Carefully screened to eliminate weed seeds, delivering a consistently clean, 100% weed-free planting mix every time.
Living Earth’s More Than Garden Mix is a nutrient-rich, ready-to-plant blend with our premium compost as a base. Enhanced with pumice and sand for drainage and aeration, and bark fines for moisture retention, it’s weed-free and boosted with carefully selected fertiliser to give your plants a strong start.
Perfect for home gardeners and landscapers alike, this versatile mix improves soil structure and fertility while supporting plant vitality. Use it in new garden beds, raised planters, or landscape projects needing consistent, reliable performance.
Whether for flower beds, the garden, or large-scale projects, this mix delivers balanced nutrients and moisture control.
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FIND A STOCKISTCarefully screened to eliminate weed seeds, delivering a consistently clean, 100% weed-free planting mix every time.
Restores soil nutrients, improving structure, boosting microbial life, and supporting stronger plant growth over time.
Formulated to ensure smooth, efficient application with minimal effort, delivering fast, consistent coverage.
We take great care to bring you premium product. Our products are created from recovered green waste and are compliant with the New Zealand Standard NZS 4454:2005 for Composts, Soil Conditioners and Mulches.
Click here for more information about NZS 4454:2005.
Our More Than Garden Mix is a ready-to-plant blend, no conditioning or blending needed. Use it as a base when creating new garden beds or as a top-up for existing beds, raised planters, and landscaped areas.
For best results:
Top up beds every 12–18 months to maintain nutrient levels and soil structure.
Water in well after planting to help seedlings and established plants settle in.
Its consistent performance and weed-free quality make it ideal for a wide range of plants, supporting healthy growth and long-term soil and plant health in both home gardens and professional landscaping projects.
Like all garden soils and composts, this product may contain living micro-organisms. While serious infections are rare, it’s important to take standard precautions when handling:
This guidance helps ensure safe handling while protecting both you and the quality of the product.
When handling bags of More Than Garden Mix:
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pH range |
6.0 - 7.0 |
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Electrical conductivity (mS/cm)* |
≤5.0 |
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Ammonium* |
≤200ppm |
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Phosphorus (Soluble)* |
≥7ppm |
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Potassium* |
≥30ppm |
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Germination score (out of 7) |
≥6 |
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Weeds |
Absent |
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Moisture |
≥30 - 55% |
*Analysed in a 1:1.5 water extraction.
Living Earth products are made with compost produced from Auckland’s greenwaste. This is great for the planet, but the reality of greenwaste recycling means that small inorganic items can sometimes remain after the composting and screening process.
You can be confident Living Earth meets the NZS 4454:2005 (and BioGro) standards, and all products go through a pasteurisation process which means they’re safe with lots of long-term benefits for your soil. Your plants will thrive, and your veggies will taste delicious.
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This product must be mixed into your existing soil.
Dig Living Earth Organic Compost through the soil in your garden or your raised garden beds before planting. Dig a 50mm layer of compost into your soil.
Feed your plants with Living Earth Organic Liquid Compost. It's the perfect partner for your garden.
For best results apply Living Earth Organic Compost twice yearly. Your plants will dig it!
See the full list of Living Earth FAQs here.
Our Living Earth More Than Garden Mix is a special blend of compost, bark, pumice and fertilizers, that you can plant directly into, or use on top of your soil to boost plants.
More Than Garden Mix is a special blend for planting that contains our rich compost and has fertilizers added to boost growth. In fact, added to heavy soils it will assist in acting as a clay-breaker.
You can grow all types of plants in More Than Garden Mix, including your favourite edibles.
You betcha. It is 100% free of weeds.
Use on Garden Beds to a depth of at least 200mm, or fill raised beds. You can top up More than Garden Mix levels at any time.