1)  Create an even grade over the entire area that is to be landscaped
     with Soft Rock. As you grade away from your house or existing structure,
     the grade should fall one inch per ten feet to insure proper drainage.

2)  Install a cloth landscaping fabric (not plastic). Cut appropriate
     openings in the fabric for trees, shrubs, plants and flowers.

3)  An important step: Using landscape tape, staples or liquid nails,
     attach the cloth fabric to the edging, whether it is vinyl, plastic or a solid
     edging such as bricks, concrete or steel. This will prevent the fabric from
     pulling away as a result of frost and ground expansion and eliminate
     the air pockets that encourage weed growth between the edging
     and the landscape mulch.

4)  Install the Soft Rock. If you intend on "building up" the grade
     around trees, shrubs or plants, do so with soil, then cover with the
     fabric. This will prevent a needless waste of the rubber mulch and
     cut down your cost significantly.

5)  For best results, it is important that the Soft Rock be installed
     at a consistant two-inch depth over the entire area covered with fabric -
     not one inch in some areas and three or four inches or more in others.

6)  Your work is done! Be prepared for the neighbors to get very
     jealous and ask you where you got those amazing rubber rocks.

  Installation Instructions for Safe Rock Playground Mulch 

We are confident that you have selected the finest and safest playground
surfacing on the market today. The government-tested "fall height" is the
best in the industry and the fact that our product is manufactured from
non-tire recyclable rubber guarantees a 100 percent wire-free playground.
Installation is as easy as the abc's!

1)  Insure that your playground is leveled and graded evenly.

2)  Install your playground set and the border edging in the configuration desired.

3)  Install cloth landscaping fabric. Using landscape tape, staples or
     liquid nails, attach the fabric to the edging. This will prevent the fabric
     from "pulling away" as a result of frost and ground expansion and
     eliminate ther air pockets that encourage weed growth between the edging
     and the rubber mulch.

4)  Install the Safe Rock. For safety purposes, at least a four-inch depth is
     recommended. It is important that the mulch be installed in a uniform and
     consistent manner - not a two-inch depth in some areas and a six-inch depth in others.

5)  Let the fun begin!