Category
page 1Plants in culture
horticulture
thumb|A horticulture student tending to plants in a Market garden|garden in [[Lawrenceville, Georgia, March 2015]]
thumb|The Rock Garden, Leonardslee Gardens
Horticulture (from ) is the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. Horticulture is different from general agriculture, agronomy, and gardening in that it involves specialization and controlled cultivation and management of plants and their ecosystems. It can be distinguished by its subfields and or unique botanical expressions. There are various divisions of horticulture because plants are grown for
laurel wreath
wreath made of branches and leaves of the bay laurel
agroforestry
thumb|upright=1.35|Maize grown under Faidherbia albida and [[Borassus akeassii near Banfora, Burkina Faso ]]
Agroforestry (also known as agro-sylviculture or forest farming) is a land use management system that integrates trees with crops or pasture. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies. As a polyculture system, an agroforestry system can produce timber and wood products, fruits, nuts, other edible plant products, edible mushrooms, medicinal plants, ornamental plants, animals and animal products, and other products from both domesticated and wild species.
sentinel species
organisms used to detect risks to humans by providing advance warning of a danger
Myrtle wreath at Vergina
gold wreath found in the royal Macedonian tombs at Vergina, Greece

Allan and the Holy Flower
1915 novel by H. Rider Haggard
plant symbolism
symbolic meanings assigned to plants by various cultures, individuals, institutions, folk cultures and traditions