What is Horticulture??

WHAT IS HORTICULTURE??

WHAT IS IT TO YOU!Take a couple minutes with the neighbor at your table and write a list of items you use everyday which are byproducts of the Horticulture Industry. Keep thinking of items until I say STOP!!

HORTICULTURE IS…–noun 1. the cultivation of a garden,

orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.

2. the science and art of cultivating such plants.

FLORICULTUREthe science and practice of

growing, harvesting, storing, designing and marketing flowering plants.

OLERICULTURE–noun the cultivation of vegetables for the home or market.

POMOLOGYthe science and practice of

growing, harvesting, storing, processing and marketing tree grown fruits.

LANDSCAPING/NURSERY The industry that deals with the science

and practice of propagation (reproducing), growing, planting, maintaining, and using grasses, annuals, shrubs and trees

Nursery: a place where young trees or other plants are raised for transplanting, for sale, or for experimental study.

Landscape: the layout of the young plants grown in a nursery

operation

OTHER AREAS OF AGRICULTURE

BIOLOGYThe science that deals with both plants and animal organisms and life processes.

ZOOLOGYThe science or branch of biology dealing with animals.

BOTANYThe science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.

AGRONOMYThe science of soil management and the production of field crops.

FORESTRY the science and practice of growing,

managing and harvesting trees for building materials and other products.

the process of establishing and managing forests; forestation.

ANNUALPlants that only live for one growing season (ex. Beans, corn)

BIENNIALSPlants that live for two growing seasons. Typically do not flower until second season.

PERENNIALSHaving a life cycle last two or more years.

EVERGREENPlants that remain green year round

DECIDUOUSPlants which lose their functional leaves during dormant season.

PROJECT!Divisions Brochure: You are to create a

brochure which is pleasing to the eye. It must contain 6 panels, 5 of which are of the horticulture divisions, and 1 is about you.

Each panel must have at least 1 picture. Under each picture there should be a label of that division and some way to define the word the pics are describing.

Creativity counts! (5 pts per def., 5 pts. per label, 5 pt. Per pic, 15 pts personal information and 10 pts creative.)

TOTAL PTS: 100 pts