1670s, "cultivation of a garden," coined from Latin hortus "garden" (see yard (n.1)), probably on model of agriculture. Famously punned upon by Dorothy Parker.

art and science of cultivating plants.

The art and science of cultivating plants.

Managing a garden

The art and science of cultivating plants. Humus

Horticulture derives from the Latin hortus. It meant a 'garden' space, in contrast to an 'agricultural' space.

The art and science of cultivating high-value, often highly perishable crops (sometimes called "garden crops"), including fruits, vegetables, flowers, and landscape trees and shrubs.

Intensive and extensive cultivation of garden plants including fruits, vegetables, flower crops, and landscape and nursery crops. [view larger image]

The term includes the art, science, technology, and business of the cultivation of plants for ornament or food. It also includes landscape design, construction, maintenance, restoration along with the [..]

the science, skill, or occupation of cultivating plants, especially flowers, fruit, and vegetables, in gardens or greenhouses.

The branch of the science of agriculture that relates to cultivating gardens and orchards, including the growing of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and ornamental shrubs and trees.

gardening; growing fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plans. Indigenous societies once believed on the brink of starvation until "civilized" by monoculturalists (e.g., the California Indians and the Spanish Mission System) are now known to have supported themselves with food grown horticulturally in mixed crops similar to those no [..]

see market gardening.

The science of caring for gardens or gardening; small scale agriculture.

Horticulture is the science and art of gardening and of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. A horticultural variety of a plant is one produced under cultivation, as disting [..]

A production system based on low-technology farming or gardening, without the use of plows, draft animals, irrigation, or fertilizers.

(n) the cultivation of plants

The practice of growing and cultivating plants, especially in a garden, nursery, greenhouse, or botanical garden like the San Diego Zoo or San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

The science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. In behavioural sciences, nonindustrial system of plant cultivation in which plots lie fallow for varying lengths of time.

The science and art of growing fruit, flowers, ornamental plants, and vegetables in small gardens.

the cultivation of fruits, vegetables and flowers; gardening

the art or science of cultivating fruits, flowers, and vegetables (Webster)

Horticulture is the science, technology and business involved in intensive plant cultivation for human use. It is very diverse in its activities, incorporating plants for food (fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, culinary herbs) and non-food crops (flowers, trees and shrubs, turf-grass, hops, medicinal herbs). RESFOOD aims at reducing the intake of fres [..]

The branch of the science of agriculture that relates to cultivating gardens and orchards, including the growing of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and ornamental shrubs and trees.

The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening. Small-scale agriculture.