Kesfitt Raised Garden Bed, Metal Galvanized Steel Oval Garden Bed 8x2x1.5 ft with 18-Inch Deep Open-Bottom Design for Outdoor Vegetable Gardening, Pearl White

I am very impressed with these raised beds!! After looking at many reviews of different options and brands on Amazon, I’m so glad I went with these. The quality of these are fantastic, they seem on par with metal roofing and are durable, rigid, and slick. The height is perfect, I love the green color, and the rubber topper is a wonderful addition for safety and functionality. The size is great, and the instructions show several different configurations if you wanted to do something unique—I personally really like the 8 foot by 2 foot footprint for my U shape configuration. It took about an hour per one to build, and i love almost everything about them. The only each annoying part was all the plastic to take off each panel when anssembling, and the many bolts to assemble.. but overall it really wasn’t that bad at all. Just be patient and do the work. Overall, I’m very impressed with these, and look forward to using them for a long time, and depending on my needs, I will most definitely be ordering more. Highly recommend to anyone looking for good quality, aesthetically beautiful, and rigid beds.

I'm very pleased so far with this purchase. Assembly was only challenging because of the number of screws, washers, bolts and the amount of leaning over etc. But the instructions were clear and easy. I haven't taken them outside yet, or filled them with dirt. But I'm hoping for longevity and sturdiness of the beds. I also love the green color. Looks great.

For a few years I've just had some big pots to grow a few tomato plants in (Our soil is no good for growing directly in) but this year I wanted to try something a little bigger to actually grow enough to make some meals out of. With this raised bed I was able to fit six big plants along with some marigolds! The assembly was a bit of a project since there are so many panels and bolts, so I was glad that I had my husband to help me tighten them all. We built it indoors before carrying it outside, so hopefully the photo of it in the kitchen helps show the size of the thing! Once built it is nice and sturdy, and I can see it lasting for years. There is no bottom to it, but after it is in place and filled it is definitely not shifting or spilling anything. The white finish looks great in the yard and has held up fine so far even going around it with the weedeater. It took quite a lot of material to fill, we started by layering cardboard on the bottom, then some small logs and wood from trimming the trees, then a few bags of leaf mulch raked from the front yard. That way we didn't have to fill the entire thing with soil- even filled 3/4ths of the way with that other stuff it still took like eight bags of soil from the store. After a month or two it compressed down a couple inches and I topped it off with another bag. Overall it has been a fantastic addition, and it was a way better value than buying more individual pots would be! I like that with the size I can have both vegetables and some flowers as well, and my plants have been loving the extra room to grow! The okra is now up to the top of the fence line and doing way better than the other one I have in a pot. The height is perfect for harvesting as well, so I think I might end up getting another one set up next year to not have to crouch down to pick peppers anymore!

These are great, easy to put together. The plastic came off well. Great size and they look nice. Arrived quickly.

Good quality. Sturdy once assembled. Assembly is much easier with a helper.

Love this! The plastic was not hard to remove. It took about 15 minutes to remove it from all 14 panels. It came off in one piece. The garden bed is fairly easy to assemble, just tedious. Overall from unboxing to it being filled with dirt & plants, I think it took 5 hours, BUT it was high 80’s with 68% humidity, so I took a few 5-10 minute breaks in the air conditioning. After it was assembled , I was able to move it by myself to the spot I prepared on the side of my deck. I used my electric tiller to level the spot before starting assembly - definitely the easiest part! I filled to it to about halfway with cardboard, then yard waste from trimming bushes & trees last year. I topped that with six 1 cu ft bags of organic mushroom compost and six 1.5 cu ft bags of organic raised garden soil. The raised garden bed holds quite a few plants - I planted 2 tomato plants, 2 different kinds of peppers, Japanese cucumber, 2 basil plants, dill, thyme, flat & curly parsley and romaine lettuce. I’m thrilled to have this in place because it helps eliminate all of the pots on my deck that I used for my container garden. Now, I’ll only have rosemary and chives in deck containers. The metal is quality, not thin and flimsy. I can’t wait to see how well these veggies & herbs grow. This is such an upgrade from the wood raised garden. There’s no comparison.

Great investment for your garden. These do take some time and patience to assemble but it’s not difficult and they provide all the tools you need per unit plus extra nuts/washers/bolts (I bought 4 of these and now have 4 wrenches and 4 Allen-wrenches and a bunch of extra hardware). I will say this - one side of every panel has a stubborn cling-wrap protective plastic layer you have to peel off and this is by far the most onerous and time-consuming task you have to do prior to assembly and if your motor skills aren’t the best, ask for help because it ain’t easy. But, in the words of Arin Hanson, you can “savor the peelies” in a weirdly cathartic way. Anyway, they don’t warp in shape or come loose when you pick them up, have stabilizers in the middle to help brace them, and a rubberized edging to put on the rim so you don’t scratch yourself while working in them after filling. The paint is scratch resistant - I used my weed whacker along them, no damage visible to the surface. The boxes are pretty heavy on arrival, but well-packaged without unnecessary materials. I like ‘em.

These seem sturdy, the parts fit together well and were not difficult to put together. The instructions are not great, but putting nuts onto bolts is pretty simple. The included tools are fine for the job. I'm not sure why they bother to include gloves as they are not needed and they are so small there is no way they would fit most people. I expect they will be durable and last for many years. I think they are a good value.