INTRO TO HORTICULTURE. CREDITS TO THE OWNER OF THE PICTURES FROM ONLINE.

1. Intro to Horticulture

2. HORTICULTURE
 “It’s the ART and SCIENCE of producing
NUTRITIOUS FOOD for the BODY and
BEAUTIFUL FOOD for the SOUL”
 HORTUS …Garden
 CULTURA…Cultivation

3. AGRICULTURE
 AGRI… Field
 CULTURA…Cultivation

4. AGRICULTURE
 AGRONOMY - Field Crops
 FORESTRY – Trees in native habitats
 HORTICULTURE – Garden Cultivation
 Higher intensity of management and labor
 Higher profitability / acre
 Usually harvested fresh

5. BRANCHES of HORTICULTURE
 ARBORICULTURE- the
cultivation of trees and shrubs
especially for ornamental purposes
 POMOLOGY- the science
and practice of growing fruit
 VITICULTURE -the cultivation or
culture of grapes especially for
wine making

6. BRANCHES of HORTICULTURE
 OLERICULTURE- The field of horticulture dealing with the production, storage,
processing and marketing of vegetables
 FLORICULTURE- is the study of growing flowering plants.
 GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT

7. BRANCHES of HORTICULTURE
 LANDSCAPE
INDUSTRY
 Architecture and
Design
 Construction
 Management

8. BRANCHES of HORTICULTURE
 TURFGRASS INDUSTRY
 PHARMACOLOGY
 HORTICULTURAL THERAPY