Mulch & Landscape Packaging

This film is fully customizable and can be engineered to meet the exact dimensions and performance requirements of your packaging specifications. Width, gauge, and layer structure are all built to your filling equipment and product, so the roll runs cleanly on your line rather than forcing you to work around a stock size.

Barrier properties can be specified to suit what you’re packaging — moisture protection for grass seed and soil amendments, chemical resistance for fertilizer salts and pest control products, and UV protection for product that sits in outdoor displays or under garden centre lighting. Print is available up to full-coverage, high-definition graphics, giving you the panel space needed for branding alongside guaranteed analysis, application rates, directions, and precautionary statements.

Whether you’re running a vertical or horizontal form fill and seal line, roll stock gives you the flexibility to produce bags and pouches on demand, reduce inventory of pre-made formats, and adjust bag size as your product line expands.

The Horizontal Form Fill and Seal (HFFS) packaging fills the product horizontally and then securely seals the pouch. It is predominantly utilized as a master packer for solid products such as candy bars, granola bars, trays of cookies, block cheese, and meat. This packaging process, integral to the manufacturing industry, crafts the pouches, or bags from a flat, flexible film roll. Seamlessly integrating the forming, filling, and sealing operations in a horizontal direction, this method finds application in packaging a diverse range of products, including block cheese, snacks, bar soap, and more.

Layfield’s Vertiflex™ packaging solution is a trusted choice for lawn and garden processors and manufacturers seeking efficiency and versatility. This advanced process uses roll stock — a continuous film roll — to create bags or pouches on demand. Unlike traditional methods that rely on pre-made bags, Vertiflex™ integrates forming, filling, and sealing into one seamless vertical operation, delivering speed and precision for products ranging from grass seed and fertilizer to soil amendments and plant nutrition blends.

Pinch bottom bags are the perfect choice for medium to large-sized products, with widespread use across the lawn and garden industry where they are frequently configured lying flat on the shelf or pallet. Featuring an open-mouth design and a stable bottom that takes shape during filling, these bags handle everything from granular fertilizer and grass seed to soil amendments, mulch blends, and ice melt. Pre-applied hot melt simplifies the closure process and eliminates the need for additional plastic materials, while a range of barrier options and finishes protects against moisture and UV exposure without sacrificing shelf appeal.

Flat-bottom bags are a dynamic alternative to rigid packaging, featuring a fully flat base that lets the bag stand on its own when open. Originally popularized in premium consumer goods, they’re an excellent fit for lawn and garden products that benefit from strong shelf presence and a stable, upright format, including potting mixes, specialty soil blends, grass seed, granular fertilizer, and plant nutrition products.

Stand-Up Pouches (SUPs) are remarkably versatile, valued for their convenience and shelf appeal across a wide range of packaging needs. In the lawn and garden market, they’re a top-tier choice for products like grass seed, plant nutrition blends, granular and water-soluble fertilizer, and pest and weed control products, standing independently on the shelf while showcasing exceptional film and print quality. Every pouch is custom-tailored to your specifications, from intended use and material composition to barrier requirements and design preferences, so the format works as hard for your product as it does for your brand.

Side-seal pouches are a favored and cost-effective option for brands seeking consistency, particularly for smaller, single-use or single-application portions. Crafted by sealing the edge perimeters, these pouches offer two fully printable panels. Available in both 2 and 3-side seal configurations, barrier and non-barrier options, and an array of shapes and sizes — making them well suited to seed packets, water-soluble fertilizer sachets, plant food sticks, and sample or trial-size product runs.

PTO bags feature closely spaced perforations along a designated section of the bag, creating a pre-determined tear-off opening — no scissors or knives required, even with gloves on. Designed to be filled automatically or manually and sealed on a dedicated filling machine, they’re well suited to granular fertilizer, grass seed, soil amendments, and ice melt.