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Selecting a Location - Garden Setting or Patio
Walk around your property and make notes of the following:
- sunny spots
- slope of the land
- light blocking trees and high buildings.
Don’t hide your Garden away in a dark corner.
Ensure you have easy access to it.
Place your Garden on a level piece of land with good
drainage. Take into account existing paths and utilities such
as electricity and water.
Having a water supply at hand avoids carrying heavy
watering cans from the tap to the garden bed.
Preparing the Ground for a Garden Setting
Level ground beneath the raised bed prior to assembly.
Your new Garden will be open on the bottom
which enables plant roots to access soil nutrients below
ground level. If there are gophers or moles in the garden
area, lay hardware cloth, rocks or bricks (not included) on the floor of the unit, before adding soil.
Lay down a sand perimeter base for the Garden frames to sit on if possible. Sand offers excellent
drainage and will make it easier to level bed frames.
The Garden can also be located on almost any flat surface - sand, pebbles/gravel, concrete or asphalt.
Preparing the soil and the sand base beneath the Garden will not be necessary. Consider lining the
Garden with landscape fabric to prevent soil from seeping out. Twenty inches of soil should be plenty for
most types of vegetables and flowers. Please check growing instructions for root depths prior to
planting.
Once the Garden is Assembled - Add Soil
Use a quality soil ideal for growing vegetables, for the top 12 inches (approximately 3 cubic yards or
28 - 32 wheelbarrows). Any soil is suitable for the bottom 8 inches (approximately 1.5 cubic yards). Or,
you may fill the bottom 8 inches with gravel, pebbles, rocks or wood chips.
Most 1/2 ton pickup trucks can haul 1 cubic yard of top soil if this is an option for you. Consider having
soil delivered as opposed the buying bags by the cubic foot. There are 27 cubic feet in 1 cubic yard.
Fill the Garden to the top of the wood framing (the start of the metal screening).In a few weeks, the soil
will settle/drop about 4-6 inches. Top up if necessary.
Add soil within two weeks of planting. Fertilizer may be required. Check with your local garden growing
expert before adding any fertilizer!
Arranging and Planting Crops
Since requirements vary from region to region on how to arrange and plant crops, we recommend
researching thoroughly before planting.
Important Information for Homeowner
141”
92”
107 1/4”
30 5/8”
30 3/4”
30 5/8”
33 5/8”
Diagonal inside
measurement
is 164 1/4”
Front
