Intro To Horticulture

What's the difference between Pomology and Olericulture?

Pomology is fruits and nuts, and Olericulture is vegetables.

Mail-order Nursery Business Owner:

Propagates and grows plants before shipping them to customers.

Orchard Supervisor:

Often specializes in one particular fruit or nut, such as apples, and may either own his or her own land or work as a manager for a large fruit growing company.

Landscape Installation Supervisor:

Oversees planting of a landscape including walkways, walls, fences, patios, decks, and irrigation.

Grass Seed Producer:

Oversees production of seed in the field including growing, pest control, harvesting, cleaning, packaging, and marketing.

Nursery Production Supervisor:

Oversees the full range of production of shrubs or trees (greenhouse propagation, potting, field planting, digging, and sale preparation).

Ornamental Horticulture

Plants grown for aesthetic uses, improvement of quality of life and our environment, and functional uses. (ex: energy conservation).

Landscape Estimator:

Responsible for determining the cost of executing the design prepared by the landscape designer.

Park or Zoo Landscape Supervisor:

Responsible for overseeing maintenance of all landscaping of the area including scheduling maintenance, supervising maintenance workers.

Horticultural Garden, Botanical Garden, or Arboretum Supervisor:

Responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the garden... • Planning seasonal displays; Giving talks and tours to the public. • Maintaining records and plant samples; budgeting, personnel, fund-raising, etc.

Vegetable Grower or Vegetable Farm Manager:

Responsible for planting, scheduling, monitoring crop growth, supervising pest and disease control, and supervising harvest of one or more crops.

Golf Course, Cemetery, or Park Superintendent (also called Greenskeeper):

Responsible for supervising maintenance; arranging for repair of maintenance equipment; giving professional advice, opinions, assistance, and services to the board of directors or managing body; and participating in all long-range planning meetings.

Berry Grower:

Strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries are particularly good crop choices for those who wish to run their own U-Pick farms.

Lawn Maintenance Service Owner:

Supervises crews to maintain turf areas in an attractive, healthy condition for homeowners or commercial businesses.

Inventory Controller:

Supervises quality control of the plants produced in a large nursery, works with customers and the nursery production supervisor to make sure that the plants requested are available from the nursery.

Grounds Maintenance Supervisor:

Supervises the crew performing such activities as pruning, irrigation, planting, cleaning, spraying, and fertilizing.

Horticulture is known as:

The Green Industry

Botany

The correlating hard science for horticulture is botany. -Botany deals with plant classification, biochemistry, anatomy, and such without direct regard to how they affect a plant's usefulness to humans. -Botany is defined broadly as the scientific study of plants.

Arboriculture

The growing and study of trees ( Urban Forestry).

Landscape Horticulture

The outdoor ornamental-plant facet of horticulture is called environmental horticulture or landscape horticulture. (The industry employs many thousands of people in hundreds of job specialties.)

Agronomy

The science and technology of culturing, utilizing and improving field crops (grain, fiber and forage crops).

Forestry

The science and technology of culturing, utilizing and improving forest trees and their products (ex. pulp, resins, oils, etc.).

Turfgrass

The study of grasses for lawns, landscapes, sport facilities and golf courses (Considered Agronomy in many Universities)

Viticulture

The study of growing grapes and vines.

Silviculture

The study of trees in Forestry.

Nursery Production

Trees, shrubs and vines, culture and production.

Agriculture

the science and technology of growing and raising plants and animals. ('Agri' l. = Field, 'cultura' L. = Cultivation)

Horticulture

the science, technology and art of culturing, utilizing and improving fruit, vegetables, flowering and ornamental plants. ('hortus' L. = garden, 'cultura' L. =cultivation)

Guidelines for placement of a crop in Horticulture, Agronomy, or Forestry:

• Intensity of Production • Purpose Crop is Grown • Tradition or Custom

Grape Vineyard Supervisor (viticulturist):

• Produces table grapes for fresh eating and especially wine grapes. • A grape vineyard supervisor is in charge of planting, pruning, pest and disease control, and harvesting.

Enologist (winemaker):

• Works part-time in the laboratory to decide the best time to harvest, and outside during the growing and harvesting periods. • A winemaker oversees crushing and pressing of the grapes and the fermentation, filtration, bottling, and aging of the wine. • May supervise assistants, manage sales, arrange for advertising and marketing, and conduct winery tours.

Careers in Horticulure:

•Botany •Olericulure •Pomology •Viticulture •Turfgrass •Silviculture vs. Arbiculture •Ornamental Horticulture •Floriculture •Floristy •Landscape Horticulture •Nursery Production

Retail Nursery Salesperson:

Assists customers in selecting the right plants to suit the growing conditions around their homes.

Landscape Contractor:

A large-scale contractor will coordinate big landscaping projects such as business parks and housing projects. • A small-scale landscape contractor may install and then maintain the landscapes only for individual homes.

Cannery Field Manager:

A liaison between canners and growers of the produce to be canned, such as tomatoes.

Tree Nursery Owner:

A tree nursery owner who produces bare-root plants usually is the owner of a fruit tree or landscape tree nursery for deciduous species. • Plants are propagated from seed and also may be grafted. • The plants are field-grown for sale can be through mail order, or to garden centers or retail nurseries.

What is the "hard" Science that correlates with Horticulture?

Botany.

Irrigation Specialist:

Careers in irrigation include selling irrigation equipment, designing irrigation systems for wholesale nurseries or landscapes, and installing irrigation systems.

Christmas Tree Grower:

Christmas trees requires a time & labor investment of 5 years or more before the first profits are made. • A person interested in growing Christmas trees should seek land which can be leased long-term, or is inexpensive to buy.

Nursery Shipping Manager:

Coordinates inventory, packing, and transportation schedules for plants produced by a large nursery.

Landscape Designer:

Develops a plan for the planted areas around homes and small commercial buildings.

Landscape Horticulture

Exterior and interior design, construction and maintenance of landscapes.

Floristry

Floral design and retail floristry operation.

Areas of Ornamental Horticulture:

Floriculture Floristry Landscape Horticulture Nursery Production

Floriculture

Flowering and foliage plant culture and production.

Pomology

Fruit and nut cultivation and production.

Sod Producer:

Grows high-quality sod of various grass varieties from seed. Production involves watering, mowing, disease and pest control, and harvesting.

Areas and Careers in Horticulture:

Horticulture is an applied science, and the knowledge is used to achieve a specific goal.

Retail Nursery Owner:

Includes all responsibilities of a small business including customer service, bookkeeping, and plant maintenance.

Sports Field Manager:

Maintains the high-quality turf essential in professional sports arenas.

Botanist

May identify new plant species and evaluate their parts and uses. Some study the structure of plants. They may work in the field, concentrating on the pattern of the whole plant.

Arboretum Supervisor:

Must have a thorough knowledge of tree species and their propagation and care. • He/she must also have strong interpersonal skills and be able to work cooperatively with staff, workers, volunteers, and the public.

Olericulture

Vegetable cultivation and production.