1. Raised Garden Beds

2. 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

3. Basics of Making a Raised Bed
How-to’s After Frame is Built
Layer
• Cardboard
• Pea gravel
• Wood chips

4. Soil
• Compost
• Worm castings
• Organic soil
• Coir
• Vermiculite

5. 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

6. Harvesting!
• Amazing amount of
produce from a small
area
• Use of succession
planting increases
harvest