Lifetime60069 Raised Garden Bed Kit, 4 by 4 Feet, Pack of 3

Super easy assembly...assembled 3 beds in about 15 minutes. Nice, clean look. Supported sides while filling and once filled no bowing of sides. Time will tell, but compared with cedar beds that require ongoing maintenance I think I will be much happier with these in the long run. I strongly suggest watching the assembly video on Amazon.com. It makes the assembly process simple. The only issue I had was with a few of the plugs being too small for the holes they were meant to occlude. I used crazy glue and duct tape to hold them in place while they dried. The plugs are to prevent water/dirt getting inside the walls of the unit and were created during the manufacturing process.

Very easy to assemble lightweight but very strong

Easy to put together and the color is great. Seems to be pretty sturdy.

I purchased two "pack of three" raised beds kits and stacked them to make three tall beds. I didn't have enough connector pieces to put them all together, but I was able to request from the manufacturer the pieces I needed and had them in a few days. I am very pleased with the look and durability of these kits. I look forward to growing for years to come. Here are pictures of my raised bed garden right after putting it together, and three months later full of vegetables.

We ordered six of these and they're AMAZING. Durable, stackable (two squares makes an 18" tall raised bed) and really well made. Per photos, we simply had some high-quality dirt dumped in our driveway ($300) and then ordered a few bags of vermiculite and coco coir here on Amazon ($120); all that got divided evenly and dumped into each garden square, filling them up. I'll admit that doing this project RIGHT is not cheap, but once these beds are filled, you won't have to do it again and guess what you get: (A) nearly-free vegetables for most of Summer and Fall, (B) all the compostable scraps from your kitchen can just be tossed into these and (C) mulched leaves in the Fall can go right on top of these for optional winter protection -- you can dump that stuff onto these like mini-landfills to help Nature out.In our project, five of the gardens went along the sunniest side of our yard and one extra bed went into a shadier section for shade-friendly veggies and/or flowers (our dog made an appearance in that photo!) Once ready to plant, we bought young veggies at Lowes (good prices/variety there) and planted seeds for things like radishes, carrots and beets.Once our 1st Summer kicked into gear, WOW -- we could literally not stop growing things and will have to dial it back next year, haha, planting less veggies. Everything did so well that the gardens were overfilled and we had to compost veggies once Summer ended (that means wasted water and time). These beds can cause a small plant to explode in growth because of the deep soil and quality dirt; you may simply need less plantings because one of our kale plants grew so large, it fed two people for 5 months (July-November).NOTES & TIPS FOR GREAT INSTALLATIONS----------------------------------------------------1) The sides WILL bow out inevitably, especially if you stack it to the full 18" height. We didn't do it during the 1st Summer of use, but we will hammer 4 small copper pipes (which turn a nice green eventually) around the exterior-middle of each side of the square (so 1 pipe hammered into the ground on each side); you can use the same material or something else that's not flexible, like tall pieces of wood or hard plastic stakes. Whatever mix of stuff you put in the gardens, it'll be heavy when wet/frozen, so stop the bowing *** BEFORE *** it happens or you'll never correct it easily.2) Bury the gardens about an 1" into the ground; this will help keep the sides more secure over time and combined with the stakes surrounding each side of the square(s), it'll prevent any chance the plastic pieces could disconnect.3) MAKE SURE YOU LEVEL THE SQUARES, as they connect via vertical slots. This means if a side is vertically crooked, it can get worse and you'll eventually find it falls out of place with no easy means to fix the issue other than redoing the entire square. (UPDATE: Winter freeze/thaw cycles soften the ground even more, so you may have to re-level your square(s) by "lifting" one or more corners and slipping some dirt or wood underneath. This was only an issue with 1 of 6 gardens due to flooding in our yard.)TIP: If you're stacking these, simply line the ground with cardboard since you really don't need to worry if the ground has been dug up a bit and "mixed" into the bottom of your raised garden. At 18" tall, that's MORE than enough room for the most rigorous deep-root-developing plants. Keep life easy and remember, the cardboard will kill the grass/weeds now and naturally decompose later so worms can easily get into your garden(s) and aerate the soil for you.