Garden bed assembly and method and kit therefor
There is disclosed a garden bed assembly and a method of making it. The garden bed assembly includes at least one planter containing suitable planting soil or other growing media. The assembly includes a fence/planter structure and an upright solid imperforate inner planter structure for defining the planter. The fence/planter structure includes a series of fence sections and a gate for surrounding the planter. Each fence/planter section has a solid imperforate lower portion to help define the planter.
1. A garden bed assembly, comprising:
an outer fence/planter structure surrounding an enclosed area including a plurality of fence/planter sections and a gateway permitting access to the enclosed area;
each of the fence/planter sections including a lower portion to help define at least one planter;
a gate for closing over the gateway;
an upright inner planter structure disposed within the enclosed area and attached to the outer fence/planter structure at two or more locations to help define the at least one planter;
a path disposed within the enclosed area and being accessed through the gateway, the path being upright defined by the inner planter structure and the gateway;
the at least one planter for holding planting media defined by the lower portions of the fence/planter upright sections and the inner planter structure;
the outer fence/planter structure including an arrangement of the fence/planter sections joined together at their ends; and each of the fence/planter sections includes an upright post at each end of the section for attachment to corresponding end upright posts of adjoining fence/planter sections to form adjoining pairs of end upright posts; and
each of the fence/planter sections includes a pair of end upright posts for attachment to corresponding end upright posts of adjoining fence/planter sections.
2. The garden bed assembly according to claim 1 , wherein each of the fence/planter sections include a perforated upper section.
3. The garden bed assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the height of the lower portions of the fence/planter sections is substantially the same as the height of the upright inner planter structure.
4. The garden bed assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the height of the upright inner planter structure is between about six inches and about two feet.
5. The garden bed assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the height of the inner planter structure is about one foot.
6. The garden bed assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the upright inner planter structure and the outer fence/planter structure are joined by a common stiffening wall.
7. The garden bed assembly according to claim 1 , further including at least one T bracket having an upstanding flange and a T shaped horizontal flange connected to the upstanding flange, and a pair of parallel spaced apart upstanding flanges for securing one of the fence/planter sections to the upright inner planter structure, one of the upstanding parallel flanges having a substantially greater height than the other parallel flange and having a fastening device receiving opening therein.