Knowra Horticulture Horticulture Horticulture is the science and practice of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, ornamental plants, and other garden crops. It combines plant biology with techniques for cultivating, improving, and maintaining useful and decorative plants.
Plant physiology : Plant physiology studies the functions and processes that sustain plant growth, development, and responses to the environment. Growth, flowering, and fruiting depend on the plant processes horticultural practices seek to manage.
Olericulture : Olericulture is the branch of horticulture concerned with growing vegetables. It focuses on the cultivation and production of vegetable crops.
Grafting : Grafting joins a plant shoot or bud to another plant's rooted stock so they grow as one. It combines desirable fruiting traits with root systems adapted to particular soils or conditions.
Plant domestication : Plant domestication is the evolutionary and cultural process by which humans alter wild plants through cultivation and selection. Cultivated horticultural crops descend from plants shaped by generations of human selection.
Food security : Food security exists when people have reliable access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. Fruit and vegetable production contributes to dietary quality and local food supplies.
Soil science : Soil science studies soil formation, properties, classification, and management. Soil structure, nutrients, and water availability shape the conditions in which garden crops grow.
Pomology : Pomology is the branch of horticulture concerned with fruit and nut crops. Orchard management and fruit production form one major horticultural specialty.
Pruning : Pruning is the selective removal of plant parts to influence growth, structure, flowering, or fruiting. Cutting and shaping can direct growth and improve access to light and harvest.
Neolithic Revolution : The Neolithic Revolution was the transition in many societies from foraging toward farming and settled life. The spread of agriculture created enduring traditions of cultivating food plants.
Urban agriculture : Urban agriculture is the production of food and other useful plants within or around cities. Community gardens and urban farms bring horticultural production into built environments.
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