Bels: The raised garden bed came with the "Rustic theme pack" that you buy in the UO codes store. Also comes with the ability to make and use the distillery. I don't think it matters if your plants are in deco mode or not when you clip them for clippings. I'm pretty sure I've done it both ways. As for having SA to do this, not sure about that one. I got tired of not being able to do certain things without the "High Seas" expansion, so I ended up getting it. Hasn't really done much for me yet. I'm glad I have SA, seems like I wouldn't be able to do anything new.
If you need help with the raised garden bed, I'm sure you will have questions if you get it like I did. You have to set them to deco to get them out after they grow, but you can still harvest seeds and resources off of them first. Haven't messed around with the distillery yet. Seems nifty.
My question is, do you need the Rustic theme pack to use a distillery, or to just to make one? I can't seem to find price checks on the distillery or Advanced training dummies.