Friday 15 November 2013

history of horticulture?


 A BRIEF HISTORY OF HORTICULTURE :

The deliberate use of plants by humans for aesthetic and functional purposes has its
origin in antiquity. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were hailed as one of the seven

What is horticulture?


HORTICULTURE

Defination:

               The term horticultureis derived from the Latin hortus(garden) and cultura(cultivation),which means garden cultivation. Modern horticulture is the science and art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants

HISTORY OF GARDEN? HOW TO DO GARDENING

HISTORY OF GARDEN

The idea of cultivating a garden in downtown Oklahoma City began when world-renowned
architect I. M. Pei was commissioned by city leaders, led by oil and gas pioneer Dean A.
McGee (CEO of Kerr-McGee Corporation), in 1964 to create a revitalization plan for
downtown Oklahoma City. The resulting Pei Plan incorporated parkland for the development of a cultural, recreational, and commercial complex. The area that is now the Myriad
Botanical Gardens was originally designed by I.M. Pei to model the Tivoli Gardens in
Copenhagen, Denmark.
garden image
GARDENING
 






One of the big gaps in extant gardens in Britain are those from the 17th century.  So many were lost during the Civil War and subsequent Commonwealth when  ornamental gardens were far too frivolous for Puritans tastes; and those that did survive we subsequently landscaped according to 18th century fashions.

What is agri or agriculture?


AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE DEFINATION:




Agriculture can be defined as the systematic and controlled use of living organisms and the environment to improve the human condition. 

FORMATION :

Agriculture is a latin word in which :

  •                  agri means : field
  •                  culture means: cultivation