Enter your bed dimensions and depth to get exact cubic yards, the bagged equivalent, and — unlike homeowner calculators — the labor hours and job price a landscaping crew should actually quote.
mulch needed
4.8cubic yards
Or about 65 bags (2 cu ft) ($293 bagged vs $202 bulk).
Area covered
480 sq ft
Material cost
$202
Install labor
3.0 hrs
Total direct cost
$427
Quote this job at
$609
Covers mulch, delivery, and 3.0 crew-hours of install while protecting 30% margin ($183 gross profit).
One cubic yard of mulch covers roughly 108 sq ft at 3 inches deep. Bulk mulch is almost always cheaper than bagged past about 3 cubic yards, but factor in the delivery fee and the wheelbarrow time — on tight-access properties, bagged mulch sometimes wins on total job cost.
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