Sustainable Land Scaping USA

Horticulture is the term that is used to describe the business, science and technology involved in the cultivation of plants for human use and consumption. It immediately evokes images of gardeners and gardens, people and plants. Simple gardening chores to complex landscaping activities at homes, residential complexes, multinational corporations, public parks, and various other locations constitute horticulture. Diverse activities such as planning and incorporating foods and fertilizers for flowering plants, shrubs and trees as well as food crops like vegetables and fruits are included in this technology; related services like garden and landscape design and construction, landscape renovation and restoration, plant maintenance, horticultural therapy and arboriculture fall within its ambit. Such activities are being increasingly seen as fundamental to human lifestyles and well-being.

Horticulture spans two sections – food and non-food. Horticulturists, or technicians and scientists, apply their knowledge and skills for the extensive production of food and non-food plants for social as well as personal needs.

The science of Horticulture encompasses the wider range of the pure sciences – biology, botany, chemistry, geology, mathematics and physics. Its contributions to people and society include at large, commerce & trade, education, healthcare, marketing and the use natural therapies.