Understanding Horticulture(Part A)

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What is Horticulture?Look at the magazine covers below.

What is horticulture?

How does it relate to agriculture?

What is Horticulture?

• If you said growing plants, then you were right!

• If you said growing plants for things like food, clothing, and housing; then you were even more right.

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What is Horticulture?

• The definition of horticulture is:– The culture of plants for food,

comfort and beauty.

• “Culture” means to grow something. So, another way to define horticulture is:– The growing of plants for food,

comfort and beauty. Click ‘growing’ to see more.

Horticulture is the growing of plants for:

Question……

• What is the definition of horticulture?

a. The building of plants

b. The culture of plants

c. The construction of plants

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• The definition of horticulture is:

– The culture of plants for food, comfort and beauty.

– In the Latin language, Horticulture is directly translated as “garden-culture.”

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The Horticulture Industry

The Horticulture Industry involves three things:

1. It is making a garden. (Production)

2. It is the study of plants.

(Science Botany)

3. It is the tools and equipment used in the garden. (Technology)

What is the Horticulture Industry?

1. It is making a garden. (Production) Click ‘production’ to see more.

Garden

Gardening = Production

The horticulture industry is the making of a garden

This…

This…

…Or this!

What is the Horticulture Industry?

2. It is the study of plants.

(Science Botany)

Study Plants

Study Plants = Science (or Botany) Click ‘botany’ to see more.

The horticulture industry is the study of plants

What is the Horticulture Industry?

3. It is the tools and equipment used in the garden. (Technology)

Tools + Equipment

= Technology Click ‘technology’ to see more.

The horticulture industry is technology

All sorts of tools…

…and Equipment.

The Horticulture Industry

Horticulture = garden + plants + tools

or, we can say…

Horticulture = + +

production botany technology

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What is another word for studying plants?

a. production b. botany c. technology

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b. botany

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What is another word for gardening?

a. production b. botany c. technology

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Your correct answer is:

a. production

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Answer the following question

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What is another word for tools?

a. production b. botany c. technology

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c. technology

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