Patent ID: 7490435

Claim:
A garden bed assembly, comprising: an outer fence/planter structure surrounding an enclosed area including a plurality of fence/planter sections and a gateway permitting access to the enclosed area; each of the fence/planter sections including a lower portion to help define at least one planter; a gate for closing over the gateway; an upright inner planter structure disposed within the enclosed area and attached to the outer fence/planter structure at two or more locations to help define the at least one planter; a path disposed within the enclosed area and being accessed through the gateway, the path being upright defined by the inner planter structure and the gateway; the at least one planter for holding planting media defined by the lower portions of the fence/planter upright sections and the inner planter structure; the outer fence/planter structure including an arrangement of the fence/planter sections joined together at their ends; and each of the fence/planter sections includes an upright post at each end of the section for attachment to corresponding end upright posts of adjoining fence/planter sections to form adjoining pairs of end upright posts; and each of the fence/planter sections includes a pair of end upright posts for attachment to corresponding end upright posts of adjoining fence/planter sections.