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Gro-Bark expanded into soil production in a bigger way in the mid 1990s when it began large scale composting of leaf/yard waste and built a custom soil blending plant at Milton. Commercial growers then had the oppourtunity to purchase custom blended soil recipes based on bark, peat, compost and other micro-ingredients such as perlite and fertilizer.

Gro-Bark’s mulch business continued to grow through these years and production sites went from seasonally leased facilities to company owned properties around the province – strategically located to remove, store and process bark products from the by-products of the forestry industry.

In 2015, Gro-Bark built a world class custom soil blending facility at its flagship Caledon site. Supporting this facility are four additional composting sites, five additional mulch production sites and several aged bark reclamation sites. A large truck fleet links these sites together and to the most important addresses, which are our customers.

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On December 7, 2017 Gro-Bark® became part of Walker Environmental, a division of Walker Industries. The addition of Gro-Bark® now makes Walker the largest fully integrated organics recovery company in Canada. Read full press release.

Model Gro-Turf - Organic Topdress Blend Used To Maintain Turf, Encourage Grow-In or Assist in Over-Seeding