MCM Intensive Lightweight Green Roof Substrate is a lightweight, low-porosity soil blend made from sand, compost, and aggregate, designed for intensive and semi-intensive green roofs, podium landscapes, and container planting. Supplied in bags or bulk, it supports healthy, well-drained plant growth while reducing roof load weight.

  • Lightweight, easy-draining substrate for green roofs and landscaping

  • Low porosity and higher organic matter for healthy plant establishment

  • Consistent blend of sand, compost, and aggregate

  • Reduces structural load on roofs

  • Suitable for use in SuDs layers, swales, and rain gardens

  • Supplied in bags or bulk for flexible delivery

  • Fully certified for quality and performance

Applications

  • Intensive and semi-intensive green roofs

  • Podium landscapes

  • Pots and containers

  • SuDs layers

  • Swales and rain gardens

  • Flood alleviation schemes

Materials

Sand, compost, aggregate

Accreditations

Fully certified

Delivery

  • Standard minimum order: 10 tonnes or 5 multi-lift bags

  • Full loads and bulk bags of topsoil and aggregates

  • Via tipper, grab lorries or articulated lorries