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 things 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.

Flower Carpet

Watch this video of a flower garden being designed and transformed at the Biltmore estate.

Horticulture Terms• Use your KRS sheet to complete what

you think about each of these terms. If you know them check the appropriate box and write YOUR definition. If you don’t know then check other boxes.

• You will get a chance to get with others later, so do this on your own please!

Floriculture• –noun – the cultivation of flowers or flowering

plants, esp. for ornamental purposes.

Olericulture• –noun• the cultivation of vegetables for the

home or market.

Pomology• noun • the science that deals with fruits and

fruit growing.

Landscaping/Nursery• 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

Biology• The science of life or living matter in all

its forms and phenomena, esp. with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior.

Zoology• The science

or branch of biology dealing with animals.

Botany• The science of plants; the branch of

biology that deals with plant life.

Agronomy• The science of soil management and

the production of field crops.

Forestry• the science of planting and taking care of

trees and forests. • the process of establishing and managing

forests; forestation.

Annual• Plants that only live for one growing

season (ex. Beans, corn)

Biennials• Plants that live for two growing seasons.

Perennials• Having a life cycle last two or more

years.

Evergreen• Plants that remain green year round

Deciduous• Plants which lose their functional leaves

during a 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 brochures, and 1 is about you.

• Each panel must have at least 5 pics. And some way to define the word the pics are describing.

• Creativity counts! (4pts per def., 4pts. per label, 1pt. Per pic, and 5 pts creative.) TOTAL PTS: 75 pts