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		<title>A Little Background on Horticulture and How to Develop a Career in the Field</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With increasing concerns over global warming and care of the environment, plus riding demands for long-lasting produce, it is becoming more and more important to understand all the areas of horticulture.
But what exactly is horticulture? It&#8217;s the technical term that refers to the field and science of plant development, which includes everything from care and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">With increasing concerns over global warming and care of the environment, plus riding demands for long-lasting produce, it is becoming more and more important to understand all the areas of horticulture.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But what exactly is horticulture? It&#8217;s the technical term that refers to the field and science of plant development, which includes everything from care and manufacture of trees and shrubs to genetic alterations to typical produce to keep it fresh and free from bruising, such as many tomatoes sold in the United States.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The industry has eight subcategories which deal with more specific aspects of horticulture. Arboriculture deals with vines, shrubbery, trees, and other woody plants. This includes areas of research, planting, and care of all these types of foliage. Floriculture similarly deals with flowers and floral crops.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Landscape horticulture deals with the production and maintenance of plants involved in landscaping in all areas and climates. Olericulture and Pomology deal with vegetables and fruits, respectively. Viticulture refers more specifically to the production and marketing of grapes (as to wineries).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Postharvest physiology also at times crosses into the field of food science, as it tries to develop means of preventing spoilage and damage to all of the horticultural crops&#8211;including fruits and vegetables.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Fortunately, horticulture is the name of an industry that requires varied talents from many types of people. Engineers, inspectors, business managers, scientists and researchers, geneticists, and teachers are just a few of the workers needed in most areas of horticulture.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The industry is not only a stable one&#8211;it is growing. As I mentioned, many who enjoy the study of food science may actually find a rewarding career in horticulture. So how does an individual go on to become a horticulturalist?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Well, while your education is still in process, you can start with basic jobs that may seem menial or unrelated. Check out local floral shops, greenhouses, or gardening departments in hardware stores. You can even get involved in landscape design! All of these will help you begin to build a fundamental, practical knowledge of plants.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Do your research on the education level required for entry-level positions in the field you are most interested. Would you like to be a teacher, or would you prefer getting into advertising and marketing? Contact local firms or institutions; you might even ask about future hiring plans.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Decide which area of horticulture you would like to go into, and begin gearing your own education toward that particular division of the industry. Many institutions offer undergraduate degrees in horticulture, so from there, you should try to take classes which are tailored toward your area of interest.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Whenever there are speakers in your area, go and listen to them so that you might hear any words of wisdom they have to impart. Other than that, good luck&#8211;it&#8217;s a booming field, and the work is both helpful and rewarding!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Holbee Productions http://www.frederickrice.com/ horticultural speaker and lecturer, garden Designer and consultant. Art Gib is a freelance writer.</p>
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		<title>Horticulture: Pursuing a Career in Horticulture</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Horticulture involves the knowledge to grow fruits, flowers, plants, and vegetables. The location is generally a small garden at your home or maybe in a part. Some people choose to learn about horticulture to develop a beautiful garden of their own as a hobby or way to spend time making their home look better. For [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Horticulture involves the knowledge to grow fruits, flowers, plants, and vegetables. The location is generally a small garden at your home or maybe in a part. Some people choose to learn about horticulture to develop a beautiful garden of their own as a hobby or way to spend time making their home look better. For some, horticulture is their career.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are colleges and universities offering certificates in the area of horticulture. Having a certificate to show potential clients gives you more credibility. Since consumers are encouraged to shop around before making a decision on such contract work be ready to answer their questions openly and honestly. Make sure you have references to offer the consumer or given them addresses of other work you have done that they can drive by and look at.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">It can be challenging as a horticulturist to develop something that the consumer will be happy with. Communication is very important as is taking the time to draw up various options for the project before you begin. For your protection, always have a contract with the consumer regarding the plans they accepted, the deadline for completing the work, and any guarantees. You will want to outline your policy for complaints and other issues. Most horticulturists require a deposit or a percentage of the cost up front. Your contract should also include the price of the project.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">While horticulture can be challenging, it is a great career opportunity for those who enjoy working outdoors. Having great communication and organization skills will help you as well. You will be required to do physical work that involves lifting and bending. You have the potential to earn a great amount of money as a horticulturist, from $4,000 to $8,500 per month depending on the types of jobs you do and the area you live in. For those who work for a horticulturist, the pay is about $11 to $22 per hour.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Find horticulture jobs at http://www.land-force.com/pages/viewCategory.aspx?id=7&amp;catName=Horticulture</p>
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		<title>What is a Horticulture or Horticulturalist</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Horticulture refers to the industry and science of plant cultivation. Horticulturist work and study the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and engineering, biochemistry of plants and plant physiology. They work to particularly involve fruits, nuts, veggies, berries, trees, flowers, shrubs, and turf.
