**Overview** Carondelet Mulch Heaps is the production facility behind the City of St. Louis Division of Forestry's free compost and wood-chip program. The Carondelet Park site generates the material that then rotates out to satellite drop sites across the city on a weekly schedule. **What makes Carondelet Mulch Heaps special?** The site is the only one in the city program that operates behind a staffed gate with posted hours — material at the satellite drop points elsewhere in the city is unstaffed pickup. - Organic materials are free to St. Louis city residents, with no retail purchase required. - The compost is generated on-site from shredded and decayed leaves, and the wood chips come from urban tree and limb removal cycled through the Forestry division's chippers. - The Carondelet site is gated with posted hours — a different pickup model than the open-access satellite drop heaps elsewhere in the city. **What fellow gardeners are saying** - Visitors note that timing matters — arriving inside posted hours is essential, and material can run thin when demand outpaces supply. - Self-serve pickup is the standard expectation, with regulars arriving prepared with tools and containers.
| Offers Bulk Material Pickup: | Yes |
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