Patent ID: RE44055

Claim:
A garden bed assembly for holding planting media for growing plants, comprising: a starter module including a front section, a pair of side sections, and a rear section; the front section of the starter module including a substantially imperforate lower portion and a perforated upper portion; means for movably connecting the perforated upper portion of the front section of the starter module to the imperforate lower portion of the front section of the starter module for enabling the upper portion of the front section of the starter module to move between an upright closed position and a lowered open position to provide access to the planting media and plants; the pair of side sections of the starter module each attached at a first end to the front section, each side section of the starter module including a substantially imperforate lower portion and a perforated upper portion; the rear section of the starter module including a substantially imperforate lower portion and a perforated upper portion, the rear section of the starter module attached at its ends to second ends of each of the pair of side sections of the starter module; each of the lower portions of the sections of the starter module being substantially the same height and connected together to form an enclosure for the planting media; the upper portions of the sections of the starter module being connected together to help prevent pests from accessing the planting media and plants; the upper portions of the front and side sections of the starter module being substantially the same height; a straight extender module adapted to be attached to the starter module for effectively, substantially increasing the planting area provided by the starter module; the extender module being similar to the starter module and having front and rear sections and a single side section forming a generally U-shaped configuration; and connectors for fixing the extender module to one of the side sections of the starter module to share a common section therewith.