One cubic yard of mulch equals 27 cubic feet. Most commonly, mulch is sold in bags that hold 2 cubic feet each. Therefore, there are 13.5 bags of 2 cubic feet mulch in one cubic yard (27 รท 2 = 13.5)
. If the bags are a different size, the number of bags per cubic yard changes accordingly:
- 1 cubic foot bags: 27 bags per cubic yard
- 1.5 cubic feet bags: 18 bags per cubic yard
- 3 cubic feet bags: 9 bags per cubic yard
So, to summarize:
- 13.5 bags of 2 cubic feet mulch = 1 cubic yard
- 9 bags of 3 cubic feet mulch = 1 cubic yard
- 18 bags of 1.5 cubic feet mulch = 1 cubic yard
- 27 bags of 1 cubic foot mulch = 1 cubic yard
This is useful for estimating how much bagged mulch you need to equal a cubic yard of bulk mulch.
