Vego garden Raised Garden Bed Kits, 17" Tall 6 in 1 Modular Metal Raised Planter Bed for Vegetables Flowers Patio Ground Planter Box-Olive Green

I love this Vergo raised garden bed! I needed to expand my garden space and didn’t want to use wood again, since it starts to wear down after a few years. This bed is very sturdy, durable, and easy to assemble. The soft sage green color is beautiful and blends perfectly into my garden. It’s a great addition to my yard and I’ll definitely be ordering more. Highly recommend!

This was honestly pricier than I'd wanted to go for a raised bed, but I was also hoping for one that wouldn't start rotting apart in a few seasons, and this looks like it'll do the job well, as it's unblemished after a solid year and a New England winter. I like the clever design, where it can be sized in various ways just by assembling the panels in different configurations, but bear in mind, you'll want to plan that out before you actually load it up with soil and start planting. The sections are held together with stainless steel bolts... a lot of bolts. This makes assembly easy, but fairly time consuming, so bear that in mind. Given how sturdy it is, it's surprisingly lightweight and easy to move around once assembled. I do strongly recommend only installing the rim guard after you finish filling it with soil, however. Honestly, given how well it's holding up, once I clear some trees out of my front yard and get some more sunlight, I can definitely see getting a second one to expand my garden space. It may not be as classical looking as a wood frame bed, but it should hold up a lot better over time if you value function over form.

I love the 17" height. I thought 17 inches wouldn't be enough to make a difference, but it is! If you need to sit on a stool or even an old kitchen chair, it's the perfect height for gardening! We notice that we have very few weeds with a raised bed! That's a bonus. Just for added info: It takes 12-13 1.5 cu ft bags of potting soil to fill one raised . We found out that the home and garden big box stores will deliver that to you for a fee. In our case, the fee was $35.00 and that was well worth it to deliver and carry to our back yard! The Vego is a very well made raised bed. It is attractive in the yard, and easy to put together. It would be good to have a 2nd person to hold the panels together while you attach and tighten the bolts. We put unfolded cardboard boxes in the bottom of the bed to help keep the grass from growing up through the bed, and to make a fairly solid bottom for the fresh new soil. I would suggest using 2 or 3 thicknesses of the cardboard, even 4 would be great. Over time, the cardboard will disintegrate and be just fine!

I started with 3 raised beds this spring as an “experiment”. One for ever-bearing strawberries, two for tomatoes and herbs. Loved them SO MUCH we have added 4 more this fall and have them planted with garlic & shallots, snow peas with lettuces & spinach, beets, broccoli is currently growing under the still producing tomatoes, turnips & carrots, and my last addition is for the asparagus corms that should arrive any day now. I will be adding more beds come spring, a 4x6 for sweet potatoes and an “L” corner one for flowers to attract pollinators. My husband and I are in our mid 60’s and this has made gardening so much easier. There’s little bending, very few weeds to pull, they put together easily. Seriously, the hardest part of gardening now was the initial job of filling them. The soil does dry faster in them during summer so be prepared to water, adding peat or coco coir to your soil mix helps immensely.

I have tried various other methods to have raised garden beds, mostly wood-based, but no matter what material I used (treated as well as cedar) they all eventually rot and need replacing. Now that I am in to my 70s, having to bend down, let alone get on my knees, to garden was no longer an option (I didn't like getting on my knees when I was a kid!). So I bought their tallest 3.5x3.5 model and I love it. Just the right height for me (6'3" - I have shrunk an inch as I aged). The panels come covered in a type of plastic sheeting to protect the outside of the panels. But, boy, is that plastic hard to remove. It isn't as easy as the plastic film you find covering plastic or glass surfaces to protect them from scratching that just lifts right off. Nope, this stuff has to be slowly peeled away from the panel. After getting it started on one edge, I eventually found the best way is to use both thumbs and push the plastic away from you, sort of rolling the plastic up as you go. The first panel took me about 20 minutes to remove the sheet (remember, the kit I bought has the tallest panels), gradually figuring out which was the best way to do it, but once I got that panel done, each succeeding panel took me less and less time and the last panel (there were 8), I had the process down to less than 5 minutes. Yes, putting the panels together, especially on this tall model, really does require two people. I managed to get it done by myself, but what a chore it was. Also, I started putting it together inside, attaching a straight panel to a curved panel (I created a square bed), I decided I'd better check the width of my exterior doors. Good thing, too, since my doors were an inch smaller than the narrowest dimension of the completed bed. So I finished the build outside on my deck and then carried the completed bed to where I wanted it. I used the carton the kit came in as a base, setting the bed on top of the unfolded box. The cardboard box was slightly larger than the 3.5x3.5 bed and after getting some compost inside the bed to keep it from moving, I used a utility knife to trim off the cardboard that stuck out from beneath the bed. It took over two dozen bags of compost, some were larger than others as I used different brands (I will warn you that Miracle Grow brand compost has a lot of sticks and stones and just doesn't seem as well composted as the other brands I used). That almost filled it, to about 6 inches from the top of the bed, but it has since settled and next year I will need to add several more bags of compost. Overall, I am very pleased with the bed itself. I found it very sturdy, it looks nice (love the dark green color I chose), and there have been no problems. There was no "blow-out" or panels bowing due to the weight of so much soil such as one comment noted. The 3.5x3.5 square seems really solid and sturdy; possibly creating other sizes with longer sides is what creates that problem.

Once Amazon delivered the correct product (a random item showed up the first time) I was so excited to put it together. I did it myself, not a super handy or strong person. It takes a while, but it’s not difficult or confusing work . It’s just a lot of nuts and bolts so that can be a little tedious, but the actual putting together is very easy and the components are lighter weight than I anticipated. I put it together about 3/4 of the way on a rug inside and then brought it outside to do corners and black protective top in place. Tips- make sure you’re placing on a level area. Just take the time to level the area for the bed itself. Your entire garden doesn’t have to be level necessarily , but each bed placement should be level.Make sure to get film off the front and back of each piece. Look online for ideas to do hugelculture/ layering techniques for the fill, you absolutely don’t have to do nor should you do expensive raised bed soil for the entire thing. It’s been outside for a few days, tomatoes happily tucked in. Interested to see what a few seasons will look like with it.

I really like the look of this raised bed. The color is perfect. I’ve had it for 2 years now and figured I would give my review. It’s held up well except on the edge. The trim piece looks like it separated and it’s starting to rust around that spot. Thankfully it’s just in one spot. This was the first year I noticed this. I actually still recommend it though and will probably buy another one but a different size. Beside that one issue, everywhere else it has held up well.

I love my elevated gardens! I have used these beds for 2 years. They still look great. They are sturdy. The weedeater doesnt mar them. They function well, do not overheat. The value is there, I have purchased 4. I have assembeled each easily. I suggest the larger depth units for anyone with reduced range of motion.

Wonderful and beautiful planter