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GCI Landscape Product Profile
GCI Landscape Products

Non-Woven Fabrics

Ground Cover Industries offers a few different non-woven fabrics for solving ground cover, pond underlayment, filter fabric, and more. The 600 Series Professional Choice and 400 Series Contractor’s Choice by GCI are ideal for residential, commercial, and industrial applications.


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Non-woven fabric is needle-punched into a thick, felt-like sheet for filtration, drainage and protection. Use the 600 Series (6 oz) under rock and as pond underlayment, and the 400 Series (4 oz) behind retaining walls or on cost-conscious jobs.

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You will enjoy working with our GCI Non-Woven Landscape Fabrics with any project!

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600 Series Professional's Choice

600 Series “Professional’s Choice” Heavy Duty Non-Woven Pond Underlayment Fabric by GCI is the perfect landscape/filter fabric and is considered the heavyweight of landscape fabrics at a whopping 6 oz. This is another American made GCI product that performs exceptionally well.

600 Series Professional's Choice is another quality landscape product by Ground Cover Industries (GCI) designed to enhance and improve your landscape.

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400 Series Contractor's Choice

400 Series Contractor’s Choice is Top Quality Landscape/Filter Fabric. At 4 oz. this product shares the same characteristics as our 600 Series (6 oz.), but can be substituted on cost-conscious landscape jobs or used in light to medium duty stabilization and filtration applications (great behind retaining walls). This American Made fabric is constructed of 100% Non Woven polypropylene for long life, and is easy to cut and install with any blade or razor.

400 Series Contractor's Choice is another quality landscape product by Ground Cover Industries (GCI) designed to enhance and improve your landscape.

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Typical values from GCI specification data
ProductWeight / typeStrengthWater flowSizes
600 Series Professional's Choice6 oz/sy160 lbs tensile, 410 lbs puncture110 gpm/sf3'–15' x 250'
400 Series Contractor's Choice4 oz/sy100 lbs tensile, 300 lbs puncture140 gpm/sf3'–12' x 300'

Frequently asked questions

What fabric goes under rock or gravel?

Non-woven fabric. The 600 Series Professional's Choice is GCI's heavyweight for rock and ponds.

Can non-woven fabric be used as pond underlayment?

Yes. The 600 Series is a heavy-duty non-woven pond underlayment and filter fabric.

What fabric goes behind a retaining wall?

The 400 Series Contractor's Choice is great behind retaining walls and for light to medium stabilization and filtration.

You will love working with our GCI landscaping products for all your outdoor projects!

Steven Gambla, President, GCI
Steven Gambla
President/CEO
GCI Landscape Products

Ground Cover Industries Puts Customers First

At Ground Cover Industries, serving our customers is our greatest reward. Our expert staff takes great pride in offering the Best Products, Best Service, and The Best Packaging in the business. It’s all about you and how we can make buying, reselling, and using GCI Landscape products better.


We are excited to have you experience the benefits of using GCI and we thank you for trusting us to be your fabric supplier for over 26 years!


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