Patent ID: 8522476

Claim:
A weed suppression system for a planting bed having soil, the system comprising: a. a bag comprising: i. a front panel formed from a sheet of weed suppression material and having a front panel area; ii. a back panel formed from a sheet of weed suppression material and having a back panel area, wherein the front panel and the back panel are joined only at their end edges and their side edges to form a completely enclosed bag, wherein at least one end edge or one side edge constitutes a fold line, and wherein the bag has a bag area comprising the front panel area and the back panel area; and iii. indicia along which the bag is opened so that the bag unfolds along the fold line into a single flat sheet of weed suppression material including the entire bag area; and b. a ground cover having a color contained within the bag, wherein the ground cover is selected from the group comprising mulch, rock material, composted soil, and ground synthetic particles.