The career outlook for a horticulture career is favorable. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Horticulture refers to the industry and science of plant cultivation. Horticulturist work and study the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and engineering, biochemistry of plants and plant physiology. They work to particularly involve fruits, nuts, veggies, berries, trees, flowers, shrubs, and turf.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The career outlook for a horticulture career is favorable. They make on average $25-$30 thousand a year. They work to upgrade crop yield, quality, nutritional value, and plant&#8217;s resistance to diseases, insects, and environmental stresses.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">What&#8217;s in Horticulture?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Horticulture differs from agriculture in a sense that it uses as smaller scale of cultivation and uses smaller plots of mixed crops rather than a large field of single crop and the cultivation of a wider variation of crops, which usually includes trees. The study of horticulture includes eight areas that are grouped into two broad sections &#8211; the ornamentals and the edibles.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">How is it Green?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Arboriculture refers to the study and selection, planting care and removal of individual threes, shrubs and other perennial woody plants. Floriculture includes the production and marketing of floral crops. Landscape horticulture encompasses the production, marketing, and maintenance of landscaping plants. Olericulture is the production and marketing of vegetables, Pomology is the production and marketing of fruits and Viticulture is the production and marketing of grapes. Last is the Postharvest Physiology, which involves maintaining quality and preventing spoilage of horticultural crops.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Horticulture is being practiced in gardens, plant growth centers, and nurseries. Work in nurseries includes preparing seeds and cutting to growing fully mature plants. These are usually sold or transferred to ornamental gardens or market gardens.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">People who are interested in horticulture can find work in industry, government or educational institutions as well as private collections. The can work as cropping systems engineer or be a wholesale or retail business manager, propagators and tissue culture specialist for fruits, vegetables, ornamentals and turf; crop inspectors, crop production advisers, extension specialist, plant breeders, researcher and also as teachers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">People with a green thumb and real concern for plants and the flora are the best candidate for this kind of career.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Educational and Training Requirements</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A career in horticulture and gardening maybe complemented by a degree in botany, biology, entomology, genetics, garden design, physiology, and plant design. Plant sciences as well as horticulture courses includes study of plant materials, plant propagation, crop production, tissue culture, post-harvest handling, plant breeding, pollination management, crop nutrition, plant pathology, entomology and others. A masters or a doctoral degree many be required in some horticultural science.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">GreenCareersGuide.com is the #1 green careers website on Google. We have the most comprehensive database of articles on green jobs. Whatever your stage of life, we have you covered. Green careers, green training, and green entrepreneurship articles are only a small part of our exhaustive green career site. There are tremendous upsides to having a green career.</p>
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		<title>Have Dutch Bulb Exporters Gained Financial Control of American Horticulture</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many inquiries have been initiated into the reasons why Foster-Gallagher, the largest direct-to-consumer marketer of horticultural products in North America, filed for Bankruptcy on July 2, 2001, after ceasing all normal business operations on June 29, 2001. Somewhere between 3000 and 4000 employees lost their jobs and retirement benefits, stock-owned equity and $100,000,000 in debt [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Many inquiries have been initiated into the reasons why Foster-Gallagher, the largest direct-to-consumer marketer of horticultural products in North America, filed for Bankruptcy on July 2, 2001, after ceasing all normal business operations on June 29, 2001. Somewhere between 3000 and 4000 employees lost their jobs and retirement benefits, stock-owned equity and $100,000,000 in debt liabilities. The network of companies, owned and operating under the umbrella of Foster-Gallagher, were known by active American bulb buyers for many generations. Stark Brother&#8217;s Nursery (Stark Bros.) was known and carried the prestige of customer of fruit, nut, berry, plant, grapevine, and other shade tree and vine plants, as the most respected national provider of these products in the United States. National fruit orchard growers were loyal to Stark Brother&#8217;s Nursery in buying special fruit trees and vines, to plant and grow with an unshakable confidence that a healthy stream of revenue income would be harvested to support American farm families. Superior agricultural fruit products would be made available at the commercial markets with healthy, brightly colored, aromatic berries, grapes, and fruits. How then, could an American nursery with a flawless reputation for excellent quality, service, and a survival record in an extremely competitive business, become the helpless victim of failure and the unforgettable disgrace of bankruptcy? This question might be expanded to involve other Foster-Gallagher owned bulb and seed companies.