Raised bed gift help

[Thegracefuloctopus]

I want to set up a raised bed or similar for DH to grow veg in our garden. Needs to be a raised bed or large planter for various reasons.
Can anyone recommend the cheapest but most effective set up?
Where to get a reasonable prices raised bed?
What I can get him to plant in September to grow over winter? Not ideal timing I know!
He really needs a hobby and I know this is a great gift idea for him, but with a 10month old we are a bit skint!
I have 1 month to sort it, plan to book the day off on his birthday and set up while he's at work for him to come home to.
Also plan on buying a watering can and some tools, anything you can recommend for this set up?
Any advice great fully received

Anyone?

Hi OP do you have a Wilkinson's near you? They are really good and inexpensive for gardening stuff. What are you planning to use to make the raised bed? You can use wood, concrete slabs or even bricks. Do you know anyone that could help you make something? I bought raised bed kits for my allotment from Harold Horticultural. They are pricier but the stuff us great quality and lasted well. For planting ideas I would have a look at the Thompson and Morgan website for seeds and also veg plants. They will have stuff you can over winter on there.

Also you need sun to grow veg. What's the outlook of your garden? Has your DH grown other stuff before?

We used scaffold boards for the sides of our raised beds, they can be delivered by builders merchants, very cheap and are treated wood so don’t rot. They will eventually, but ours are still perfect after 3 years.
You would probably need to involve your DH in the construction, but that’s some of the fun and ownership.
Filling the bed will take several bags of compost.
Over the winter grow winter lettuce, onions and some quick growing beans. Our winter potatoes were not that good.

Thanks so much. Garden is a bit of a suntrap so that's good. Dh has grown veg as a child but not since. I know he will enjoy it. I've found a raised bed kit on etsy that looks great. 90cm x120cm x30cm. But am slightly worried about rotting. Compost is part of present too lol lucky dh! He's so hard to buy for so I think this will be a good plan. He's always watching gardeners world etc lol! I am wondering if DH could make it for cheaper than buying it though if I bought the bits for his birthday