Significant numbers of people engage in gardening as a popular pastime ( Dunnett and Qasim, 2000 ; Sommerfield et al., 2010 ) or are employed in the wider horticultural industry (e.g., landscaping). The practice of gardening has been described as a
One of the greatest challenges for consumer horticulture specialists and extension agents is communicating effectively with their broad audiences. Even when narrowed to home and community food gardening, the target audience is immense. In 2008, 31
. Moreover, Fukuda et al. (2021 ) noted that the relationship between NIR in /PAR in and LAI could differ depending on the canopy structure; thus, further investigations are required for other types of plant canopies. In horticultural crop production, where
Mealybugs are major insect pests of interior plantscape environments such as greenhouses, interiorscapes, and conservatories feeding on a wide variety of horticultural plants ( Blumberg and Van Driesche, 2001 ; James, 1937 ; Kole and Hennekam
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One role of public horticulture institutions, and museums in general, is the education of their visitors and their community. While many gardens offer educational programming for adults and elementary school–aged children, the teenage audience seems
Florida's horticulture is a growing industry that annually brings billions of dollars to the economy in terms of sales [$15.24 billion in 2005 ( Hodges and Haydu, 2007 )]. It also brings benefits such as jobs, taxes paid to local and state
The National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH), a consortium of CH leaders from academia, industry, public gardens, governments, and nonprofits ( Dorn et al., 2018 ), defines CH as “the cultivation, use, and enjoyment of plants, gardens
practitioners must be able to perform safely and competently at the time of licensure or certification” ( Chinn and Hertz, 2010 ). Previous literature on horticultural therapy job analysis has focused on gathering demographic data and exploring relationships
also involves divergent ways of thinking that include openness, subjectivity, intuition, and sensory and imaginative processes. Unlike many scientific disciplines, horticulture provides a rich environment for both divergent and convergent thinking