This was a joy to put together and after one season (about 8 mos), still looks great. Perfect height to make tending convenient and keep things out of reach of the pups. My only caution is that it is quite small-- in order for plants to grow well, it really only holds a few (I planted five different vegetable plants and had to pull out several eventually as they grew), so its been a great raised bed, but "garden" is a stretch.