The number one rule in constructing raised beds, is to be
creative. And to be creative, use materials around you. By using
materials around your house or finding materials in nature,
you're making a project for FREE, being environmentally safe,
recycling, reusing, and building an intimate relationship with
your garden. Below are examples of the types of raised beds you
can construct yourself. Tin or house siding sheets Source:
Creative Garden Supplies Logs/Wood (Vertical & Horizontal)
Source: Curtis and Kaye Absher Rock (Cross-stacking & Packing)
Source: Sally Gardens Source: Container Gardening For You Other
Recycled, Cheap, and Effective Materials for making Raised
Beds... - Cylinder blocks - Steel Tubs - Trash
cans/buckets/Plastic Containers - Wagon/Wheel barrel -
Aquarium/Glass windows for cold-frame raised beds - Ceramic
structures (toilets, sinks, tub) My partner and I are
constructing our raised beds out of plastic siding that we
already had lying around. Below are pictures of the first raised
bed/box