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Garden Decor Gardening in the highlands took on a much different meaning in the pioneer days of yore. Fruit and vegetables were grown for food or trade; and perennials, chiefly herbs, were used for spice or medicine. Flowers, like marigolds or petunias, kept out the rabbits. Bulbs from Europe were planted around the cabin, and native plants like sweetshrub and silverleaf were prized for their cosmetic as well as aesthetic attributes. If you'd like to find out more about Appalachian gardening, we invite you to read our Plant by the Signs section. From it, you'll gain insight to planting by the astrological and moon signs, a highland mountaineer tradition. Bird Houses & Feeders Butterfly Garden & Butterfly House Garden Weathervanes Copyright © 1998-2006. Appalachian Traveller, Inc. All Rights Reserved.