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Gurney&#8217;s Seed and Nursery, and Henry Field&#8217;s Nursery also sold thousands of orders of fruit, nut, and shade trees, etc, like Stark Brother&#8217;s Nursery, but they likewise sold to a vast market of vegetable seed buyers a market, that in itself was enormously profitable. If these companies were removed from the American markets &#8220;Cui bono?&#8221; Who would benefit from this demise, and emerge to replace these giants of mail order success in past history? Would the new mail order replacement companies be owned and controlled by the Dutch office located in the Netherlands?</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Google search results show that Foster-Gallagher shipped 17 million packages in the year 2000. The amount of income that was generated from consumers ordering and buying 17,000,000 packages is staggering, even for a liberal mind.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Perhaps, the most specific generator of income from the 21 mail order companies owned by Foster-Gallagher resulted from primarily flower bulb sales. The nationally famous bulb companies, Michigan Bulb Company, Springhill Nursery; Breck&#8217;s Bulb Company; New Holland Bulb Company; and the mysterious facilities located in the Netherlands collapsed, when the parent company, Foster-Gallagher, filed for bankruptcy on July 2, 20001. A national chaotic frenzy followed, when it was pronounced that all those people who had placed orders from Foster-Gallagher owned companies, and all those other customers expecting replacement orders the following season would not have their orders filled. The credibility of disappointed customers placing mail order sales was shattered by these reports of &#8220;the cold shoulder&#8221; being offered to those who had sunk their savings accounts and planting confidence into Foster-Gallagher companies.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Google search results showed that on September 2, 2001, Foster-Gallagher executives reported that the business collapsed as a result from negative media coverage and caused a precipitous drop off in business income leading to the catastrophic National bankruptcy, leaving a $100,000,000 debt liability to be sorted out in the Federal Bankruptcy Court in the State of Delaware and angry mail order customers who absorbed the bad news that their orders and payments received were undeliverable and noncollectable!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Many questions remain unanswered that point to the present year 2006, after the disintegration of many previously, American-owned businesses, 5 years after Foster-Gallagher disappeared. Have those American owned business, now gone, that represented millions and millions of dollars in sales of Agricultural seed, trees, and Dutch grown bulbs, been replaced by Dutch owned companies that control the horticultural sales that funnel American dollars to offshore moguls based in the Netherlands?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Can an imaginary scenario be presented that might reveal how such a traumatic financial shift could insipidly develop and with impunity change the course of American Agriculture? The might and power of American Agriculture has been legendary in years past, and it is appropriate to consider whether or not American Agriculture dominance is teetering into a progressive state of limbo that might eventually endanger National security.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Consider a complex situational possibility that focused hawkish observers might call &#8220;Agricultural Terrorism.&#8221; Amaryllis sales are an important bulb Dutch export to the United States as well as many other Dutch bulbs like tulips and daffodils. Could the Foster-Gallagher bankruptcy have developed as a result of the following discussion? The Dutch amaryllis growers produce their bulbs in the Netherlands greenhouses, and exported them to the United States during the fall. The several types of market niches for the Dutch bulb exporters are: florists, fund raisers, Dutch owned re-wholesalers, box-store bulb packagers, and American mail order companies. The Dutch commercial florist customers demand quality, true-to-name cultivars, and the florist grower rapidly plants the amaryllis flower bulbs, and he can confirm the integrity of the flower color in about 3-4 weeks, as soon as the amaryllis flowers are forced into bloom. Mail order American customers are very vulnerable to Dutch amaryllis errors, or to a possible deliberate unloading of diseased amaryllis bulbs or slow-selling surplus amaryllis cultivars. The victimized American mail order company may ship his so-called true-to-name