Grow Frame Raised Garden Bed or Planter Box - Timber | 1.6m frame

Our raised garden beds and planter boxes with a 1.6 m timber frame built in. Net it, screen it, shade it or grow up it.

Pick the Wide (157 x 110 cm, two tubs side by side) or the Large (157 x 60 cm, one full-length tub), at 80 cm planting height (a waist-high raised garden bed) or 50 cm (a knee-high planter box). On every one, all four legs run up in one piece to a timber top rail 1.6 m off the ground. That leaves about 80 cm of clear headroom above an 80 cm bed and about 110 cm above a 50 cm planter box. On the Wide, a centre rail runs down the middle of the top so a net stays up off your plants and strings have an anchor over both tubs.

It comes as the frame, with nothing on it, so you only pay for the cover you want. Because it is all timber, staples, screws, hooks, sail track and zip ties work anywhere on it. A covered raised garden bed, done your way.

What can I use the frame for?

• Throw a net over it to keep birds and bats off your crop
• Staple fly screen or insect mesh to the sides
• Screw wire mesh panels into the bays
• Shade cloth for the summer heat
• Greenhouse film or frost cloth when it turns cold
• String-train tomatoes and cucumbers from the top rails
• Run wires or twine between the rails for beans and peas
• Fix reo panels to the sides and let the climbers cover it
• Hang pots and strawberry baskets from the top rail, right at picking height
• Run your drip line or misters along the top

Will a standard roll of mesh or cloth fit?
Yes. Each side is one flat face: the top rail and the board sit flush, framed by the legs. The long sides are 1320 mm between the legs, and the ends are 1100 mm on the Wide and 598 mm on the Large. The roll you need depends on the planting height:

• 80 cm raised garden bed: a 900 mm roll. Hung from the top of the rail, it covers the 700 mm opening with 100 mm on the rail and 100 mm on the board.
• 50 cm planter box: a 1200 mm roll, covering the 1000 mm opening the same way.

Either way there is solid timber to fix into at the top and the bottom, and an 1800 x 1200 mm reo sheet cuts down to fit a side.

How much room is there for plants to grow?
The top rail is 1.6 m off the ground on every size, so there is about 80 cm from the top of an 80 cm raised garden bed to the rail, and about 110 cm above a 50 cm planter box. The planter box gives taller crops the most room, and climbers can keep going up the sides and along the top.

What net should I use?
A wildlife-safe one: white, knitted, with holes 5 mm or smaller when stretched. It keeps birds and bats off your fruit without trapping them. It is the rule in Victoria and good practice everywhere. To reach the top of the bed on every side, allow a net of at least about:

• Wide, 80 cm: 3.2 x 2.7 m
• Wide, 50 cm: 3.8 x 3.3 m
• Large, 80 cm: 3.2 x 2.2 m
• Large, 50 cm: 3.8 x 2.8 m

Go bigger if you would like some to tuck under. Keeping possums out takes wire mesh fixed to every side and the top rather than a net, and the frame is built to take it.

What do I get?

Wide:

• The bed: two end frames already built with the 1.6 m legs fitted, the side panels, two recycled plastic tubs, dampcourse and the centre rail that sits between the tubs
• The frame: three 1520 mm top rails (two sides and the centre) and two 1100 mm top end rails
• Every bolt and screw, including 8 x 65 mm and 12 x 75 mm batten screws for the frame
• Pre-drilled holes, so it all lines up first go

Large:

• The bed: two end frames already built with the 1.6 m legs fitted, the side panels, the recycled plastic tub and dampcourse
• The frame: two 1520 mm top side rails and two 600 mm top end rails
• Every bolt and screw, including 8 x 65 mm and 8 x 75 mm batten screws for the frame
• Pre-drilled holes, so it all lines up first go

How big is it?
Wide: 157 x 110 x 160 cm overall (length x width x height), with two tubs side by side. Large: 157 x 60 x 160 cm overall. Planting height 80 cm (waist high) or 50 cm (knee high), and a tub depth of 23, 35 or 41 cm.

What is it made from?
MicroPro H3 treated pine (MCA), the same timber as every Corrogarden bed. Inside sits our recycled plastic tub (two on the Wide): potting mix goes straight in and you can plant the same day, while the tub keeps the moisture off the timber so it lasts for years.

How does it get to me?
A built Grow Frame is too big to travel built, so we bring it flat on our own delivery run across South East Queensland, with the end frames already built and every hole pre-drilled. Put it together yourself with a drill and a spanner, or add Grow Frame Assembly on Delivery and we will build it on the spot during the run. You do not need to be home: just tell us at checkout exactly where you want it to stand.

Made in Queensland. Pick your size, height and tub depth above and make the frame your own.