18 × 48 in Cedar Raised Garden Bed, Standard
8 in of soil · 30 in tall · Wide · Knotty grade · 3-year warranty
What the price is made of
- Cedar boards, cut to size
- $37
- Steel legs, bolts, nuts and washers
- $30
- Fabric liner
- $10
- Carton and packing
- $10
- Courier shipping anywhere in Canada, about 44% of the price
- $71
- Card processing, about 3%
- $5
- Cutting, assembly and the shop
- $0
- Founding price, before tax
- $163.99
Rounded to the dollar, from the cost model every planter price comes from. The best-known Canadian cedar planter brand sold this size and grade for less than it costs us to build and ship on 21 September 2026, so this price is our cost plus the card fee and nothing else. The launch price of $288.99 is the same cost at the margin the line needs once the Founding Batch is gone. Sales tax is added at checkout at the rate for the province the order ships to.
Help choosing a depth
Deep is 12 inches of soil for tomatoes, peppers, carrots, beets and most herbs. Standard is 8 inches for lettuce, spinach, radishes, strawberries and annual flowers, with fewer bags to fill and less weight on a balcony. Both stand 30 inches tall.
Help choosing a grade
Clear boards are selected for clear, even grain with no knots. Knotty boards are the same boards with sound, tight knots and the small checks cedar grows with. Same thickness, structure, legs, liner and hardware; Clear costs more because clear boards cost us more.
Help choosing a width
Wide is 18 inches, two rows of greens or one row of tomatoes with herbs in front, the usual patio or yard bed. Narrow is 11.5 inches, one row along a wall, a fence or a balcony rail, and it leaves the walkway.
- Delivery. Deliveries begin January 2027. Every Founding Batch order is delivered by 28 February 2027. By courier to any address in Canada; we email you the week it ships.
- In the carton. Two end panels with the steel legs already fitted, 6 pre-drilled long boards, 8 cedar base planks, the fabric liner, 24 bolts with nuts and washers, and the wrench. One flat carton, about 48 lb.
- Assembly. Designed for about ten minutes with the wrench in the box; no other tools needed.
- Cancelling. Cancel any time before your order ships. Full refund within 15 days.
- Western Red CedarUntreated, no stain, no sealer
- 3-year warrantyStructure and steel legs, both grades
- Shipping includedCourier to any address in Canada
- Cancel before it shipsFull refund within 15 days
What you are buying, and what grows in it.
A 4 ft elevated bed, 18 inches wide with 8 inches of soil: about 5.3 square feet of growing space and roughly 101 litres of soil, standing 30 inches tall on four powder-coated steel legs. Eight inches suits lettuce, spinach, herbs, radishes and strawberries, in two rows. Cut and assembled in Bolton, Ontario, from Western Red Cedar from British Columbia; knotty grade means the same boards with sound, tight knots and the small checks cedar grows with. It ships flat in one carton, about 48 lb, shipping across Canada included, and is designed to assemble in about 10 minutes with the wrench in the box.
The box is nominal 1x6 cedar (3/4 by 5-1/2 in actual), three courses high, 16.5 in walls, with the end boards captured between the long boards and each corner wrapped by an L-shaped steel bracket, bolted through the bracket's flanges, that runs to the ground as the leg. 8 cedar base planks sit on cleats with drainage gaps, and a fabric liner keeps the soil off the wood. Nothing is treated, stained or sealed; the cedar weathers to silver outside, or holds its colour under a penetrating oil.
This size is part of the Founding Batch. Pay the founding price of $163.99 now; the launch price once the batch is gone is $288.99. 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. The product pictures are our own renderings and drawings; the first photographs will be of the first batch.
- What fits: 5.3 square feet of growing space, or about 21 lettuce, 47 bush beans if the whole bed went to one crop by the square-foot method.
- Filled weight: about 314 to 403 lb with moist mix, so place it before you fill it. On a balcony, check the load rating with that number.
- Footprint: the legs wrap the outside corners and take no room inside the box, so it can sit tight to a wall or a rail.
- Item
- Elevated raised garden bed
- Outside size
- 18 × 48 × 30 in (W × L × H)
- Soil depth
- 8 in (Standard)
- Interior planting size
- 16.5 × 46.5 in
- Growing area
- 5.3 sq ft
- Soil volume
- 3.55 cu ft (101 L), about 4 bags of 28 L
- Wood
- Western Red Cedar from British Columbia, nominal 1x6 (3/4 × 5-1/2 in actual)
- Grade
- Knotty: sound, tight knots and the small checks cedar grows with
- Legs
- Four L-shaped powder-coated steel legs at the outside corners, 2 in flanges, from the top edge to the ground
- Base
- 8 cedar planks on cleats with 3/8 to 1/2 in drainage gaps
- Liner
- Fabric liner included
- Hardware
- 24 carriage bolts with nuts and washers, wrench included
- Assembly
- Designed for about 10 minutes; end panels ship with the corner brackets fitted
- Weight
- 48 lb (estimate)
- Shipping
- Flat-packed in one carton, shipping across Canada included
- Origin
- Cut and assembled in Bolton, Ontario
- Batch
- Founding Batch pre-order, deliveries begin January 2027
About ten minutes with the wrench in the box.
