Greenes Fence Premium Cedar Raised Garden Bed, 2' x 8' x 16.5" - Made in USA with North American Cedar

We ordered 6 of these cedar boxes and they are excellent. Super easy to assemble. Initially, I was planning on buying cedar and making the boxes myself, but these are excellent quality and are more cost efficient. They look really nice in the yard!

These are made of beautiful cedar and held up great over the winter. We just purchased two more. Very easy to set up. We used a mixture of organic cow manure and compost along with organic vegetable soil. Everything grows great in them.

Easy to assemble and sturdy with good quality wood. However, nearly all of the boards and end posts are quite roughly finished, unlike similar boxes from other companies that I have purchased and some of the boards had knot holes where soil could leak out and unlevel edges, so not all the boards fit together tightly. Also the end caps for the posts do not have predrilled screw holes like other similar products.

We bought this to plant some rose bushes along the fence while simultaneously blocking the neighbor's dog from coming through a hole in the fence. That's what I call a win-win. They were easy to assemble and took quite a bit of dirt to fill. I just went around the neighborhood to all of the construction sites and collected buckets of dirt for free. Plants like dirt whether it's free or you spent a couple hundred bucks...free it is.

After having deer destroy raised bed gardens outside my fence, I have been using multiple pots and planters on my pool deck. My husband hated the "clutter" (I had a lot!) and we had a space along the back side of our fence that receives perfect light. These boxes were the perfect size and I love that I achieved a seamless look by connecting two units together. Very customizable. Happy that they are cedar. I bought one to test it out, unboxed it and then it rained. I was worried that the wood expansion would make it impossible to assemble but it was not an issue for me at all. Very easy to assemble. Realize that this is unsanded wood and will not be perfect. There were some knots and a few holes, and one of the boxes didn't really line up perfectly but in the grand scheme of things I am very pleased (and so is my hubby). The only tools I needed were a mallet (which if you don't have just use something like a hammer wrapped in a towel to help you get the slats in). I used a drill to pre-drill holes for the square topper caps. Not a big deal at all! You could probably glue them but keep in mind that if you add on to your unit, the cap will have to be removed to add on. Greenes Fence website has additional boards and parts should you ever need replacements. All in all, very happy with this purchase!

I've made multiple purchases of thse raised beds over the past three years. They're well made, sturdy and easy to assemble. The cedar weathers to a beautiful silver-gray color over time. Shipping is fast. They're an excellent value.

As a beginner gardener it was not hard to put together.

arrived promptly. i was taken aback at first when i saw you had to put everything together, each slat, rib, cover plate etc. In the end it wasnt too much of a bother to put together though you had to be super careful to slide the slats in evenly or the dovetail ends would catch and the slat would freeze in place. dont force them in, just back it out and try again, if its positioned right the slats slide in ok. you will get splinters from the wood. might want a pair of gloves while putting together. the wood is a bit disappointing, its more like balsa wood, very light, doesnt look treated which is a good thing for veggies but i doubt this will last too long and rot. we will see. that said its gorgeous. looks very nice indeed. you will need to put down weed control mesh under it and we went extra and put some more inside to prevent the dirt from leaking out. I put in 8 (2cu yd bags) of potting soil in it and there is still 8 inches of room at the top to be filled. seems sturdy, time will tell.