Staple ingredient

Just as a baker relies on flour, salt and sugar, Karen Atwood depends on Lambert Peat Moss as the foundation for her custom soil mixes.

“When you bake, every recipe has staples that you depend on,” says the soil specialist for Mooresville, Indiana-based Greendell Landscape Solutions, which manufactures and sells landscaping materials such as mulch, soil and stone to commercial and retail clients. “Lambert Peat Moss is that staple ingredient in all of our custom soil blends.”

Since 1928, Lambert Peat Moss has served the horticulture industry, specializing in the production and distribution of Canadian sphagnum peat moss. The company has built and sustained its reputation by providing growers with consistent, high-quality growing media.

Greendell began its relationship with Lambert Peat Moss three years ago due to the worldwide peat moss shortage. Industry colleagues suggested Lambert as an answer to Greendell’s peat needs, and after intense due diligence, they made the switch.

With a repertoire of more than 200 custom and commercial soil blends sold through its retail garden center, Greendell has a reputation to uphold among the commercial and private growers who depend on its soil mixes for success. That’s why Greendell utilizes around 4,000 yards of Lambert’s peat moss annually for its commercial and retail blends.

Several key features make Lambert’s peat moss so attractive to Atwood for her custom and commercial soil blends. First and foremost is its consistency and high quality.

“One of the main things I pay attention to is the quality of the sphagnum peat moss that we get,” she says. “And we’ve never had a quality issue. I have a lab here on site, so I’m always testing our soil amendments. With Lambert, it’s the one thing I don’t have to think twice about because I’m very comfortable with the quality of peat moss we get from them.”

What’s most rewarding is the customer feedback Greendell receives about the success commercial and hobby growers experience using its soil mixes that contain Lambert peat moss.

“We have customers come in saying, ‘My neighbor uses this [soil] blend, and they said this is the only place to buy it,’” Atwood says. “We work with people, and depending on their needs, we’ll get them a mix or blend with Lambert peat in it. And since it has such a wide spectrum of [growing scenarios] that it can be used for, we can help them get the best outcome for what they’re trying to grow.”