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Salt & Pepper Pebble A natural mix of pale and dark stone speckled together, Salt & Pepper Pebble looks exactly like its name. The neutral palette reads as understated and sits comfortably alongside almost any other material, which is why it’s a quiet workhorse in memorial and decorative landscaping. No loud statement, no fashionable colour. Just a dependable, weathered-looking finish that sits well in any setting and doesn’t date. Where Salt & Pepper Pebbles Works The neutral mix of black, grey and pale tones makes this pebble a natural fit across memorial and landscape work: Memorial gardens and grave dressing — used as a full blanket cover, kerb set, or contrast band. The neutral colour palette pairs handsomely with most granite headstones. Decorative borders and feature areas in residential and commercial garden design. Driveway edging and pathway dressing as a finishing layer at decorative depth. Top dressing for planters and pots — particularly effective around mixed plantings where you want the foliage to be the focus. Mixed-aggregate displays blended with brighter coloured chippings for a more contained, grounded palette. Sizes, packaging and how much to order Salt & Pepper Pebble is supplied by the bag, ready for memorial or landscape use. The page below pulls together the standard coverage guidance — for both decorative depth (50 mm) and heavier-duty depth (100 mm) — alongside the wider Midland Stone reference figures for dry dashing, limestone sand and wet dash. Material / use case Coverage at decorative depth (50 mm) 1 × 25 kg bag of pebble / chipping ~0.25 m² 4 × 25 kg bags ~1 m² 1 tonne (bulk bag) ~12 m² Average single Irish grave (full cover) ~6 × 25 kg bags For driveway or heavy-duty applications, work to a 100 mm depth instead — coverage approximately halves at that depth. Wider reference: dry dash, limestone sand and wet dash If your project includes external rendering or dashing, these figures are useful to keep nearby: Dry dashing: 1 × 50 kg bag covers 4 m²; 1 × 25 kg bag covers 2 m². Limestone sand: 1 × 25 kg bag covers 1.25 m². White cement: 1 × 25 kg bag covers 25 m². Mixed at a 4:1 ratio with limestone sand for the dry-dash base coat. Wet dash: 1 tonne covers ~40 m². How to work out exact quantities Use the Online Calculator on the product page to convert your project dimensions into bag count. Enter the area’s length, width and depth (in either feet or metres, with depth in mm or inches) and the calculator returns total area, volume, weight and number of bags required. If your dimensions are in feet, the conversion to square metres is m² = ft² / 10.764. If you’d rather speak to someone, call our team or use live chat — we’re happy to talk through the right product, the right depth and the right bag count for your project. FAQs How many bags of Salt & Pepper Pebble do I need for a single Irish grave? For a full blanket cover on an average single Irish grave, allow approximately six 25 kg bags. Use the Online Calculator on the product page for an exact figure based on the grave’s dimensions, or order a sample bag first to confirm the colour against the headstone. What’s the difference between 50 mm and 100 mm coverage figures? 50 mm is the standard decorative depth for memorial and ornamental use — at that depth, a 25 kg bag covers approximately 0.25 m². For driveways and heavier-duty surfaces, work to 100 mm depth, which roughly halves the coverage per bag. How do I convert square feet to square metres? Use the formula m² = ft² ÷ 10.764. The Online Calculator handles the conversion automatically when you enter dimensions in feet — useful if you’ve measured an area in imperial units. Need a hand sizing your order? Call our team or use live chat. We’ve been advising landscapers, masons and homeowners across Ireland for over twenty years and we’re happy to talk you through quantities, depths and pairing options for your project.