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the science of growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers
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Recent Examples of horticulture
Students in the program will learn horticulture therapy techniques and how to develop therapy programs, while students in the advanced horticulture therapy certificate program will deepen their expertise within the field, the release said.
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Robert Westerfield, horticulture specialist, University of Georgia.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 May 2025
Enjoy the exhibits: This year, they’re divided into culinary arts, hobbies and handicrafts, horticulture, livestock, table settings, visual arts, wine and woodworking.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 19 July 2025
Markis Hill is a horticulture agent with Kansas State University Research and Extension.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Robert Westerfield, horticulture specialist, University of Georgia.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 May 2025
Enjoy the exhibits: This year, they’re divided into culinary arts, hobbies and handicrafts, horticulture, livestock, table settings, visual arts, wine and woodworking.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 19 July 2025
Markis Hill is a horticulture agent with Kansas State University Research and Extension.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horticulture
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The Almanac encourages people to plan spring gardening around these wintry conditions.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Aug. 2025
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Made of high-quality wood and coated with teak oil, this storage box is a durable, long-term solution for your gardening tools, fitness equipment, cushions and other items.—
Caitlyn Martyn
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11 Aug. 2025
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And its applications go far beyond the grocery store: Amcor’s products are used in garden and outdoor products, agriculture, pet care, healthcare, even building and construction.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Widespread pesticide use, mainly for agriculture, is perhaps the most worrisome threat of all.—
Bruce Beehler,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Aug. 2025
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Personal cultivation of psychedelic plants and fungi is limited to an area no larger than 144 square feet.—
A.J. Herrington,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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As that happened, animal and plant populations shifted range or died out, and hunter-gatherer societies either became nomadic or clustered around remaining water sources and took up one or another form of sedentary agriculture, including the cultivation of the date palm.—
Jacob Jones,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Aug. 2025
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Clip farming, in which anyone can take particularly attention-grabbing clips from podcasts or livestreams and pump them out on short-form video feeds, is chief among them.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
21 Aug. 2025
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Means gave a brief, somewhat flustered speech that barely touched on farming.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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These efforts involve reducing chemical inputs, minimizing tillage and improving soil health, cornerstones of the industry’s push toward a more sustainable future.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
27 June 2025
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Compacted soil can happen if there has been too much tillage, if wheels or machinery have been over the area, or even from excess foot traffic.—
Amelia Martin,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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Historically, many statistical programmers have come from fields such as mathematics, pharmaceuticals, technology and even agronomy.—
Kishore Pothuri,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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One plant that gets more blame than others is corn, said Dan Quinn, assistant professor of agronomy and extension corn specialist at Purdue University.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
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“Horticulture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horticulture. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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