Midwest Decorative Stone

The estimated amount of topsoil they told me I would need was way off *twice, * and this resulted in me paying MDS over $200 that I shouldn't have had to shell out if they'd given me a correct estimate the first time. The first delivery was far too little even though I ordered exactly what they recommended I would need, so I had to re-order more - and pay another delivery fee for that additional delivery ($109 + tax).

The second delivery was so excessive that I ended up not needing well over half of what was delivered, and then had to figure out what to do with an unnecessary additional 3-3 1/2 cubic yards of topsoil sitting in my driveway. When I emailed to ask if they'd consider waiving the delivery fee for the second delivery of topsoil since their initial estimate was so far off, they ignored me and didn't respond.

Critical: Quality Their shredded topsoil is disappointing: very clayey and silty. Dried to a hard crust. When wet in driveway was like glue. Had to scrape off. Can't imagine what would grow well in it.

Fun place to look, and had plenty of choices. I needed small amounts for a Zen garden, I didn't feel awkward at all for not getting larger or commercial amounts of materials.

Pretty decent place. Friendly folks, great selection of materials, and good prices. Hauling myself was a better experience as they dumped the wrong type of gravel when they first dropped off stuff. The unfortunate thing was they dropped the right stuff literally on top of the wrong stuff. So I had to sort rocks for a week. I asked for them to dump it next to the other stuff, so in the future I'll use words like "next to, but not on or mixing in with" :-.

Feels like home away from home. Have all my hard scape needs. Same knowledgeable staff call me by name. They also have a large clearance area that rotates items from connecting pavers to steppers and larger items.

They are just great! Right price and delivery fee. Good options of stone!

I ordered top soil--twice. As it turns out, this is not top soil but clay soil, full of weeds. Terrible quality and poor value. Also, when you order, they ask you when you want it delivered. I said "morning" and had a helper waiting with me for the soil to arrive, which finally happened around 2 pm. I had to pay my helper for hours of doing nothing. Will definitely not order from them again! They say it's silt loam but the photos speak for themselves. Heavily crusted clay.

Really great service and excellent prices. I appreciate that they don't treat you like a dummy if you don't know all the lingo. Additionally they will let you come load your own vehicle, which is great for the DIYer. Delivery was relatively cheap for quantity as well, which was a life-saver for some landscaping we did.

Good selection and good service but I'm not pleased with the product delivered. I ordered 7 tons of 1-1/2 American Heritage and it was delivered promptly. I realize that this is not washed stone, but I believe the amount of dirt and rock flour in the load was excessive. The idea behind landscaping fabric and rock is too minimize weeds in your landscaping beds, but with the amount of fine material going on top of the landscape fabric it defeats the purpose. I'm also paying for rock, not dirt.