Olde Towne Garden of Setauket

Based in Setauket- East Setauket, New York, Olde Towne Garden of Setauket supplies garden and soil products and landscape materials to homeowners, landscapers and contractors across the area. Google lists the business under 3 categories — Garden center, Landscaping supply store, Landscape designer — which points to a broader inventory than a single-product yard carries.

The business holds a 4.8-star Google rating from 39 reviews. That sits above the New York average of 4.5 measured across 1,058 listed suppliers.

What Olde Towne Garden of Setauket supplies

Garden centers carry bagged soil, compost and mulch alongside plants and often sell bulk material from a yard out back. That combination is convenient when a planting project needs both the medium and the stock in one trip.

Bagged product suits containers and small beds; once a project passes roughly ten bags, loose material almost always works out cheaper per cubic foot. Ask whether bulk pricing is available before loading a cart.

Full-line landscape supply yards stock soil, mulch, decorative stone, boulders, pavers, edging and often sod under one roof. That matters when a project needs several materials, because combining them into a single delivery avoids paying separate trip charges to multiple suppliers.

Because Olde Towne Garden of Setauket carries several material lines, it is often possible to combine an order across products — soil, mulch and stone on one truck — rather than paying separate delivery charges to two or three different yards.

How much material you need

Garden and soil products is sold by the cubic yard. One cubic yard equals about 27 cubic feet — roughly thirteen 2-cubic-foot bags.

As a rough guide: 1 yard covers about 100 sq ft at 3 in; 2 yards covers about 215 sq ft at 3 in; 5 yards covers about 540 sq ft at 3 in.

Have length, width and target depth ready when you phone. Yard staff convert those into cubic yards far more reliably than a generic online calculator, and they know how their own material settles.

Ordering and delivery

Ask about delivery minimums and trip charges up front — for smaller orders these often matter more to the final bill than the headline per-cubic yard price.

Check where the truck can actually dump. Tandem trucks need overhead clearance and firm ground, and most drivers will not reverse across a soft lawn or a new driveway. If access is tight, ask whether they run a smaller truck or can leave the load at the kerb.

Ratings and reputation

Among the suppliers we list across New York, this rating places Olde Towne Garden of Setauket in the top 37%.

Across the 2 suppliers we list in Setauket- East Setauket, the average rating is 4.8.

Review volume matters as much as the score. A 4.8 drawn from 39 reviews is a reasonable sample for a local yard.

Best time to buy in New York

In New York, the buying window is compressed. Yards get busiest from the first thaw through early June, and again briefly in autumn. Ordering garden and soil products in early spring often means waiting in a queue and paying peak rates, so booking delivery before the rush — or in late autumn for spring work — usually gets both a better price and a firmer delivery date. Many yards in colder states reduce hours or close outright through deep winter, so confirm seasonal availability before planning a January or February project.

Other suppliers nearby

There are 6 other suppliers we list within a short drive, the closest being Sheep Pasture Tree & Nursery Supply in Port Jefferson Station, roughly 0.8 miles away. 106 suppliers sit within a 25-mile radius of this yard.

If this yard is short on what you need, the suppliers listed below carry overlapping inventory and will often deliver into the same area.

Buying garden and soil products in Setauket- East Setauket

We list 2 bulk suppliers in Setauket- East Setauket and 1,058 across New York, spread over 383 cities and towns.

Bulk material pricing is intensely local. Trucking is a large share of the delivered cost, which is why a nearby yard usually beats a cheaper one further out once the full quote lands.