Louisiana-grown sod delivered direct across Rapides Parish. From Alexandria to the smallest rural roads, cut fresh per order. Same-week delivery. Contractor pricing on volume.
Rapides Parish covers 1,318 square miles in Central Louisiana, with approximately 130,000 residents and Alexandria as parish seat. The parish economy runs on Fort Johnson economic spillover, healthcare anchored by Rapides Regional and CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini, lumber and forestry, the Red River trade, LSU Alexandria, and the federal courthouse. Alexandria was founded in 1810 as a cotton trade port on the Red River and burned during the Civil War in 1864. Rapides Parish was named for the rapids on the Red River near Alexandria.
Todd Broussard runs statewide delivery for Louisiana Sod Farms. We supply sod to every Rapides Parish address from our family of Louisiana sod farms. Your pallet gets cut the morning it leaves, loaded straight off the cutter, and dropped on your driveway the same day. No middleman markup. No retail garden center sitting time.
Rapides Parish sits in USDA Zone 8b, humid subtropical with hot dry summers and cool winters, with 60 inches of rain a year and frost dates running first fall frost early November, last spring frost late March. Soil across the parish runs Red River alluvial valley silt loam in and around Alexandria, with sandy loam and acidic piney woods soils on the western and southern rural fringes toward Forest Hill and Glenmora. We pick your grass variety around your specific yard and zip code, not a generic chart.
We deliver sod to every city, town, and unincorporated community in Rapides Parish from Alexandria and Pineville on the Red River to the Central Louisiana piney woods. Click your city for delivery details, or call for a quote.
Four varieties cut fresh from our family of Louisiana sod farms. Picked for Rapides Parish soil, climate, and the way folks here use their yards.
Best for the historic oak-shaded Garden District and older streets near Kent Plantation. Raleigh St. Augustine is the cold-tolerant cultivar for Central Louisiana, since Rapides Parish can see harder winter freezes than coastal LA.
View St. AugustineEmpire Zoysia for newer Bringhurst, Cottingham, and Country Club subdivisions in Alexandria. Holds up to traffic, handles drought stretches that hit Central Louisiana harder than the coast.
View ZoysiaBermuda is the dominant Rapides Parish pick. TifTuf for residential drought tolerance, Tifway 419 for sports fields and commercial along MacArthur Drive, Celebration for family yards with kids and traffic.
View BermudaCommon Centipede works for rural acreage out toward Boyce, Lecompte, Forest Hill, and Glenmora where the soil runs more acidic and sandy. Slow grower, low input, fits the Central Louisiana piney woods.
View CentipedeEvery yard across Rapides Parish is a little different. Yards in Alexandria run different from rural Forest Hill or Glenmora, and the soil shifts as you move across the parish. Here is how we match grass to your specific situation. The LSU AgCenter turfgrass guide is a solid second opinion if you want one.
Not sure which one fits? Send us your zip code and a few photos of the yard. We will tell you straight.
Rapides is core Central Louisiana delivery territory. Same-week delivery is standard across the parish. Contractor pricing kicks in at five pallets.
We cover all of Rapides Parish: Alexandria, Pineville, Ball, Tioga, Boyce, Lecompte, Forest Hill, Glenmora, Cheneyville, Deville, Woodworth, Kolin, plus every unincorporated subdivision.
Call (985) 206-8585 or send your zip code, square footage, and grass type through our contact form. Same-day response every business day. Contractor accounts get a dedicated line.
We confirm pricing and a delivery window inside an hour. Most Rapides Parish orders route from Central Louisiana growers in Avoyelles and Rapides parishes for the shortest haul.
Fresh pallets arrive the morning you scheduled. Unwrap and install, or add our installation service at the quote stage.
We cover all of Rapides Parish: Alexandria, Pineville, Ball, Tioga, Boyce, Lecompte, Forest Hill, Glenmora, Cheneyville, Deville, Woodworth, Kolin, Hineston, plus every unincorporated subdivision.
Bermuda dominates Rapides Parish for a reason. The well-draining Red River alluvial soil and full-sun yards across most of Alexandria favor TifTuf Bermuda for residential and Tifway 419 for sports and commercial. St. Augustine works in the older Garden District oak-shaded streets, with Raleigh handling Central Louisiana's cooler winters better than Floratam. Empire Zoysia is the pick for newer subdivisions out toward Bringhurst. Centipede works for rural acreage with the acidic sandy soil pockets common outside Alexandria, especially toward Forest Hill.
Same-week delivery is standard across Rapides Parish when you call by noon. Same-day is possible on early-morning calls when your variety is in season. Routes from the closest Louisiana sod farm growing your variety, not from a warehouse. Central Louisiana sees more pronounced summer drought stretches than coastal LA, so consistent watering through July and August matters more here than in south Louisiana.
Yes. Contractor and builder discount kicks in at five or more pallets per order. NET 30 terms for qualified accounts. Recurring delivery scheduling for ongoing Rapides Parish projects, including new construction in Alexandria and surrounding subdivisions. Worksite drop coordination for tract builders.
Yes. We deliver across all of Rapides Parish, from Alexandria and Pineville along the Red River to Forest Hill, Glenmora, Boyce, and the rural southern parish. Rural pricing matches city pricing inside parish lines.
Population approximately 130,000. Parish seat Alexandria. Formed in 1807. Alexandria was founded in 1810 as a cotton trade port on the Red River and burned during the Civil War in 1864. Rapides Parish was named for the rapids on the Red River near Alexandria.
1,318 square miles. Coordinates 31.1740 N, -92.5318 W. Elevation 60 to 200 feet. Major waterways: Red River, Bayou Boeuf, Bayou Robert, Bayou Rapides, Kisatchie Bayou, Cotile Lake. Major roads: I-49, US-71, US-167, US-165, LA-1, LA-28, LA-3170 (Bringhurst).
Driven by Fort Johnson (formerly Fort Polk) economic spillover, healthcare anchored by Rapides Regional and CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini, lumber and forestry, the Red River trade, LSU Alexandria, federal courthouse. Adjacent parishes: Grant, Natchitoches, Vernon, Allen, Evangeline, Avoyelles, La Salle.
USDA Zone 8b. humid subtropical with hot dry summers and cool winters. 60 inches annual rainfall. Frost dates first fall frost early November, last spring frost late March. Soil: Red River silt loam over piney woods sand.
We supply sod statewide through our family of Louisiana sod farms. Central Louisiana and the surrounding parishes are core delivery territory.
Fresh Louisiana-grown sod, cut fresh and delivered across all of Rapides Parish. Same-week delivery from Alexandria to the smallest rural roads. Contractor pricing on volume.
Hours: Monday through Saturday, 7 AM to 6 PM · Statewide delivery · Contractor pricing on volume