Horticulture is a culture of growing gardens. Horticulturists work in government, educational institutions or an industry. They are often crop production advisers, crop inspectors, extension specialists, research scientists, plant breeders, cropping systems engineers, propagators, teachers and business managers.
In horticulture plants are grown as seedlings. Plant nurseries prepare seeds, cut plants and grow mature plants. These are also sent for market gardens and ornamental gardens. Horticultural communities are different from agricultural communities in that they cultivate small plots of plants, allow native plants to grow along with the intended plants, grow multiple types of plants in a small area than a single crop in a large area. Often horticultural communities plant useful plants.
Horticulture work involves plant breeding, plant propagation, crop production, plant storage, processing and transportation, improving yield and quality of a crop, protecting crops from insects and environmental effects, applying genetic engineering, biochemistry and physiology in the cultivation of plants. Horticulture study involves five areas. Post harvest physiology, pomology, olericulture, floriculture and landscape architecture are the five areas of study in horticulture.
