Sandy Springs, Georgia's Landscape Supply Company

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Sandy Springs sits about 1,093 feet up on the ridge that separates the Chattahoochee River gorge from the office towers of Perimeter Center, and that vertical drop shapes almost every yard here. Properties sloping toward the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area shed water fast during the 53 inches of rain the area collects each year, which means mulch washes into the street and topsoil ends up in the creek unless beds are built with edging and heavier material. The Piedmont red clay underneath holds nutrients but drains slowly, so compost blends and screened topsoil do more good than sand ever will. We haul to shaded lots off Riverside and Mount Vernon, newer construction near Dunwoody and Brookhaven where builders scraped the good soil away, and older tree canopy neighborhoods toward Roswell and Buckhead. Zone 8a summers bake exposed clay into brick, making consistent mulch cover less decorative than protective.