Best Choice Products 4x2x2ft Outdoor Metal Raised Garden Bed, Deep Root Planter Box for Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs, and Succulents w/ 119 Gallon Capacity - Taupe

These are extremely well-made raised planters! Nice heavy duty steel, re-enforcement braces top and bottom in four locations. The powder coated paint will last for many, many years. When assembled, they are very sturdy! It took me about three hours to put each one together. I will not lie to you, it is very tedious work with a lot of bending, kneeling, and crouching to get the unit assembled with 112 bolts and wing nuts each. The actual assembly itself is very simple and straight forward. My wife and I are in our 60's and we needed an option that brings the plants higher up so we do not have to do so much bending and kneeling. These planters will do that for us and as you can see... they are absolutely beautiful! As hard as this was (for me) to do, We are going to order another one in a different size for another area we plant vegetables. The only concern I have with these are the four corners where they attach to end and first side panel on each side. There are gaps where every line of corrugation occurs. Since these gaps are on the inside as well, it is possible that the potting soil could wash out of them when there are heavy rains. I will need to figure out a way to seal these corners, but other than that, no other concerns and I highly recommend these.

These raised beds were easy but time-consuming to assemble. I was OK with that, because they need to hold a lot of soil/weight, and the many bolts help hold them together. The color was nice, too. I already have plants growing in them and they look very neat and respectable. Be mindful of the corner pieces, as it's easy to attach them the wrong way. Otherwise, the hardest part of setting these up is filling them. It's a lot of space to fill. I watched some YouTubes on various ways to fill raised beds, and opted for a sand layer near the bottom for drainage, and a mulch layer below the top soil. I mixed coco coir (available on Amazon) in with top soil just under the very top layer to retain some moisture between waterings. You can do your own research and look at products you might want to try. I also bought some fertilizer, as raised beds need that occasionally. Amazon has many varieties. NOTE: The trellis and stakes seen here are sold separately. The wooden stakes can be found a lot of places, and the "trellis" is an arched cow panel (idea from YouTube). I didn't buy either from Amazon, but Amazon has some very nice options for all of these things.

A full season no rust and still looks good. Definitely will buy again for the expansion

Excellent for the price. Very easy to assemble! Box was heavy but manageable (I can lift 50 lbs). We assembled it in the garage and then carried it and place it in the garden spot. Two adults needed to move it because it’s large and wobbly, not heavy. Beige color is a bit more yellow than I expected, but meets my aesthetic needs. Followed an online video of how to layer. Used firewood, cardboard, and branches for the bottom. Then about 38 cu ft of garden soil. Glad to have found some 1 cu ft bags on sale for $4 at the local Ace and mixed in about 12 cu ft of a higher cost soul. I squeezed a lot of plants in and hope it’s enough room for them. 5 varieties of tomatoes 4 varieties of small peppers 2 chives 2 fennel 2 basil 1 parsley 1 scalloped squash About 6 onion bulbs scattered along the edges

Quality product and holds potting/top spoil mixture very well. The only downsides are: (1) the 100+ screws that need to be fitted to assemble the unit, and this takes a bit of time and patience, (2) the cross-bracing members can interfere with your layout for planting in the planter, and (3) the rubber grommet strips for the top edge of the planter do not fit very well (when all the dust is settled, literally, I'm going to use some silicone to make them stick to the planter's edge better.) Looking to buy some more from this company, but would be good if they had some different options for the width and depth of the planter. I'd highly recommend. These are sturdy units and should hold up.