Designed for a ten-minute assembly with the wrench in the box. We will time it on the first production units and publish the number. The end panels ship with the corner brackets already bolted on, so the job is the long boards, the base planks and the liner.
- Unpack on the carton. Lay the flattened carton on the ground as a work mat and check the parts against the list: two end panels with legs, the long boards, the base planks, the liner, the hardware bag and the wrench.
- Stand the end panels. Stand both end panels on their feet about the length of a long board apart, legs toward each other.
- Fit the long boards. Offer up the bottom long board to the legs on one side, push the carriage bolts through the pre-drilled holes from the outside, and run the nuts on finger-tight from the inside. Repeat for the other side, then the course above.
- Square and tighten. Check the box is square by measuring the two diagonals; nudge until they match, then tighten every nut with the wrench. Snug, not crushing: cedar dents.
- Drop in the base planks. Lay the planks across the width on the cleats. Leave the drainage gaps as they fall.
- Lay the liner. Spread the liner over the planks and up the walls, tuck it an inch below the top edge, and staple or tack it if you want it held.
- Place and fill. Set the bed where it lives, check it is level (a paver under a low leg), then fill. The soil calculator gives the litres and the bag count for your size.
- Two end panels with the steel corner brackets already bolted on
- Two long boards per course, pre-drilled
- Cedar base planks, cut to the width
- Fabric liner
- Carriage bolts, nuts and washers, counted for the size, in one bag
- The wrench
This size ships with 8 base planks and 24 bolts, about 48 lb in one carton.
Damage, defects and changing your mind.
If the carton or the contents arrive damaged, photograph them within 48 hours and email the photographs with your order number. We replace the damaged part or the whole unit at our cost. Defects in materials or workmanship are handled the same way. Cedar's knots, checks and silvering are the material, not defects.
Warranty: 3 years from delivery on the structure and the steel legs, both grades. If a board splits through, a joint opens or a leg fails in normal garden use in that time, we replace the part or the unit at our cost. Excluded: knots, checks and the silvering cedar weathers to, which are the material, not defects; damage from a fall, a vehicle or a fire; and a bed left in standing water.
Change-of-mind returns after delivery are accepted within 30 days, unused and in the carton, with return shipping paid by the customer and the price refunded in full.
Before your order ships: cancel any time before your order ships. Full refund within 15 days.
The pre-order terms in full →Shipping across Canada is in the price.
Deliveries begin January 2027. Every Founding Batch order is delivered by 28 February 2027. It ships flat-packed in one carton, about 48 lb, by courier to any address in Canada, and the shipping is included in the founding price. We email you the week it ships.
Sales tax is charged at the rate for the province the order ships to, and the total is shown before you pay. If you are near Bolton, pickup at the shop is welcome; say so in the order note.
Shipping questions, answered →The first planter deliveries begin January 2027. Planter reviews appear here after that, and never before a unit has shipped.
Cedar beside treated pine and galvanized steel.
| Pressure-treated pine | Galvanized steel | Western Red Cedar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Touching your soil | Copper preservative in the wood | Zinc coating over thin sheet | Bare wood and a fabric liner |
| Rot and insects | Resisted by the treatment | Does not rot; rusts where scratched | Resisted by the species itself |
| Soil at the edge in July | Moderate, behind 3/4 in of wood | Runs hot and dries fast | Moderate, behind 3/4 in of wood |
| Weight | Heaviest, wet when new | Light panels, needs a frame to stand | Lightest of the three for the box |
| Published service life | Use-class rating and a treater's warranty | As long as the zinc lasts | 15 to 30 years above ground |
| Standing on legs | Rarely sold that way | Mostly ground beds | Yes, 24 or 30 in tall |
| Warranty | The treater's, on the wood only | The maker's, often one year | 3 years on the structure and the legs |
Service-life figures are published ranges for the durability class, not a warranty. Sources are on the compare page.
Before you reserve.
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Our 3-year warranty
Three-year warranty on the structure and the steel legs, both grades. Knots, checks and silvering are the material, not defects; damage on arrival and defects are replaced at our cost.
- On arrival: damaged in transit? Photograph it within 48 hours and the part or the unit is replaced at our cost.
- Before it ships: Cancel any time before your order ships. Full refund within 15 days.
- Change of mind: 30 days after delivery, unused and in the carton, return shipping paid by you, the price refunded in full.
- The pre-order terms in full
