Raised Garden Beds

Why a Raised Bed?• Ease of use• Aesthetically

pleasing• Easier to weed• Intensive planting• Best to use in

Urban settings • Good for people

with limited amount of space

Basics of Making a Raised Bed

How-to’s After Frame is BuiltLayer

• Cardboard• Pea gravel• Wood chips

Soil

• Compost• Worm castings• Organic soil• Coir• Vermiculite

Planting!

• Using a raised bed allows you plant a lot of plants in a small area

• Intensive Planting• Companion Planting• Succession Planting• Extending the Growing

season by building a hoophouse over the raised bed

Harvesting!

• Amazing amount of produce from a small area

• Use of succession planting increases harvest