Horticulture

Horticulture is a branch of agriculture concerning the science and art of producing, managing, and cultivating plant. As opposed to agriculture, which deals with mass production of food crops, horticulture is more focused small scale planting. Fruits, vegetables, spices, ornamental plants or trees, herbs, nuts, mushrooms, flowers, sprouts, algae, seaweed, and grasses.

Divisions

Modern subsections of this field include:

• Pomology: the study of fruiting plants
• Olericulture:
• Viticulture
• Floriculture
• Arboriculture
• Post-Harvest Management
• Environmental Horticulture