Mary's Bloomers - Site Directory

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Lots and Lots of Gardening and Design Subjects and Downloads to choose from.
This is the full-length listing of articles (so far).
Please excuse the appearance of pages still in progress.

Designing A Theme For Your Garden or Landscape
click the subjects below that you'd like to learn about

Outdoor Plants To Grow Indoors

Growing Tomatoes Indoors

Monarch Butterflies and Milkweed

Grow Big Juicy Strawberries

Growing Irises - and my Iris photo gallery

Printable - Handy Square Foot Garden
Planting Chart

Printable - Your Garden Plants
and Their Care

Grow Spectacular Lilies

The Giant Hibiscus and Rose of Sharon
- Easy cottage style with a tropical feel

Diseases of Ornamental
Perennials and Trees

Horticultural Guides For The Home Gardener
-Free Downloads

Romantic Peonies

Pests and Diseases
- Download Free Care Sheets

Victory Garden Canning and Preserving
- Vintage Guides to Canning, Drying and Pickling

Wartime Victory Gardens
- Your Patriotic Duty

WWII Victory Gardens
- Wartime Rationing Recipes

Forced Sustainability
- When Our Food Was Rationed

Japanese Maples in Pots

Fruit Tree Chill Hours Map
-next year's fruit harvest depends on it

Old-Fashioned Gardening Wisdom

Dwarfing Standard Fruit Trees

The Urban Chicken

Container Plants - The "Spillers"

Native American Prayers
- Mother Earth And Great Spirit

Native American Herbal Medicines

Ancestral Native Pueblo Farming
- Waffle Gardens and Harvesting Rainwater

Ancient Earth-Based Religions
And Nature Spirituality

The Immigrants and The Fig Tree

Growing Fig Trees in Northern States

Ornamental Vines

Ornamental Grasses

Nature and Garden Folklore

Botanical Mythology and Legends

A Rose Isn't Really Just A Rose
-The Meanings of Flowers

Companion Planting
- Plants That Love or Hate Each Other

A Dog Parent's Guide To Toxic Garden Plants

Homemade Bird Treats

Central Park Conservatory Gardens, NYC

Garden Art - Medieval Manuscripts

4 Season Calendar of Gardening Chores
- The Northeast Region

Pennsylvania (USDA Hardiness Zones 5/6)
-Native Plants and Their Attributes

Vintage Jams and Preserves Recipes

Legend of The Bluebird

Growing Clematis Vines

Grow Dwarf Citrus Trees Indoors

Sell Veggies At Farmers Markets

Selling Your Cut Flowers at Market

The Value of Gardens and Nature-Based Education

ABCs of Gardening
-A Very Vintage Publication

Easy Garden Projects

Garden Crafts

Upcycled Garden Decor

Permaculture

Natural Fertilizers

Natural Pesticides

Save Our Food Supply - Protect The Bees

Groundcovers

Cold Composting

The Art of Mulching

Homemade Garden Soil Recipes

Some Pretty Awesome Gardening Links

Recommended Growers and Nurseries

Garden and Nature Quotes

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If you'd like to swap a nursery or garden website link with Mary's Bloomers,
please send a request here, with a link to the page our site would be listed on.

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*Desert and Oasis*	*Fruit Salad Gardens For Small Spaces*
*A Garden For Hummingbirds*	*A Gathering Garden*
*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 Plans for Download****
*Traditional Japanese Garden*	*Korean Gardens*
**Therapeutic and Healing Gardens**	*Herbalist's Garden*
*Space Saver and Urban Gardens - Dwarf Trees*	*Butterfly and Pollinator Gardens*
*Enchanted Gardens*	*Succulents and Cactus*
*The Secret Garden*	*Victorian Gardens*
*The Moonlight Garden*	*Haciendas*
Veggie Garden Design - The Old Farmer's Almanac	*Foodscape Gardens*
*Espalier Fruit Tree Gardens*	*Fruit Pie Gardens*
*Romantic Retreats*	*Garden For The Endangered 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*
*Vertical Gardens*	*Monet-Inspired Flower Garden*
*Wildflower Gardens and Mini-Meadows*	*Tropical Retreats*
*Small-Space Fruit Orchard*	*The "Stumpery" Garden*
*Gardens In The Shade*	*Ferns and Ferneries*
Urban Gardening - Small spaces, balconies, terraces and patios.	Horticultural Therapy Garden - Gardens and Farming For Veterans
*Design A Community Garden*	*Enabled and Accessible Gardens*
Mediterranean Courtyard/Patio Garden	The Potager - Kitchen Gardens
*Fragrance Gardens*	*Formal French Gardens*
Northeast Fruit Gardens	Windowbox Gardens
The Italian Garden	*The Colonial Garden*
*Shakespearean (Elizabethan) Gardens*	*Rooftop Gardens*
*Design A Cutting Garden*	*Rock Star Rock Gardens*
*Food Gardens in Hanging Baskets*	*Vegetable Gardens*
Simple Fruit Garden	*Joys of Hobby Farming*
*Container Gardens*	*Rain Gardens*
From Lawn To Landscape -Water Wise Gardens	*X- Files - Diary of a Xeriscapist*
*Bog Gardens*	*Aquatic Plants and Gardens*

Mary Gardens - Gardens Dedicated to The Blessed Mother	Mary Gardens -The Symbolic Flowers and Herbs
*Faith and Prayer Gardens*	Biblical Gardens - Plants and Medicines grown during biblical times
*Serenity, Meditation and Yoga Gardens*	*Feng Shui In The Garden*
Native American Three Sisters Gardening	Native American Medicine Wheels
*Celebrate Saints of Gardens and Gardeners*	*A Garden Full of Angels*
*Sacred Gardens of The Cloisters*	*Traditional Judaic Gardens*
Zen Gardens	Meditation Garden
*Gardens of Baháʼí***	Traditional Chinese Zen