1. Class Website
Hilhiagriculture.weebly.com

2. INTRODUCTION to HORTICULTURE

3. HORTICULTURE
Cultivation of gardens or orchards, including the growing of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and ornamental shrubs and trees
In Latin:
HORTUS …Garden
CULTURA…Cultivation
Branch of Agriculture

4. AGRICULTURE
AGRI… Field
CULTURA…Cultivation

5. AGRICULTURE AGRONOMY - Field Crops FORESTRY – Trees in native habitats
HORTICULTURE – Garden Cultivation
Higher intensity of management and labor
Higher profitability / acre
Usually harvested fresh

6. BRANCHES of HORTICULTURE
ARBORICULTURE
Maintenance of trees in urban and suburban landscapes
POMOLOGY
Fruits and nuts, small fruits and orchards

7. BRANCHES of HORTICULTURE
OLERICULTURE
Vegetable Production
FLORICULTURE
Flower and indoor plant production
GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT
Greenhouse Production

8. BRANCHES of HORTICULTURE
LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY
Architecture and Design
Construction
Management

9. BRANCHES of HORTICULTURE
TURFGRASS INDUSTRY
Seed and sod production for home, public, or commercial uses.
PHARMACOLOGY
Herb production for medicine
HORTICULTURAL THERAPY
Using plants for their therapeutic value to disable or disadvantaged people.

10. HISTORY of HORTICULTURE
EARLY MAN
30,000 years ago
Hunters and gatherers
AGRICULTURE starts
~10,000 years ago
Egypt and Mesopotamia
Saved grains and planted for harvest

11. HISTORY of HORTICULTURE
~8,000 years ago – herding cattle
~7,000 years ago – domesticated animals for cultivation of wheat and barley
~5,000 years ago
Eastern Hemisphere - Land preparation, irrigation and pruning practices
Western Hemisphere - Cultivation of squash corn, peppers and avocadoes
HORTICULTURE begins
3,500 years ago
Conditions and time constraints
Desire to grow plants for ornamental vaule

12. HORTICULTURE TODAY ADVENT of TECHNOLOGY
Mechanization (Industrial Revolution)
Storage, Marketing, Transportation
Synthetic Fertilizers and Pesticides
Botanical Knowledge
Plant Breeding

13. HORTICULTURE TODAY (2013)
HORTICULTURE in OREGON
#1 - Greenhouse and Nursery Products ($745 million)
# 2 – Cattle and Calves ($669 million)
# 3 – Hay ($634 million)
# 4 – Milk (532 $million)
# 5 – Grass Seed ($411 million)
# 6 – Wheat ($368 million)
# 7 - Potatoes ($170 million)
# 8 – Onions Storage ($143 million)

14. Assignment
You will research 5 different jobs in the Horticulture field
You will need to find the following for each:
Job name
Job Salary (yearly or weekly)
Job Description
Education requirements for your job
Skills that are needed for your job
You will have time on Monday to finish it