Returning Goodness Back To The Earth.
Return 2 Earth is proudly owned and operated by Atawhai Trust, a New Plymouth charitable trust dedicated to creating meaningful employment, training and life opportunities for people with disabilities.
Every purchase you make helps support local people while contributing to a more sustainable future through recycling organic materials into quality compost, mulch and landscaping products.
When you buy from Return 2 Earth, you're not only improving your soil you are investing back into your community.
We support local business, working with one another for one another.
Premium Compost
Healthy soil is the foundation of healthy growth. Whether you're a home gardener, landscaper, contractor or commercial grower, our premium compost improves soil naturally by increasing organic matter, retaining moisture and supporting long-term soil health.
Benefits of Premium Compost
Improves soil structure
Increases water retention
Adds organic matter and carbon
Supports beneficial soil biology
Encourages healthy root growth
Reduces nutrient leaching
Ideal for gardens, landscaping and commercial projects
Healthy soil starts with quality compost.
Garden
Mulch
Whether you're refreshing a home garden or completing a commercial landscaping project, our quality garden mulch helps retain moisture, suppress weeds and create a tidy, professional finish.
We offer two grades to suit different applications and budgets.
Standard Garden Mulch
Ideal for larger gardens, lifestyle blocks and general landscaping.
Premium Garden Mulch
A finer, more consistent mulch for decorative garden beds and feature planting.
Benefits of Garden Mulch
Retains soil moisture
Suppresses weed growth
Protects plant roots
Reduces garden maintenance
Creates a neat, professional finish
Ideal for gardens and landscaping projects
Quality mulch protects your plants and keeps landscapes looking their best.
Firewood
Stay warm with quality, locally sourced firewood from Return 2 Earth. Our firewood is sustainably repurposed from arborist tree work, giving quality timber a second life while reducing waste.
Every load is carefully cut, split and stacked on-site by our team, creating meaningful employment and skill development opportunities through Atawhai Trust.
Benefits of Our Firewood
Sustainably sourced from local arborist work
Quality mixed hardwood and softwood species
Cut, split and stacked on-site
Supports meaningful employment opportunities
Locally supplied throughout Taranaki
Warm your home while supporting your community and the environment.
Kindling
Get your fire started quickly with quality, untreated kindling made from repurposed timber sourced from local industrial processing and builders' offcuts. Every piece is cut and boxed on-site by our team, giving clean timber a second life instead of going to waste.
Benefits of Our Kindling
Made from clean, untreated timber
Easy to light and quick burning
Conveniently boxed and ready to use
Repurposes quality timber that would otherwise be discarded
Supports meaningful employment through Atawhai Trust
A simple way to light your fire while supporting a more sustainable and inclusive community.
Healthy soil is the key to healthy plants. Quality compost improves your soil naturally, creating the ideal environment for vegetables, fruit trees, gardens, pasture and crops to thrive.
Unlike synthetic fertilisers, compost works by building the soil itself. It improves soil structure, increases moisture retention, adds valuable organic matter and carbon, and supports the beneficial microorganisms that are essential for long-term soil health.
Benefits of Quality Compost
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Improves soil structure
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Increases water retention
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Adds organic matter and carbon
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Supports beneficial soil biology
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Encourages healthy root growth
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Reduces nutrient leaching
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Builds healthier soils for lasting results
At Return 2 Earth, we believe healthy soil creates healthier plants, stronger landscapes and more productive land.
Healthy soil starts with quality compost.
A quality layer of mulch is one of the easiest ways to keep your garden healthy and looking its best. Mulch helps retain soil moisture, suppress weeds, regulate soil temperature and create a tidy, finished appearance around your plants.
We offer two grades of garden mulch to suit different projects and budgets.
Standard Garden Mulch
Ideal for larger gardens, lifestyle blocks and general landscaping.
Premium Garden Mulch
A finer, more consistent mulch that provides a clean, decorative finish for garden beds and feature planting.
Benefits of Garden Mulch
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Helps retain soil moisture
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Suppresses weed growth
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Protects plant roots from temperature extremes
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Reduces garden maintenance
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Creates a neat, professional finish
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Suitable for gardens, trees and landscaping projects
The right mulch not only looks great—it helps your garden thrive.
Frequently asked questions
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Location
80 Egmont Rd, Waiwhakaiho
New Plymouth
(Mountain side of railway over bridge, sign posted)
Contact
Phone: (06) 758 0397
Email: admin@atawhai.co.nz