Order Gravel, Stone and Soil in Gardners, PA

What do you order for a bed, a border or a dry creek bed? For gravel and aggregate delivery in Gardners, PA, Pennsylvania Rock Supply keeps the answer simple: start with clean stone for anything water has to move through, and 2A modified wherever you need a surface that packs hard.

Adams County ground is mixed, with loamy upland soils and heavy clay in the limestone valleys, so drainage decides how a project holds up.

Delivery to Gardners and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick your quantity by the ton or the yard, then choose a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck brings the load to your site in Gardners or anywhere in Adams County.

Not sure how much you need? Use the calculator to size the load before you order, so you are not short a yard in the middle of a job.

We also deliver to Gettysburg, Littlestown, McSherrystown, New Oxford and East Berlin.

Materials for Gardners Projects

Decorative work is its own order. Beds, borders, dry creek beds and open ground cover take rounded or washed material, not base stone, because you want color and clean edges rather than compaction.

• River Rock for decorative beds and borders, and Large River Rock for dry creek beds and heavier erosion work.
• 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel for walkways and play areas, loose underfoot because it is rounded rather than crushed.
• #8 Crushed Stone, sold locally as 1B, for a small clean chip on walkways and decorative topping.

For a dry creek bed, line the trench with a clean stone such as 2B Stone so storm water moves through, then set the river rock on top for the look you want.

Driveways and patios follow a different path. 2A Modified is the standard Pennsylvania base stone, crushed stone with the fines left in so it compacts hard, and it belongs under a driveway, a parking pad or a patio. Top it with Driveway Gravel once the base is tight.

Drains and wall backfill need clean, washed stone with no fines. #57 Stone and #67 Stone both work in a French drain or behind a retaining wall, and Screenings pack firm for paver and flagstone bedding.

Ground and Conditions in Gardners

Piedmont ground here is mixed. Uplands carry loamy soils weathered from schist and gneiss, lowlands run to red shale and sandstone, and the limestone valleys weather to heavy clay. That clay is the piece to plan around.

A base that sits on soft, wet clay will not compact, no matter how much stone you put on it. Excavate to firm ground, then build up in lifts so the stone locks together.

Winters bring repeated freeze-thaw cycles. Frost does not reach as deep here as it does across most of the state, but a thin or poorly drained base can still heave and break up through the season, so drainage under the stone matters as much as thickness.

Summer storms and spring rain run off built-up ground fast, and that runoff scours stream banks and washes out ditches, culvert outlets and sloped gravel drives. Riprap armor and clean stone drainage are the practical answers on any slope.

Over limestone, runoff concentrated from roofs, gutters and drives can open sinkholes, so route water away from the foundation rather than into the ground beside it.

Time the work for spring, once the ground has thawed and dried, through late fall. Base stone should not go down on frozen, soft or muddy ground.

Questions About Ordering in Gardners

How much material will my project need?

It depends on the area you are covering and the depth you are building to. Rather than guess, enter your measurements in the calculator on the product you are ordering and it will size the load for you. Ordering a little heavy is safer than running short, since a second delivery means a second trip and a cold joint in the stone.

Can I order material by the ton for delivery in Gardners?

Yes. Choose your quantity by the ton or by the yard when you order online, then select a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck delivers the load to your site in Gardners or elsewhere in Adams County. For decorative rock, beds and creek beds, order the clean or rounded material that suits the job, and keep 2A modified for anything that needs to pack hard.

Order 2A Modified and Decorative Stone for Your Gardners Project

Start with 2A modified for any base that has to hold up, and add river rock, Natural Pea Gravel or 1B where the job is beds, borders and dry creek beds. Order online, size the load with the calculator, and pick your delivery date at checkout.