Horticulture

If you're obsessed with gardening and anything goes even slightly plants, and their welfare, then you're probably a closet horticulturist. A horticulturist be regarded as a person who grows and cultivates plants, among other things. In other words a gardener right? After everything that's in a name? A rose is another name still a rose. Cliched words yes, but true nevertheless. The only difference between a horticulturist and a gardener is the fancy title, (and the money of course!) They get paid in money, you get paid in full bloom. So, now you can go around telling your friends that you are deep in the study of horticulture!

What is horticulture? It's a funny thing really when you right down to the roots of it. Horticulture by its definition is the cultivation of a garden, or in other words, the science (or art) for growing vegetables, fruits, plants and flowers. A horticultural plant is defined as one produced by the culture, and not one that has grown without a helping hand.

Born from the union of two Latin words, Hortus, which means "garden vegetable" and Cultura, meaning 'culture', horticulture in its truest form spans across many fields and involves many different types of careers, ranging from industry, government, wholesale and retail companies, growers, breeders, and even educational.

Horticulture enthusiasts will be interested to learn that there are five main areas of horticulture to choose from. Landscape horticulture, which is involved in the production and maintenance of the landscape is a plant. Floriculture primarily related to the marketing and production of floral crops, while vegetables deals with vegetables cultivation.

Pomology Preservation and physiology are the last two of the five areas of horticulture. The study of pomology is based on the cultivation, production and marketing of fruit, while the study of Detention physiology channels its energies into the promotion of crop quality, and reduce the overall spoilage for all crops.

So now that you have a general view of horticulture, and everything associated with it, maybe you really want to dig yourself into! If you are interested, there are always classes on horticulture that you could take to share hours gardening pleasure with like-minded souls. Perhaps you can also sign up for one or two night class at your local community college. You'll never know unless you try. In addition, it is always better to be up front and open with your friends and family, instead of a closet horticulturist!