The soil you plant food straight into
Veggie Mix is a rich, heavy soil blended for growing vegetables. It's a premium soil mixed with our own Dig In Compost, so it has the body to hold water through a Melbourne summer and the life to feed hungry, shallow-rooted plants that are asked to produce a crop in a season. Fill a bed with it, water it in, and plant the same weekend.
Blended at Keilor Park, with compost we make ourselves
Veggie Mix is two things: a premium soil, and Dig In Compost, which we make at our Keilor Park yard from Melbourne green waste. The green waste is pulverised, composted hot for a month so weed seeds and pathogens are dead, then screened. That finished compost is what makes the mix ready to plant into the day it arrives, rather than something you wait on. We blend the two here, by the batch, and deliver it loose by the cubic metre.
- Premium soil and Dig In Compost
- Compost made at our yard from green waste
- Finished compost — plant straight in
- Blended at Keilor Park
What it's for
At a glance
How much do I need?
| Depth | 1 m³ covers | For a 2 m × 1 m bed | For a 4 m × 2 m bed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 mm top-up | 20 m² | 0.1 m³ — order 1 m³ | 0.4 m³ — order 1 m³ |
| 100 mm | 10 m² | 0.2 m³ — order 1 m³ | 0.8 m³ — order 1 m³ |
| 200 mm | 5 m² | 0.4 m³ — order 1 m³ | 1.6 m³ — order 2 m³ |
| 300 mm raised bed | 3.3 m² | 0.6 m³ — order 1 m³ | 2.4 m³ — order 2.5 m³ |
Length × width × depth (in metres) = cubic metres. Soil settles by 10–15% once it's watered in, so round up, and if you're between sizes, go up a half-metre. Left over is never wasted on a veggie bed.
Common questions
Can I plant straight into it?
Yes. The compost in Veggie Mix is finished, not raw, so there's nothing that needs to break down before roots go in. Spread it, water it well so it settles, and plant the same day or the next.
Veggie Mix or Botanical Blend?
Veggie Mix if you're growing food: it's heavier and richer because vegetables are fed hard and picked in a season. Botanical Blend if it's flowers, shrubs or a general garden bed, where a lighter, freer-draining soil suits plants that live in it for years. If a bed does both, Veggie Mix is the safer pick.
Do I need to add anything?
Not for the first season. After that, veggies pull a lot out of the ground, so fork a few centimetres of Dig In Compost through the bed between crops, and keep 50 mm of mulch on top so the soil doesn't dry out and bake in summer.
What happens on delivery day?
The truck tips the load loose where you've asked for it, so lay a tarp down first and it's far easier to barrow and clean up. The truck needs to get in safely, so if your street is narrow or the driveway is tight, tell us when you order and we'll plan around it. Orders over 4 m³ of soil take two trips, which we'll confirm with you before the day.
Delivery by suburb
| Area | Per load |
|---|---|
| Keilor, Keilor East, Niddrie, Airport West, Tullamarine, Gladstone Park, Avondale Heights | $60 |
| Essendon, Moonee Ponds, Sunshine, St Albans, Deer Park, Caroline Springs, Broadmeadows, Glenroy, Pascoe Vale, Brunswick, Coburg, Footscray | $85 |
| Melbourne CBD, Carlton, Fitzroy, Collingwood, Northcote, Altona, Newport, Williamstown, Epping, Lalor, Laverton | $100 |
| Most other Melbourne suburbs — north, east, south-east, west and the Werribee corridor | $105 |
| Ringwood, Bayswater, Warrandyte, Lower Plenty, Hurstbridge, Rowville, Dandenong, Gisborne | $160 |
One load carries up to 4 m³ of soil; larger orders are two trips and we'll confirm the cost with you first. Your suburb's exact price shows at checkout before you pay.
Not sure it's the right one? See all soils and mulches → or call (03) 9331 5300.
Not sure how much to order? Ring us with the measurements.
Length, width and how deep you want it. We'll tell you the quantity, the delivery price for your suburb and the first day we can get it there. Most of Melbourne is next day.
