container mix
Best uses: Raised beds, large containers, fruits, flowers, vegetables
Certifications: OMRI Listed, CDFA Organic Input Material registered
Ingredients: Regionally formulated. May include processed forest products, recycled forest products, arbor fines, humus, rice hulls, composted dairy manure, compost, horticultural perlite, dolomite lime, processed poultry manure, feather meal, earthworm castings, bat guano, kelp meal
Regional Availability: The Home Depot (regional formulations vary by location)

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Key Benefits:

Soil That Didn’t Cross the Country

Ingredients sourced regionally and produced near where it is sold, so what is in the bag actually came from near you.

A Garden With a Smaller Footprint

Fewer miles per bag means lower carbon emissions and a real connection to the land your garden grows in.

Open the Bag, Fill the Bed

No mixing, no measuring. Designed for raised beds and large containers to be ready out of the bag.

Third-Party Verified Organic

OMRI Listed and CDFA Organic Input Material registered, so the organic claim is independently checked.

NearSource Organics Raised Bed & Container Mix is listed by the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI), the leading non-profit, internationally recognized material review organization accredited by the USDA Quality Assessment Division.

Every ingredient and every process that goes into making Raised Bed & Container Mix has been verified 100% compliant for organic use, all the way to the original source.

NearSource Organics is built on a simple idea: source ingredients as close to our customers as possible and produce our soils nearby.

The result is fewer miles per bag, lower carbon emissions, and a real connection between your garden and the place where the soil was made.

NSO is also free from far-sourced ingredients like distant peat moss and coconut coir, so your soil starts and finishes its journey within reach of you.

Find Raised Bed & Container Mix at a Home Depot Near You

Available exclusively at The Home Depot, with regional formulations that vary by location.