A horticulturist practices the scientific or practical aspects of horticulture— growing, producing, utilizing, and studying horticultural crop plants and plant products. Careers in horticulture range from the scientific to the applied. Careers...

The word horticulture translates as "garden cultivation," or to cultivate garden plants. It was first used in publication in 1631 and was an entry in The New World of English Words in 1678. Today horticulture means the science,...

Plant breeding began when early humans saved seeds and planted them. The cultural change from living as nomadic hunter-gatherers, to living in more settled communities, depended on the ability to cultivate plants for food. Present knowledge indicates...

Horticulture (pronounced /ˈhɔrtɨkʌltʃɚ/,[1]) is the art and science of the cultivation of plants. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the fields of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...

Demolishing fine buildings is something Bostonians, like most Americans, are very good at. Few buildings have been more delightful than the one in the old photo. This was Horticultural Hall, built in 1865 as the headquarters of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The building was...

In a greenhouse summer when every tree, shrub, lawn and flower bursts with growth, the fine hand of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society nurtures our interest and appreciation. For 160 years, this organization has cultivated not only hundreds of thousands of gardens but as many...