Vista Materials makes mulch, soil, wood chips from recycled pallets

By Nathan Schumock Sports Editor

FERNDALE — Vista Materials has just opened for business in Ferndale to provide for all mulch and gravel needs.

Vista Materials is a landscape supply yard that is a member of the Perry Pallet Company, which is right across the street. Perry Pallet Company has been in business since 1995 and has been supplying pallets to companies around the Pacific Northwest.

All of the pallets are made of recycled wood that they repurpose and distribute. It is essentially a recycling plant but for wood.

The plants combined have about 10 acres of developed land. The company owns more land than 10 acres, but it is not all in use right now.

Vista Materials officially opened its doors on March 10. They provide numerous kinds of mulch that can be used for different purposes. Vista Materials sells landscape mulch, natural woodchips and soil. They also have different sizes of gravel that customers can purchase for their projects.

All of the mulch is made from pallets that were broken. So they will take all of those broken pallets and recycle them through a machine to create mulch that they sell to customers.

While they have always sold mulch under the Perry Pallet name, they rebranded as Vista Materials and built a convenient yard for customers to come pick up what they need.

Along with their mulch, they also provide certified playground chips for schools which differentiates them from other mulch providers.

The next closest certified playground chip provider is in Longview, which is over three hours south of Whatcom County or Abbotsford, where you would need to cross the border.

Vista Materials serves as a convenient option for schools looking for playground chips.

Mike Winters, supervisor of Vista Materials, said they also sell firewood and are keeping track of different trends in customer needs so they can adjust what they have to sell.

“I think it is a great location, great need that is getting covered and it is exciting to be a part of and see it take off,” Winters said. “It will be interesting in another five years to see where it is at as it grows.”

To shop and research more about the services that Vista Materials provides, visit vistamaterialsinc.com.

Also visit Vista Materials at the Whatcom County Home and Garden Show®, April 28-30.

A collection of the mulch and soils (top) that Vista Materials provides. Piles of broken pallets will be recycled and turned into mulch for customers. (Nathan Schumock/ Lynden Tribune)