amaryllis to thousands of customers; unknowing of the possible latent motives of the Dutch Bulb Company that may have indirectly victimized a trusting, unsuspecting, American customer. Several months may have elapsed before the American mail order company begins to hear his phones, ringing off the hook from unhappy mail order customers, who received the wrong color bulb, or who might have planted a diseased bulb, ultimately ending with death rot. To fulfill the mail order promise of refund or free replacement, the American company not only loses a customer and marketing credibility; but when he confronts the Dutch amaryllis bulb exporters and suppliers, he is told to look at the bottom of his purchase invoice that reveals there is no Dutch guarantee, so the American mail order bulb merchant gets stuck with insoluble negatives that eventually could lead to the closure of his business.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The lack of a credible Dutch guarantee on their products is obvious in the following excerpt at the bottom of a Dutch wholesale purchase order. The Dutch bulbs that were delivered to an American Customer who purchased approximately $20,000 worth of flower bulbs in 2005-2006 season&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;PLEASE NOTE: NO COMPLAINT ENTERTAINED UNLESS MADE WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE GOODS. We give no warranty, expressed or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs or plants we send out nor will we be in any way responsible for the crop. QUALITY FLOWER BULB PRODUCTS&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Whether the American business closures resulted from the loss of his sales revenue, from a deluge of complaints filed angrily against the mail order company to United States governmental agencies. That accumulation of complaints could result in a revocation of a mail order business license, and that means the victims are two-fold; the American mail order amaryllis bulb company and the customer who did buy his product.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">How then, could the Dutch amaryllis bulb company benefit,&#8221;Cui bono&#8221;, or conspire to benefit from the deliberate malicious act of mischief? The answer to this question becomes clear when the revelation is made that the Dutch exporter also owns a business interest in an American mail order competitor selling Amaryllis to the American bulb customer, who finally ended up as one more more mysterious, unexplained business failure. The dissatisfied mail order complainers might be redirected next year to buy their amaryllis from the Dutch export retail operation that in combination with all the other Dutch owned wholesale and retail operations.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Not only can a mail order company be deliberately stocked with an inventory of untrue-to-name bulb, but the American bulb merchant may, by misfortune receive amaryllis bulbs bulbs infected with the Red Blotch disease, Stagonospora curtisii, that seriously erupts with bright red spots on the amaryllis leaves, the flower stems, the flower petals, and the dormant amaryllis bulbs, both outside or inside the bulb. The red spots are small at first, and increase in size to form large, dark red blotches on tainted, dying leaves, infected bent flower stems, that eventually began to collapse inwards to progressively fatally rot the amaryllis bulb into a pile of malignant brown jelly. It has been possible recently to prove by the investigations of agricultural authorities that the amaryllis rot originated from the exporting Dutch grower; if the red spots originated from the lower cells of the dormant bulb center. The infected red blotch in a number of amaryllis bulbs would point to evidence that the bulbs were intentionally marketed by the Dutch exporters as diseased bulbs with malice apparent.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Another very serious disease is the amaryllis mosaic virus that can spread fast to infect amaryllis flower bulbs with streaks or on the leaves of yellow, reducing normal growth and flowering. Clemson University says &#8220;nothing one can do to eliminate mosaic (virus) from an infected plant&#8221; and the amaryllis bulbs should be destroyed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The question remains unanswered: Have the Dutch bulb exporters gained financial control of American agriculture? The Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company reported sales of 306 billion dollars in 2005 and was the second most profitable corporation in the world with its largest revenue coming from the United States.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Patrick N. Malcolm, owner of TyTy Nursery, http://www.tytyga.com, has an M.S. degree in Botany and has hybridized crinum lily, canna lily, and other rare flower bulbs for over 34 years.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Horticulture involves the knowledge of growing fruits, vegetables, garden plants and flowers. The location could be a small garden at home or may even be a part of the house. Some people learn horticulture to create a beautiful garden of their own as a hobby or way to make the home look more appealing.