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GCI Landscape Product Profile
GCI Landscape Products

Shade Cloth

Ground Cover Industries offers a few different shade cloth products that will bring lasting results for your outdoor project. The Woven Shade Cloth, and the Knitted Shade Cloth by GCI provide needed sunblock with any growing you have. These products work as intended but with many other uses, too.


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Choose woven shade cloth when you need a specific shade percentage for a greenhouse, sewn to size with taped edges and grommets. Choose knitted shade cloth for extra durability: it is knitted from UV-protected fibers and does not unravel.

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You will love working with our GCI landscaping products for all your outdoor projects!

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Woven Shade Cloth

Woven Shade Cloth by GCI is ideally used with greenhouses where 30%, 55%, 63%, 73%, 80%, or 95% shade is desired for your growing. Sewn to size with reinforcement tape and grommets. GCI puts over 26 years of operations into everything we do today, including our shade cloth. Contact us for any and all size needs and or other requests.

Woven Shade Cloth are another quality landscape product by Ground Cover Industries (GCI) designed to enhance and improve your landscape.

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Knitted Shade Cloth

Knitted Shade Cloth by GCI is more durable from the way of manufacturing. It’s also great for greenhouse growers and contractors alike. Knitted shade cloth is made from knitted pvc-uv protection fibers so it does not unravel like woven shade cloth is known to do. This makes it great for dozens of uses and residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Contact us for any and all size needs and or other requests.

Knitted Shade Cloth are another quality landscape product by Ground Cover Industries (GCI) designed to enhance and improve your landscape.

Compare Shade Cloth

Typical values from GCI specification data
ProductWeight / typeStrengthWater flowSizes
Woven Shade Cloth1.7–4.3 oz/yd30%–95% shade700+ cfm airSewn to size
Knitted Shade Cloth1.34–4.56 oz/sy30%–90%, 5 colors—Custom sizes

Frequently asked questions

What shade cloth percentage should I use?

It depends on the crop and climate. GCI woven shade cloth comes in 30% to 95% shade; call a product expert for advice.

Does knitted shade cloth unravel?

No. Knitted shade cloth is made from knitted UV-protected fibers and does not unravel like woven cloth.

Can shade cloth be made to my size?

Yes. GCI shade cloth is sewn to size; contact us for any size need.

You will love working with our GCI landscaping products for all your outdoor projects!

Steven Gambla, President, GCI
Steven Gambla
President/CEO
GCI Landscape Products

Ground Cover Industries Puts Customers First

At Ground Cover Industries, serving our customers is our greatest reward. Our expert staff takes great pride in offering the Best Products, Best Service, and The Best Packaging in the business. It’s all about you and how we can make buying, reselling, and using GCI Landscape products better.


We are excited to have you experience the benefits of using GCI and we thank you for trusting us to be your fabric supplier for over 26 years!


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