The Pittsburgh Gardener - Zone 6 Urban and Small Space Designs for Flower, ethnic, habitat and food gardens. Anywhere.

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Visit this page for a listing of Zone 6 plants, shrubs and trees - a handy list for choosing what to grow and what thrives in Pittsburgh

Click here for USDA Cold Hardiness Zone Maps - National, Northeast, and Pennsylvania-specific

Click here for Gardening Advice, Garden Plans, Articles and How-To's	Click here for Easy Small Space Garden Designs
Download Free Garden Designs and Plant Lists	Click here to Visit Ethnic Food and Flower Garden Designs
Click here for Serenity and Zen	*Click here for Vintage Church Lady Recipes*

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Garden Design Themes and Suggested Plantings Are Listed in The Categories Below

Pittsburgh is in USDA Hardiness Zone 6b - suggested plants have either been grown in my
Pittsburgh gardens, or the design will list the zones they need to be grown in. Plants can be substituted
for those in other zones if you like the design ideas - just use similar Zone 6 hardy plants.
...Easier still.... grow your favorite non-hardy plants in containers - winter hardiness
zones won't matter, they're portable, easy care, and if you have room, finicky plants can spend
winter indoors and sleep it off ~ I do it with my lemon and fig trees, and annual herbs.

Learn It, Design It and Grow It. Anywhere.

	Salt-Tolerant and Ornamental Coastal and Seaside Gardens	The Herbal Dog's Garden
	Download Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation's Big List of Native Plants	Native and Pollinator 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 Mediterannean Diet Vegetable Garden* **And a Mediterannean Diet garden for Dogs	**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	Easy Circular 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
	Urban Orchards - Dwarf Fruit Trees	Butterfly and Pollinator Gardens
	Victorian Gardens	Succulents and Cactus
	Fruit Pie Gardens	Haciendas
	Garden Plans - The Old Farmer's Almanac	Espaliered Fruit Tree Gardens
	Romantic Retreats	Gardens For The Monarch Butterfly
	Evergreen Gardens	Cold Climate Tropical Garden
	Egyptian Gardens	Dutch Bulbs 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	Designing 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

Sacred and Holistic Gardens
- Spiritual, Zen, Ethnic, Medicinal, Meditation, Prayer and Saints Gardens

	Romany Remedies and Cures	Amish Folk Medicine
	Traditional and Ornamental Chinese Medicine Garden	Nature-Based Religions And Gardens
	Chakra Gardens	Medieval and Monastery Gardens
	Prayer Gardens	Biblical Gardens
	Patron Saints Of The Garden Design	Sacred Gardens of The Cloisters
	Hindu Serenity and Ayurveda	Buddha Garden
	Dedicated Mary Gardens	Mary Garden Symbolic Plants, Flowers and Herbs
	Zen Garden	Easy Meditation Gardens
	Native American Herbal Medicine	Native American 3 Sisters Gardens
	Native American Medicine Wheels	Native American Prayers - Mother Earth and Great Spirit
	Ancestral Native American Pueblo Gardens - "Waffle Gardening"	Native American Crops and Medicinals
	Cherokee Myths and Legends	Native American Folklore

Spiritual, Prayer and Serenity Gardens

	*Serenity and Yoga Gardens*	*Children's* *Nature-Based Education*
	*Mediterannean Diet Garden*	Free Vegetable Garden Design Plan Downloads
	*Healing/Therapeutic Gardens*	*Longevity Gardens*
	*Spiral Herb Gardens*	*An Herbalist's Garden*
	*Feng Shui Garden*	*Ornamental Traditional Chinese Medicine Gardens*
	*Zodiac Gardens*	*Celestial Gardens*
	*Soul Food Gardens- Afro-American Heritage*	*Angel Serenity Gardens*
	*Garden and Nature Folklore*	*Garden Mythology and Legend*
	*Gardens of Baha'i*	*Judaic Food Gardens*

**Click here for USDA Cold Hardiness Zone Maps
- National, Northeast, and Pennsylvania-specific

Easy Garden Planning and Design For Beginner and Experienced Gardeners
- Create A Small Space Ornamental, Habitat, or Food Garden With Your Favorite Plants and Colors

	*Easy Compact Raised Bed Square Food Veggie Garden*	*Beginner Space-Saving Square Foot Gardens*
	*Easy Chinese Red and Yellow Zen Theme Garden*	*A Garden Dressed in White*
	Easy Perennial Garden With Just 5 Plants	*Pretty in Pink Garden*
	Chinese Blue Willow Color Theme Garden	*Shades of Blue Perennial Garden*
	Beginner Cottage Garden	*Easy Compact Raised Bed Kitchen Veggies and Herb Gardens*
	Low Maintenance Songbird Garden	*Easy Pollinator Gardens*
	Daisy Gardens	*Ornamental Gourd And Winter Squash Garden Design*
	Easy Deer Resistant Gardens	*Lots of Free Garden Design Plan Downloads*

Gardening and History, Garden How-To's, Bugs and Critters, and Old-Fashioned Advice

	Homemade Rooting Hormones For Cuttings	What IS That? - Garden Bugs: The Good, The Bad , The Ugly, And Pa. Alerts
	*My Giant Hibiscus Photo Gallery*
	*Canning and Preserving Your Harvests*
	*Amish Canning Recipes*	*USDA Cold Hardiness Zone Maps - National, Northeast, and Pennsylvania-specific*
	*Canning and Preserving Fruit and Jams*	*Garden Plants and Weeds that can irritate your skin*
	*Victorian Herbal and Quack Medicine*	"Mothers' Remedies" - 1915 Vintage remedies and cures

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- National, Northeast, and Pennsylvania-specific

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