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Horticulture involves the knowledge of growing fruits, vegetables, garden plants and flowers. The location could be a small garden at home or may even be a part of the house. Some people learn horticulture to create a beautiful garden of their own as a hobby or way to make the home look more appealing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">How To Become A Horticulturist?</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Many universities and colleges offer certificates in horticulture. A certificate makes a business operation more credible. To be a horticulturist, you need to be knowledgeable in Chemistry, Botany, soil types, written and oral communication, plant pests and diseases and business management. The courses provide information on health benefits, food safety, gardening-techniques and ecologically sound lawns.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Job Opportunities</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Professional Horticulturists can work in different areas such as:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Production &#8211; Managing a landscape service, greenhouse, vegetable farm, orchard, flower or plant shop, garden center, nursery or processing firm.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Landscape Design, installation and maintenance &#8211; Designing and planting plans with shrubs, trees, ground cover, turf grass and herbaceous ornaments.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Marketing &#8211; Wholesale or retail sale of gardening supplies, seeds, processed or fresh vegetables, floral arrangements and house plants. You can manage the marketing for a government, private companies, chain stores or wholesale distributors.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Research &#8211; You can work as a researcher to improve the yield and quality of vegetables, fruits, flowers and ornamental plants and develop methods for storing, handling and marketing them. You can specialize in plant nutrition, plant breeding, plant growth regulation with chemicals and similar interesting areas of plant research.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Pest Management &#8211; After training, you can work with central and state regulatory agencies, processing corporations, large farm organizations, agricultural agents and even agricultural suppliers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Industry services and growing Horticultural Crops &#8211; Trained Horticulturists are employed in Seed Firms, pesticide material manufacturing, manufacturing of fertilizers, freezing and canning companies and landscape or farm equipment management.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Inspection &#8211; Trainedhorticulturists are usually employed in government or private agencies as inspectors and to manage uniformity in the production and quality.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Communication &#8211; Written collateral for agricultural or gardening magazines, television and radio and newspapers can be a rewarding field too.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Job Of A Horticulturist</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">· Plant preparation for retail and wholesale nurseries.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">· Specialized plant production.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">· Develop and manage outdoor spaces like resorts, hotels and sports complexes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">· Work for the park departments under the local authorities.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">· Administer large department stores or businesses associated with the agriculture industry.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Horticulturists often work with town planners, landscape architects, engineers, and environmental conservationists. The horticulturist works towards building a better and beautiful environment and a higher quality of life through improvement, beautification and conservation.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Horticultural scientists or people with a university degree in Horticulture work for various agricultural research institutes, where they conduct research on vegetables, fruits, flowers and the grape and wine preparations in different rainfall regions. They are also involved in the marketing of horticultural products and agricultural extensions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Job Market For The Horticulturist</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">With the emergence of a number of environmental issues, the job market has expanded for fruit, vegetable and environmental horticulturists, as extension specialists, research workers, teachers, scientists and professors. Horticulturists are employed as marketing managers, production superintendents, inventory controllers, landscape maintenance specialists, buyers, landscape supervisors, bedding plant producers, education coordinators and research assistants.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Tony Jacowski is a quality analyst for The MBA Journal. Aveta Solutions &#8211; Six Sigma Online &#8211; http://www.sixsigmaonline.org, offers online six sigma training and certification classes for lean six sigma, black belts, green belts, and yellow belts.