Autumn Gold
Category: Decorative Stone
Screened Varieties
Common Applications
Product Description
A Classic Arizona Landscape Stone
Autumn Gold is one of the most universally usable decorative rocks in the Valley. The color runs through warm tans, soft golds, and light browns, with occasional gray and cream stones scattered through the load for natural variation. The overall read is sun-toned and grounded, which is exactly why it’s been a go-to choice for residential front yards, desert landscaping, and commercial properties across Phoenix for decades.
The angular crushed shape comes from quarried, screened stone, giving it the stable footing and clean ground texture you want for ground cover, beds, and pathway use. It pairs cleanly with native plants, flagstone, weathered wood, brick, and pretty much any Southwest architecture from territorial to modern.
Sizes & Bulk Options
- 1/2″ Screened: the finer grade. Better for pathway tops, dog runs, decomposed-style fill, and tighter detail around plantings.
- 1″ Screened: the all-purpose landscape grade. The most-requested size for ground cover, beds, tree wells, and standard landscape applications.
Sold by the ton, half ton, and full truckload. Coverage averages roughly 80 sq ft per ton at 2″ depth for the 1″ grade, slightly more for the 1/2″.
Why Autumn Gold Is a Phoenix Favorite
- Blends with native desert: the warm tan palette ties directly into Arizona’s natural landscape and works with any plant palette, from cactus to citrus.
- UV-stable color: the gold-tan tones come from the stone itself and don’t fade under desert sun.
- Architecturally neutral: works with stucco, brick, flagstone, brown trim, and gray-toned pavers without competing.
- Angular and stable: the screened crushed shape compacts cleanly and holds through monsoon runoff.
- Wide-use ground cover: a safe call for whole-yard installs where you want consistency front to back.
Why ABC Sand & Rock
We’ve supplied decorative aggregates to Valley homeowners, designers, and landscape contractors for years. Every load of Autumn Gold is screened to consistent grade and inventoried by size, so what you order is what arrives. Delivery only across the Phoenix metro, with same-week scheduling typical and contractor accounts welcome. Working a phased project? Call the yard and we’ll coordinate loads to match install timing.