Order Early… And Please Spread The Word…

Posted on February 27, 2026 by Peter Comart  |  no comments yet

Get your mats down early, before weeds even have a chance.

Garden Mats is proudly celebrating 25 years!

That’s 25 years of helping home gardeners supplement their food supply with homegrown organic vegetables.

That’s 25 years of helping commercial growers grow for others and reduce their labor costs with a reusable product that lasts up to 10 years, and in some cases more.

After 25 trips around the sun… we continue to value growing perfectly spaced tomatoes, sweet corn, bush beans, peppers, artichokes, lettuce, radish, onions, spinach, cucumbers and pumpkins… every vegetable there is… and all we do is finger pluck weeds.  Yup, finger pluck.

Our business is making mats, but what we are really in business for is to help people eat.

 

Customers love the mulching properties of Garden Mats.  There is no other product like it.

Two quick messages for this time of year:

  1. If you plan to use Garden Mats this spring, please order early.  ORDER NOW!
  2. If Garden Mats work for you, please help spread the word.

Why ordering early matters…

Spring hits fast—especially in the North. One week there is still a frost… and the next week everyone is itching to plant.  Whereas, if you live in the South, you are already ordering, prepping and planting.

Ordering early means:

  • You can put your mats down as soon as the soil can be worked.
  • You avoid the spring rush.
  • You are not bothered by shipping delays.
  • You’re ready to plant the minute the weather cooperates.

When we started Garden Mats, our goal was simple:

Make vegetable gardening easier, less work and more fun.

Doty Elementary School class science trip

Our next generation of gardeners: Learning where food comes from—the best kind of science class.

Not fancy. Not complicated. Just a better way to grow vegetables:

  • Less time pulling weeds
  • Better nutrient and moisture retention
  • Cleaner produce—no splashed-on dirt
  • A tidier garden that’s easier to manage
  • More time to enjoy the best part of gardening – harvesting

Over the years, we’ve heard the same thing again and again:

“I wish I had found these sooner.”

If Garden Mats have made your garden experience easier, please help us spread the word.  Please “show and tell” others.  Word-of-mouth has always been our best “advertising,” and honestly—it’s how our small Vermont business has grown for the last 25 years—one garden at a time.

Here are a few simple ways to help us celebrate:

  • Share this post (email it to a friend or coworker).
  • Show someone your Garden Mats garden.
  • Post a photo and tag us on social media.
  • Send us a photo and testimonial (a few sentences is perfect).
  • Share your favorite Garden Mat Tip (what you plant, what you’ve learned).

Hearing from and helping first-time gardeners, master gardeners and commercial growers is the best part of what we do.  We now have customers in all 50 states and Canada and we’re grateful for every single garden.

Whether you’ve been with us for decades or you’re just discovering Garden Mats for the first time—thank you!

Here’s to a great spring and a bountiful garden that’s more joy than work.

Order early. Plant happy. And spread the word.

Warmly,
Peter — The Mat Man
Garden Mats • Celebrating 25 years

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