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay you flower addicts, nature lovers and freeloaders, sit on the couch and listen up. It&#8217;s time for therapy! The experts have confirmed that gardening, my favorite addiction, is therapeutic. Hallelujah! &#8220;Horticultural Therapy&#8221; is a multidisciplinary program of study involving fields such as horticulture, psychology, landscape architecture, education, gerontology, sociology and urban planning.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Okay you flower addicts, nature lovers and freeloaders, sit on the couch and listen up. It&#8217;s time for therapy! The experts have confirmed that gardening, my favorite addiction, is therapeutic. Hallelujah! &#8220;Horticultural Therapy&#8221; is a multidisciplinary program of study involving fields such as horticulture, psychology, landscape architecture, education, gerontology, sociology and urban planning.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Here’s a shallow example of HT at work in my superficial life: Many moons ago, I worked with the actor James Woods on a film shoot. Let’s just say he was “high maintenance.” I came home on Friday nights in tears, mumbling obscenities as I rehashed “another week at the office” to my kind, patient boyfriend. Saturday mornings, I couldn’t speak till I’d cleansed the demons. I would spend two hours sitting in my garden, alone, meticulously and fiercely pulling weeds, in a silent ethereal trance. Monday morning I’d be ready to face the egos again . . .</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Last week I visited the wondrous garden at The Cedars Textile Art Center to see horticultural therapy at work, right here in Marin County. Since 1919, the Cedars has provided a special community for more than 2500 individuals with developmental disabilities. In 1981, the Cedars Textile Art Center was created by founder and Director Connie Pelissero. Her dream was to combine her interests in textiles and special education. With the help of longtime Co-Director, Denise Colwell, over 70 clients a day are provided with training and employment in textile weaving, organic gardening and animal husbandry on 21 spectacular rural acres.<br />
And it all looks so organized, peaceful and healthy! (Nothing like a film set . . .)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I met with Amy Whelan, the Garden Coordinator/Queen Bee, who has been teaching and working at the garden for over sixteen years. She refers to the land as a “mini-garden of Eden.” When you first enter the Cedar’s garden, traveling along the winding path down the hillside, you know you have just crossed the threshold to a sacred place. Fruit trees, wild roses, hollyhocks, iris, lavender, penstemon and various tall, climbing beans and peas surround you. A painted sign reads “The Earth Laughs in Flowers.” Here new clients are taught how to make compost, grow seeds, water plants, weed, prune and nurture the earth. Many of these clients will go on to teach these same valuable skills to schoolchildren who come visit. The cycle of life is demonstrated here starting with compost, a seed, a flower, a wilted flower and back to the compost pile to begin again.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In the Cedars garden, clients of all ages ranging fro 20 to 80 yrs. old use horticultural therapy to promote healing and learning. Working in the garden provides a positive sense of wellbeing, problem solving, teaches new skills, social interaction and communication. Whelan sees the benefits from working in a garden first hand with her clients. “Everyone who enjoys gardening knows that working with plants fulfills basic human needs. Through horticultural therapy, you can facilitate these benefits with people on many levels.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">She explains the three main areas of horticultural therapy: social development, psychological and physical.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Social Development:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Gardening teaches new skills and vocabulary, helps people gain independence, helps them make new friends as they work cooperatively towards common goals, and increases attention span and concentration in easily distracted individuals.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Psychological:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Gardening meets nurturing need through taking care of living things (plants), encourages creativity, self-esteem and responsibility by project selection and design, and decreases stress, anger and aggressiveness.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Physical:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Gardeners enjoy activities as they increase strength and range of motion using fine and gross motor skills. They also have access to near limitless opportunities for year-round exercise and relaxation in serene garden settings.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Whelan adds, “In the spring we have many schools visit the garden. The children observe individuals with developmental disabilities teaching, working, planting and caring for a garden. There is an awareness of healthy eating and living. It&#8217;s fun, beautiful and outdoors!” Schoolchildren who visit may be taught by Todd Williams, a client who is supervising the greenhouse on the morning I visit. We bond immediately over the magic of seedlings. “I like to teach the children about planting seeds. I share their excitement with what may sprout. And I like their high energy!,” says Williams.