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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

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What is Horticulture??

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  1. What is Horticulture??

  2. 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!!

  3. Horticulture Is… –noun • 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.

  4. Floriculture • the science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, designing and marketing flowering plants.

  5. Olericulture • –noun • the cultivation of vegetables for the home or market.

  6. Pomology • the science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing and marketing tree grown fruits.

  7. 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

  8. Other Areas of Agriculture

  9. Biology • The science that deals with both plants and animal organisms and life processes.

  10. Zoology • The science or branch of biology dealing with animals.

  11. Botany • The science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.

  12. Agronomy • The science of soil management and the production of field crops.

  13. 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.

  14. Annual • Plants that only live for one growing season (ex. Beans, corn)

  15. Biennials • Plants that live for two growing seasons. Typically do not flower until second season.

  16. Perennials • Having a life cycle last two or more years.

  17. Evergreen • Plants that remain green year round

  18. Deciduous • Plants which lose their functional leaves during dormant season.

  19. 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 5 pictures. 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

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