When asked, a horticulturalist once said, "I'm a horticulturalist because I'm deeply fascinated, even in love, with plants." Perhaps this speaks to the heart of horticulture... In this section we offer articles about how current events like dessertification, environmental degradation, climate change, but also restoration, protection, etc. impact the quality and production of plants that feed human populations.
Our Emphasis:
- Floriculture - The cultivation and production of flowers for food.
- Olericulture - Cultivar selection and development for producing vegetable crops by seed and transplants.
- Pomology - The cultivation and production of fruit crops.
- Viticulture - The science, lore, and study of grapes and vineyards.
- Viniculture - The love of wine and wine making.
Last Update: Tuesday, March 27, 2018
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From the 'About Us' page on the AHS Website:
Making America a nation of gardeners, a land of gardens. That's our vision. Ambitious? Sure, but we don't think it's impossible. It's what we've been doing for more than 90 years.
The AHS Website has gardening resources, gardening programs, youth gardening information, membership information and much more. All in all, the AHS Website is a fascinating place to visit with a ton of resources.
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This Webpage provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Library provides annotated links to societies and associations that offer information about home gardening.
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The NGA has been teaching people how to garden since 1971. The Website offers helpful tools, such as an online planting calendar, frost dates according to zipcode, and much more.
The organization offers a plant database with photographs and information on light and water requirements, etc.
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From the USDA Website:
The People’s Garden works across USDA and with partners to start and sustain school gardens, community gardens, urban farms, and small-scale agriculture projects in rural and urban areas with the mission of growing healthy food, people and communities. This work is accomplished through collaboration and volunteerism. It is named in honor of President Lincoln’s description of USDA as “The People’s Department.”
