Garden Surfaces

Terraflex rubber mulch for gardens and landscaping

Make your garden grow better

Terraflex rubber chippings are the ideal mulch for flower beds, borders and paths because rubber is attractive, inert and long lasting. This means that unlike wood-based mulches, Terraflex rubber chippings won’t break down or decompose. Instead they retain their colour and keep on doing the job of suppressing weeds and enhancing your flower beds for many years, with only minimal maintenance. You can even remove dead leaves and other garden debris with a hand-held blower without dislodging the chippings.

What’s the recipe for Terraflex rubber chippings?

• Take around 150,000 high quality recycled car tyres.
• Shred carefully to evenly-sized pieces at our UK processing plant.  
• Sieve, sort and magnetise every piece to remove unwanted wire and fabric.
• Mix thoroughly with one of our non-toxic colouring agents – brown, blue, green, purple, slate and terracotta.
• Bake at a moderate heat for approximately 20 minutes.

The result is an attractive, long-lasting garden mulch that will suppress weeds and protect your plants for years to come.

More good reasons to choose Terraflex rubber chips

Terraflex rubber chipping garden mulch is your best choice on all grounds - performance, value and aesthetics. Here’s why:

• Permeable - rain passes through unimpeded, so more water reaches plant roots
• Moisture retention – it blocks evaporation and inhibits the drying out of soil
• Stable soil temperature – not too hot in summer, not too cold in winter, ideal for plants
• Great value - competitively priced and long-lasting, saving you time, effort and money
• Visually pleasing - retains its attractive colour and aesthetic appeal year after year
• Weatherproof - withstands extreme conditions, including high wind and storms.
• Pest deterrent - termites, snails, slugs, insects and bugs avoid Terraflex, which means better protection for flowers and plants
• Discourages pet deposits - cats and dogs give Terraflex rubber chippings a wide berth!
• Versatile – use on flower beds, paths & borders or as a topping for pots and containers

To dress garden borders, pathways and flowerbeds.

Installing Terraflex rubber chippings is as easy as installing a traditional mulch but with the added benefits that come from using a recycled material that is shock absorbent, long lasting and resistant to weeds and wind.

1. If installing Terraflex on top of an existing wooden mulch, remove any excess mulch and large pieces from your beds and rake it out to provide a level surface.

2. If laying onto bare beds, apply a pre-emergent weed killer to kill the seeds before installing Terraflex rubber chippings. This is especially important if your beds have been bare for a while or there have been a lot of weeds prior to your project. Rake over to provide a level surface.

3. Lay landscaping fabric to go underneath Terraflex. This step is optional but doing so will inhibit weed growth and help to keep the rubber chippings clean.

4. We recommend that Terraflex is spread evenly to cover the membrane. This will ensure that airborne weed seed is caught in the dry rubber mulch and dehydrates. You can expect a substantial reduction in weed growth.