1. Greenhouse Management
Industry Overview

2. Agriculture
Agriculture is a very large, broad applied science which encompasses 3 major areas:
Agronomy
Forestry
Horticulture

3. Horticulture
Horticulture, is in turn, broken into many specialty areas. Some examples include:
Olericulture
Turfgrass Management
Floriculture
Nursery Management
Greenhouse Managment

4. Greenhouse Management
Greenhouse Management is that part of horticulture which deals with the production of various plant products inside the controlled environment of a greenhouse.
By far the largest group of plant products produced in greenhouses are floricultural products.

5. Wholesale Value of Floricultural Crops in 2005 (in thousands of dollars)
Value(1,000’s)
Crop
Percent
Annual Bedding Plants 1,904,
Potted Flowering Plants 808,
Foliage Plants 721,
Herbaceous Perennial Plants 708,
Cut Flowers 396,
Cut Greens 104,
Total ,644, %

6. Where are the products grown?
The top 5 states for total floriculture production (wholesale value) in 2005 were (they account for 53% of the total production value):
#1 California
#2 Florida
#3 Michigan
#4 Texas
#5 New York

7. Match the following images of floriculture crops to the correct industry segment…
Annual Bedding Plants
Potted Flowering Plants
Foliage Plants
Herbaceous Perennial Plants
Cut Flowers
Cut Greens

8. Poinsettia

9. Marigold - Tagetes

10. Snapdragon – Antirrhinum

11. African Violet - Saintpaulia

12. Fern leaves (fronds)

13. Peace Lily - Spathiphyllum

14. Petunia - Petunia

15. Perennial Salvia – Salvia

16. Dumb Cane - Dieffenbachia

17. Impatiens - Impatiens

18. Hosta - Hosta

19. Roses - Rosa

20. Kalanchoe - Kalanchoe

21. How many did you get right?

22. The End