System forming a self-irrigating, raised bed

Apparatus for forming an above ground bed in which plant life may be grown and for irrigating said bed, said apparatus comprising a plurality of modular members and releasable connecting means therefor, said members being arranged to be readily connected to one another by said releasable connecting means to form a walled enclosure disposed generally horizontally on the ground, said enclosure being arranged to be configured in various shapes and to be filled with a plant growing medium to form said bed, each of said members comprising an elongate hollow body having a pair of ends, said releasable connecting means being located adjacent each of said ends, each of said releasable connecting means comprising generally vertically oriented conduit means and ring means releasably disposed about said conduit means, said ring means and said conduit means cooperating with each other and with two of said members to releasably pivotally connect said two of said members to each other at any one of various angular orientations with respect to a vertical axis extending through said conduit means to form an enclosure of one of said various shapes, said conduit means introducing a liquid into the interior of one of said two members from the other of said members to which said one member is pivotally connected, each of said members including a plurality of small apertures in communication with the hollow interior of said member, whereupon said liquid may flow through said conduit means from one member to another and slowly seep out of said members into said bed to irrigate said bed.