Definition of horticulture
: the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants
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McMahon, who retired as an Ohio State University professor in 2015, taught classes and served as the greenhouse production and management technology coordinator in OSU's horticulture technologies division.
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Money raised at sales from the nursery supplement the college’s ornamental horticulture program’s regular funding, and helps to pay for supplies and equipment.
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Willis said students at Thomas Jefferson Middle School also are involved, with the horticulture program recently donating about 140 pounds of bok choy, also known as Chinese cabbage.
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Today, the tulip is a major part of the Dutch horticulture economy — while also being celebrated as part of the culture.
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The man behind the magic is the city’s superintendent of horticulture, Tony Hennessy.
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Orange County residential horticulture agent Amy Vu.
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The 2018 Quiet Corner Garden Club $1,000 Scholarship will be awarded to a high school student who lives in the Quiet Corner, has been accepted to a college majoring in agriculture, landscape design, horticulture, or other environmental sciences.
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Merchants will be on hand offering goods relating to landscaping, gardening, irrigation, horticulture and more.
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Hortus is Latin for "garden", and the first gardens were planted about 10,000 years ago in what is often called the Fertile Crescent—the crescent-shaped area stretching from Israel north through Syria and down Iraq's two great rivers to the Persian Gulf. Probably more fertile in previous centuries than it is today, it was the original home of such food plants as wheat, barley, peas, and lentils or their ancient ancestors (not to mention the ancestors of cows, pigs, sheep, and goats as well). Many horticulturists today work as researchers or plant breeders or tend orchards and greenhouses—but most American households contain at least one amateur horticulturist.
Origin and Etymology of horticulture
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Definition of horticulture for English Language Learners
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: the science of growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers
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