Frame It All RVG-REC2-RT Urban Raised Garden in Composite Wood Grain Timbers, 4-Foot by 8-Foot by 12-Inch

by Frame It All

Product Features

• Great for patios, decks, and rooftops
• Raised gardens are easier to control the quality of soil and nutrients
• Provides a deeper topsoil layer for poor soil conditions
• Improves drainage
• Quick and easy to assemble with little effort

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 96 x 48 x 12 inches ; 76 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 65 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0050B2V0G
• Item model number: RVG-REC2-RT
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,644 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
  • #57 in Patio, Lawn & Garden > Plants & Planting > Plant Containers > Planters

Product Description

For inner city dwellers, urbanites and those with minimal space - assemble on a roof top, patio, deck or even indoors. Grow your own in limited space with this 4-foot by 8-foot by 12-inch high Raised Garden Bed in Composite Wood Grain Timbers which are manufactured from 60-percent re-cycled, post-consumer plastic and 40-percent natural fiber, never rots, becomes infested nor splinters. Patented Stacking Joints with the spike of the stake removed, sit comfortably on any hard surface plus the new 4 way Bracket Stacking Joints ensure the garden bed shape is 100-percent true. Raised gardens are better than in-ground, for growing at home because: you control the quality of the soil and nutrients. You will also get a larger crop of easy to pick, veggies, fruit and flowers. They are easy to manage with access from all sides and because they're above ground they drain better. No clumpy, heavy soil to turn and almost no back-breaking bending over to weed. They are quick and easy to assemble with little effort.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good grief -- the sky isn't falling!, October 18, 2011

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cbrillow "tellin' it as he sees it!" (Trenton, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews

I have three of these beds and love them -- would like to purchase another and add a tier to all 4 to make them 18" deep.

With regard to the formaldehyde issue, consider these quotes from the National Cancer Institute:

"Formaldehyde is a colorless, flammable, strong-smelling chemical that is used in building materials and to produce many household products. It is used in pressed-wood products, such as particleboard, plywood, and fiberboard; glues and adhesives; permanent-press fabrics; paper product coatings; and certain insulation materials... Formaldehyde also occurs naturally in the environment."

Hmmmm... is the reviewer also cowering in fear of these other products, including 'the environment'???

"In 1987, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classified formaldehyde as a probable human carcinogen under conditions of unusually high or prolonged exposure."

I hardly think that a cubic yard of dirt surrounded by 24 linear feet of composite formaldehyde-containing timbers constitutes 'unusually high or prolonged exposure.'

I believe in being environmentally-responsible, as in taking care not to pollute, putting trash in proper receptacles and voluntary recycling. But giving a perfectly good product a one-star review based upon environmental extremism or hysteria is flat-out wrong, in my opinion.

Also note that the reviewer claims that the alternative garden purchased was 'easier to put together', but that's a dubious claim, considering that the Frame-It-All product was returned. Was it assembled, and then disassembled for return AFTER seeing the Formaldehyde Warning on the box? I doubt it... So how does one objectively review ease-of-assembly without actually assembling it?

To sum up: Sheesh!

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars contains formaldehyde, April 18, 2011

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umm2_9 (near the 'burg, PA) - See all my reviews

The manufacturer failed to let us now here that this product contains formaldehyde. I was shocked when I received my kits for the 4'x8'x12' beds to see the stickers on the timbers stating that all composite timbers contain formaldehyde. So if you're NOT concerned about dangerous cancer causing gases being released into the air then this would be a sound purchase, otherwise just purchase a natural cedar bed like the ones I purchase from 'greenes' that are even easier to put together and even more attractive. I was totally disappointed and am returning these asap!

2.0 out of 5 stars Still trying to interpret the directions from online video and the single sheet of paper of instructions., February 5, 2012

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MadGardener - See all my reviews

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After aggressive termites and tree roots infested my wooden raised beds, and having had success with the Forever Raised Bed from Gardeners.com, I thought I would go the more economical route with this raised composite 4x8x12 bed. I have read the instructions multiple times and watched the video about stacking additional levels, but I seem to be missing sufficient stakes to both stack additional levels AND secure the bed to the ground. I also can't figure out if a stacking joint vs. a stacking stake are variations in the evolution of this product but I definitely was not provided any stacking stakes in the product. I can't put it together at this point with just the parts that came in the box and am disappointed that for the 1 sheet of paper and video they do not match what I was given to put this together. Otherwise it seems to be pretty self-explanatory.