I bought this for my hubby a few months ago, but here in Buffalo, it’s still snowing ! It looks beautiful and I can’t wait to see it with fresh veggies growing in it !
This is a great planter for the price. It will suit our needs for a small garden. Would be great to use for a tiered flower bed also. The directions were ok and it wasn't too hard to put together since there was two of us doing it. It took a lot more dirt to fill it than someone had said in their review. They probably used the large size bags. We used smaller bags of top soil and garden soil and probably used closer to 18 - 20 bags.
As advertised, and except for the end caps (metal screws), the tongue and groove construction was simple to put together and makes for fewer parts with metal to rust. Took like 20 minutes to put together from removing it from the box - instead of doing the three tier though, I did two separate planters with the smallest on top of the largest, to maximize planting area. Only unanticipated downside: there is no “bottom” to any of the tiers, so when you stack them, you are creating an area than needs uninterrupted dirt all the way to the ground through the three tier levels. I did a perforated liner on the ground level (heavy duty garbage bags with multiple holes punched) to prevent weeds from growing from the ground level through the planter. For people planning on putting this on a deck or balcony, you WILL need to purchase a separate base.