Garick was founded in 1980, and is a leading distributor of natural resource products in the United States and Canada, servicing the landscape, recreation, lawn, garden and construction industries. With over thirty terminals and ports located throughout the United States, Garick has the capability to supply a complete range of products in bags, bales, bulk or barges throughout the world.Garick procures many of its products from a multitude of suppliers within the forest product, agricultural, and mining industries.

Garick is both experienced and knowledgeable in utilizing waterway transportation to move its products into terminals along the inland rivers and inter-coastal waterways. Garick currently moves over 400 barges and 600,000 tons per year via waterway transportation.

Garick's product lines include Paygro™ mulches, soils, Kids Karpet™ playground surfacing, natural stone,decorative stone, hydroseed mulches, grower's mixes and lightweight aggregates. Garick also provides services such as grinding and screening soils, mulches and other organic by-products, as well as consulting for the compost and organic industries.

Garick acquired Paygro, located in South Charleston, Ohio, in September 1998 to expand into the packaged bark and soil industries. Paygro, originally a division of the Mead Paper Company, was initially developed in 1972 to compost cattle manure from the Ohio Feed Lot. Since, Paygro has evolved into a major supplier to the horticultural, lawn, and garden industries with a diverse line of over 50 products. Paygro has a processing operation which bales and bags soil, mulch, and stone products.

Additionally, the Paygro System^tm, an innovative world-class composting system, is a patented process that provides its customers with the best quality composted pine bark, hardwood bark and potting and planting soils available.

Garick's administrative offices are located in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to distributing and packaging various product lines, this facility also houses the administrative and logistical support functions for the entire organization.

Garick and Paygro products are of the highest quality, meeting or exceeding industry standards. Today, Garick along with its Paygro division, stands on a foundation of over 50 years experience and expertise unmatched in their markets and industries.