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Cedar planters · Markham

Cedar raised garden beds in Markham, built in Bolton.

Cedar beds for Cornell and Berczy's small yards and Unionville's deep heritage lots.

Illustration of a cedar raised garden bed on black steel legs, planted with lettuce, basil and a staked tomato, on a flagstone patio beside a lawn
Gardening in Markham

What a Markham yard asks of a raised bed.

Markham has two kinds of yard. Cornell, Berczy and the newer streets east of Kennedy have small, fenced rectangles where one Wide 48 Deep bed is the garden. Unionville and the older Thornhill edge have deep lots and heritage frontages where a planter box at the door does the decorative work and the beds go behind the house.

Markham is one of the few suburbs with its own frost record: the Buttonville airport station, in the middle of the city, averages a last spring frost of 3 May and a first fall frost of 13 October in the 1991-2020 normals, 161 frost-free days, three weeks shorter than downtown Toronto. That is the argument for a Deep bed and for starting tomatoes and peppers indoors or buying them as transplants. The city is zone 6b on the 1991-2020 hardiness map, half a zone up from 6a.

Vining crops in a 12 inch bed want a trellis at the back of the box; a Wide bed placed against a fence gives the trellis something to lean on. In Cornell's lanes the bed often goes beside the garage on the laneway side, where the afternoon sun is.

Shipping to Markham is included in the price, by courier, flat in one carton. Deliveries begin January 2027. Every Founding Batch order is delivered by 28 February 2027. Pickup at the shop in Bolton is welcome too.

Sizes that suit Markham

Two sizes to start with.

Illustration of the 18 by 48 inch cedar raised garden bed, Deep, Knotty grade, planted with tomatoes, peppers and basil

18 × 48 in Raised Bed, Deep, Knotty

$176.99Shipping included

Wide 48 Deep: the whole garden in a small Cornell or Berczy yard, against the fence with a trellis behind it.

Illustration of the 18 by 36 inch cedar planter box, Knotty grade, planted with marigolds, petunias, thyme and parsley

18 × 36 in Planter Box, Knotty

$171.99Shipping included

36 inch planter box: a heritage frontage in Unionville, flowers at the door in Clear grade.

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Questions

Buying a cedar raised bed in Markham.

Do you ship cedar raised beds to Markham?

Yes. Shipping to Markham is included in the price, by courier, flat in one carton. Deliveries begin January 2027. Every Founding Batch order is delivered by 28 February 2027. Pickup at the shop in Bolton is welcome too.

Which size suits a Markham yard?

Wide 48 Deep: the whole garden in a small Cornell or Berczy yard, against the fence with a trellis behind it 36 inch planter box: a heritage frontage in Unionville, flowers at the door in Clear grade

Can I grow cucumbers or beans in a 12 inch bed?

Yes, with a trellis. Put the bed against a fence, fix a trellis to the fence, and plant the vining crop at the back of the box with greens in front; cucumbers climb happily and the fruit hangs clean. With Buttonville's 161 frost-free days, sow pole beans and cucumbers directly in the last week of May and they run out of season around the first week of October, about when the bed wants clearing anyway.

Does a planter box work on a heritage frontage?

It reads as what it is: cedar on black steel, plain and square, with nothing on it that dates. Unionville's Main Street frontages already carry cedar fences and shingles, and a Clear-grade box at the front door sits with them; keep Knotty for the side and back. Left bare it silvers to match an old fence within a year; oiled, it stays the colour of new porch boards.
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Deliveries begin January 2027. Every Founding Batch order is delivered by 28 February 2027. Cancel any time before your order ships. Full refund within 15 days.
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