Sod Cost Calculator

The calculator uses our live wholesale price sheets — the same per-square-foot tiers our office quotes from. It includes the $99 delivery fee, per-pallet handling charge, and the $50 small-order fee that applies to 500–900 sq ft orders — shown pre-tax, with sales tax calculated at checkout based on your delivery address. Final invoice can vary if the job needs installation, soil prep, rush scheduling, or special-equipment delivery (steep grade, ferry, restricted access).

Fresh-cut sod from the farm (Kentucky Bluegrass, KB Mix, Tall Fescue, or RTF), palletization, transport, delivery to your property, per-pallet handling, and the small-order fee where applicable. The number you see is a pre-tax delivered price — no surprises on the invoice. Sales tax is calculated at checkout based on your delivery address. Installation, grading, and soil prep are quoted separately because they're crew-and-site dependent.

The calculator covers delivered sod. Installation is quoted per project because labor cost depends on site access, grade, prep required, and old-lawn removal. For an installation estimate, use the calculator for the delivered material cost, then call (203) 806-4086 with site details — we typically quote installation in the same conversation.

500 sq ft is one pallet, which is the smallest unit a farm cuts and palletizes. Orders below 500 sq ft aren't economically deliverable — the truck, driver, fuel, and farm handling cost the same for a half-pallet as a full pallet, and we'd be selling the customer something they'd be unhappy paying for. For patch jobs under 500 sq ft, most homeowners are better served by a local landscape supply yard.

Small orders (1–2 pallets) are the least efficient for a delivery truck. The $50 small-order fee covers the cost of dispatching the truck and driver for a load that doesn't fill the bed. Orders 1,200 sq ft and up don't carry the surcharge — at that size the truck is running near capacity.

Tall Fescue carries a +$0.10/sq ft premium over Kentucky Bluegrass across all tiers because it's a slower-growing, harder-to-harvest variety — the deeper root system that makes it drought- and traffic-tolerant also makes it more labor-intensive to lift, palletize, and replant. RTF (Rhizomatous Tall Fescue) is priced higher again — roughly +$0.30/sq ft over standard Tall Fescue and +$0.40/sq ft over Kentucky Bluegrass — because the rhizomatous self-repairing varieties are a smaller share of the farm's acreage and the most labor-intensive cut. The calculator above applies the correct rate automatically for each variety and tier.

For any lawn that isn't a perfect rectangle, yes. Curves, garden bed edges, walkway transitions, and tree wells all create offcuts that can't be reused elsewhere. Ordering exactly to measured area almost always leaves the install short by a piece or two — and the farm doesn't deliver a single extra roll on a separate trip. The 5% buffer is the difference between a finished lawn and a finished lawn with bare patches.

All of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York (including Westchester, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley), New Jersey, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. Long Island and the Hamptons use a separate pricing model with a +$0.30/sq ft surcharge and 1,200 sq ft minimum — see the Long Island sod calculator. Standard footprint pricing on this page applies everywhere else.

Standard turnaround is 2–7 days from order to delivery. Sod is cut fresh from the farm for each order — we don't stock palletized inventory because sod has a 24–48 hour shelf life off the soil. If you have a deadline (closing date, party, contractor schedule), call ahead and we'll confirm the delivery window before you commit.

Measure the area in square feet by multiplying length × width for each section, then add the sections together. For irregular shapes, break the area into squares and triangles, measure each separately, and add the totals. Add 5-10% extra for waste during installation, particularly for lawns with curves, beds, or obstacles. Our sod is delivered on pallets covering 500-600 square feet each, so divide your total square footage by 500 to estimate the number of pallets needed at the standard pallet size. Call (203) 806-4086 if you'd like help calculating your project — we can walk through the measurements with you and estimate pallet count accurately.