Soiland Materials

09/10/2026

🚜 Ask most people to name a piece of yellow construction equipment, and you'll hear "bulldozer" or "steamroller". We think the specific name of each machine and what it does matter because it is important to the quality of our materials. So we created a new educational series: "This Is How We Do It". This content series will feature the heavy equipment that contribute to every material we make.

First up, the one machine at every single Soiland Materials location: the Wheel Loader. This machine wears many (construction) hats:
- stockpiles materials
- mixes our soil blends
- feeds the screens and crushers
- pulls finished compost off the aeration tubes
- weighs every scoop on its onboard scale
- and loads your truck at the yard.

If you've ever picked up a yard of Clean Green or a load of aggregate, a wheel loader touched that material more than once on its way to you.

Read the full story at the link in bio

08/20/2026

💚 Kinda chic to buy your dirt from a company that's been here since 1962

🪨 Kinda chic to know your driveway rock came from Cotati

🌱 Kinda chic to plant in soil blended in Sonoma County

👩🏻‍🌾 Kinda chic to bag your own soil

♻️ Kinda chic to turn yard waste into next year's compost

08/06/2026

Why does Sonoma County’s own drain rock make beautiful decorative stone?

Beautiful: The tan, red, and black tones in our aggregates come from the volcanic history that took thousands of years to form.

Functional Firewise landscaping: Swapping bark mulch for decorative stone in the first five feet around your home is one of the easiest defensible-space upgrades you can make.

Local: produced locally, they typically cost less than imported alternatives

Stop by our Yard & Garden location on Sebastopol Road in Santa Rosa to see and feel the difference for yourself.

08/02/2026

07/29/2026

What's in a Name? The Story Behind Soiland Materials

People hear "Soiland" and assume we made it up: soil and land, a tidy name for a company that moves rock and dirt for a living. It's a good guess, but it's wrong.

Soiland is a Norwegian family surname, which refers to the provenance of the family’s “farmland".

Our Owner, Mark Soiland, was born to grandparents who were the first generation of the family born in America, arriving in San Francisco around 1900 to parents who were still fully Norwegian.

Here's the wild part: for over 100 years, a family named after farmland has done nothing but work the land. A cabinetmaker who landed in San Francisco around 1900. A chicken ranch during the North Bay egg boom. Then pipelines, quarries, real estate, construction — generation after generation, same thread.

Marv Soiland started the company in 1962 and bought Stony Point Rock Quarry in '73. Four generations later, it's still run by a real Soiland.

Soiland Materials - Family owned since 1962

07/23/2026

Fruit trees love organic Soiland Materials compost... especially these 3 customer favorites:

1. Mango Mulch: No mangos in there! A carefully crafted soil conditioner and fertilizer in one, this is what we’re famous for.

2. The Real McCoy: For those who like a high nitrogen content from organic horse and chicken manure,
this is the compost for you.

3. Grab N' Grow: Made year-round from recycled green
materials and a custom blend of organic fertilizers including seabird guano, feather meal, gypsum and oyster shells.

Compost is available at Soiland Yard & Garden in Santa Rosa - it is seasonal, be sure to *call for availability*.

We're open on Sundays!

07/18/2026

Did you know... at Soiland Materials we recycle more than 100,000 tons of material annually, including green debris, rubble, concrete and more. By reducing landfill and conserving raw materials we contribute to our local circular economy.

You can recycle with us at three locations:

🌱 Green Recycling Center - green debris & yard trimmings

♻️ Soils Plus - concrete, rock, asphalt and more

🪨 Stony Point Rock Quarry - concrete, asphalt, brick and more

Check our website for hours, a full list of items we take, items we do NOT take and drop off fees by weight or truckload. We take all listed materials, no matter how much, at the most affordable rates in Sonoma County.

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07/16/2026

Throughout the year, we regularly donate materials to local non-profits. It is an important part of our culture to serve our community, because the organizations that care for our community deserve a little care back.

Earlier this year, we were glad to help improve the grounds at the Sonoma County Humane Society right across the street form our Yard & Garden location.

If you work for a local non-profit that could use materials for a project, feel free to submit a donation request online: https://soilandmaterials.com/donation-request/

03/12/2026

A New Chapter for Soiland – Welcome to Yard & Garden!

Yard & Garden, our new location at the corner of Llano Road and Highway 12 in Santa Rosa, is having it's Grand Opening Saturday, March 14! You will find all of your favorite materials from the former Grab N' Grow Soil Products here. Same ownership, new name. In addition, we also carry rock and sand materials from our Stony Point Rock Quarry and Soils Plus locations.

Join us for our grand opening Saturday, March 14th and save 20% on material (limits apply).

The former Grab N' Grow location, now Green Recycling Center, is still your destination for Tree & Green material recycling.

For more information on Soiland Materials follow the link here:
https://grabngrowsoil.com/blog/new-chapter-for-soiland-welcome-to-yard-garden/