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Click here for Gardening Advice, Garden Plans, Articles and How-To's	Click here for Easy Garden designs for Beginner Gardeners

Check out the Free Garden Designs and Plant List Downloads	Click here to Visit Ethnic Food and Flower Garden Designs

Click here for Holistic Gardening

	Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation Big List of Native Plants - brochure download	Native and Pollinator Plant Gardens - Designs and Layouts
	*Grow A Fall Harvest Cornucopia*	*Grow Your Autumn Decorations*
	*Veggies in Shady Gardens*	*Grow A Mini Pumpkin Patch*
	*Raised Bed Compact Kitchen Garden*	Easy and Classy Raised Bed Veggie and Herb Gardens
	*Square Foot Gardens For The Space Challenged*	*Easy Bee and Pollinator Garden Layouts*
	*Beautiful Gardens in Challenging Spaces*	*First Impressions - A Welcoming Front Yard*
	*Desert and Oasis*	*Fruit Salad Gardens For Small Spaces*
	*A Garden For Hummingbirds*	*A Garden For Gatherings*
	*Veggie Garden Design Plans*	*Daisy Gardens*
	*Cocktail Garden*	*Winter Wonderland Garden*
	*Favorite Perennials For Zone 6 Gardens*	*Creole and Cajun Garden*
	*Heirloom Cottage Garden*	*Front Yard Autumn Cut Flower Gardens*
	*Colorful Flower-Bordered Retreats*	*Celestial Gardens*
	*The Mediterranean Diet Vegetable Garden*	**Free Vegetable Garden Design Plans
	*The English Cottage Garden*	*Formal English Garden*
	*Zodiac Theme*	*The Victory Garden*
	*Italian Mini-Orchard and Flower Garden*	*African American Heritage Garden*
	*Celtic Knots and Parterres*	*Heirloom "Grandmother's Garden"*
	*Design An Autumn Perennial Garden*	*The 50's Backyard and Garden*
	*Latino Food Garden*	*Salad Bar and Salsa Garden*
	*Easy and Small Butterfly Gardens*	*Herbal Tea Garden Retreat*
	*Cottage Gardens*	*Round Gardens*
	*Native American Crops and Medicinal Herbs*	*The Amish Farm and Garden*
	*A Bird Habitat*	Free Garden Design Plan Downloads
	*Traditional Japanese Garden*	*Korean Gardens*
	*Therapeutic and Healing Gardens*	*Herbalist's Garden*
	*Space Saver and Urban Gardens - Dwarf Trees*	*Butterfly and Pollinator Gardens*
	*Victorian Gardens*	*Succulents and Cactus*
	*Fruit Pie Gardens*	*Haciendas*
	*Veggie Garden Plans - The Old Farmer's Almanac*	*Espalier Fruit Tree Gardens*
	*Romantic Retreats*	*Gardens For The Monarch Butterfly*
	*Evergreen Gardens*	*Cold Climate Tropical Garden*
	*Egyptian Gardens*	*Dutch Bulb Garden*
	*Medieval Monastery and Castle Gardens*	*Backyard Fruit Orchards - Dwarf Fruit Trees*
	*Large Rockery Garden*	*Spiral Herb Gardens*
	*Vertical Gardens*	*Monet-Inspired Flower Garden*
	*Wildflower Gardens and Mini-Meadows*	*Tropical Retreats*
	*Small-Space Fruit Orchard*	*"Stumpery" Gardens*
	*Gardens In The Shade*	*Ferns and Ferneries*
	Urban Gardening - Small spaces, balconies, terraces and patios	*Design A Community Garden*
	*Mediterranean Courtyard/Patio Garden*	*The Italian Garden*
	*Fragrance Gardens*	*Formal French Gardens*
	*Northeast Fruit Gardens*	*Window Box Gardens*
	*Ye Olde Gardening Wisdom*	*The Colonial Garden*
	*Shakespearean (Elizabethan) Gardens*	*Rooftop Gardens*
	*Design A Cutting Garden*	*Rock Star Rock Gardens*
	*Simple Fruit Garden*	*Joys of Hobby Farming*
	*Container Gardens*	*Aquatic Plants and Gardens*
	*Bog Gardens*	*X- Files - Diary of a Xeriscapist*

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Easy Garden Planning and Design For Beginner and Experienced Gardeners
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Canning and Preserving Your Harvests	Canning and Preserving Fruit and Jams
*Amish Canning Recipes*	*Victorian Herbal and Quack Medicine*
*Pennsylvania Vegetable Planting and Harvest Schedules for Zones 5, 6, and 7*	*USDA Cold Hardiness Zone Maps - National, Northeast, and Pennsylvania-specific*
"Mothers' Remedies" - 1915 Vintage remedies and cures	*Garden Plants and Weeds that can irritate your skin*

*Victorian Cures and Quackery - Herbals and Hard Drugs*