Abstract: A raised garden system includes a plurality of structural members that include a plurality of side rails. The raised garden system further includes a plurality of tapered bracket assemblies, each of which includes a tapered male bracket that slides into a tapered female bracket. Each side rail may be connected to at least one other structural member via a bracket assembly, wherein one of the male bracket and the female brackets is fastened to the side rail and the other of the male bracket and the female bracket is fastened to the other structural member. When assembled, the structural members form a raised garden, the sides of which are at least partially formed from the side rails, and which is held together by the tapered bracket assemblies.