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The schoolchildren also visit the friendly sheep and goats, and the beautiful Angora rabbits, whose cages sit on the worm composting bin below them! The Angora rabbits are groomed daily by the clients and the fur is used in weaving. The fruits and vegetables grown in the garden are used to serve a daily homemade lunch, created by the clients, to everyone at the Cedars.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Whelan adds, “Over the years at the Cedars garden, I have observed and heard clients say things about the garden such as: increased happiness, it’s relaxing, interesting, there’s always something to do, productive, you can always see something growing and it’s a place that they are proud of being a part of.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You can be a part of it too! If you’d like to have your classroom visit The Cedars, or become a volunteer, contact the main office at 454-5310. Come on down to the Cedarchest in San Anselmo, at 603 San Anselmo Avenue to shop! There are gorgeous crafts (rugs, blankets, belts, napkins) the gifted weavers at the Cedars have created.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Raised in the asphalt jungle of New York City, Annie Spiegelman moved to the Bay Area over ten years ago and became a passionate environmentalist and Master Gardener. She is the author of two previous books on gardening (and life). Annie’s Garden Journal: Some Thoughts on Roses, Life, Weeds, and Men (Carol Publishing, 1996) was a selected Borders Books title by promising new writers and her second, Growing Seasons: Half-baked Garden Tips, Cheap Advice on Marriage and Questionable Theories on Motherhood was published in 2003 by Seal Press/Avalon Publishing Group. She is presently working on her third book entitled &#8220;The Dirt Diva&#8217;s Almanac.&#8221; Visit Annie at http://www.dirtdiva.com</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And lastly, Does anyone have two alpacas to donate? Seriously, that’s what they’re looking for. If you know someone, have their people call my people at 453-5310.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Visit Annie at dirtdiva.com</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Classically evolved from the Latin words &#8216;hortus&#8217; ( garden plant ) and &#8216;cultura&#8217; ( culture ), horticulture is the culture of cultivating. But at the same time it is a huge field of study. Horticulture is heavily dependent on three broad areas of knowledge : Science, Business, &#38; Art. An appropriate balance and interaction of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Classically evolved from the Latin words &#8216;hortus&#8217; ( garden plant ) and &#8216;cultura&#8217; ( culture ), horticulture is the culture of cultivating. But at the same time it is a huge field of study. Horticulture is heavily dependent on three broad areas of knowledge : Science, Business, &amp; Art. An appropriate balance and interaction of these three components is necessary for success in Horticulture.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;Rare indeed are the fields that can claim such a dependence on all three broad areas of knowledge!&#8221; remarked Prof. Bailey L. H., the famous American Horticulture scholar. Horticulture involves the study of growing crops, plants, herbs, turfs, shrubs, trees, fruits, flowers, vegetables, grains, cereals, or anything that falls in this genre. It is a science of plant propagation and crop production. Involved are the topics of botany and agriculture that study physiology, biology and chemistry of plants and trees.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Subjects of genetic engineering and bio-technology falls into the same group as well. Crop reaping, storage, quality assurance, processing, maintenance and transportation too are included. The tricks and techniques of improving crop production, their quality, nutritional virtues, immunity to diseases is also covered in Horticulture. Not only this, horticulture also extends to the study of non-edible ornamental kind of plants.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Horticulture employs a wide range of tools and technologies. It is a scientific methodology of cultivation, so as to make the crops yield the desired quality. These scientific methods could be as simple as using tractors for farming to deriving fertilizers mixing complex chemicals.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">An interesting point to note about horticulture is ones social environmental responsibility. Natural resources should be used sparingly, and should better be bred from their parent stock, whereever possible. Horticulture address these issues.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Types of Horticulture</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">- Amateur Horticulture: Amateur horticulture, as the name suggests, is an unprofessional sort of horticulture. It is just growing for ones own self, may be because of domestic cooking needs, or for the sake of ones interests and inclinations. It is a vocational horticulture.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">- Commercial Horticulture: Commercial horticulture, is growing for others and earning living from that. It demands a due market knowledge, what consumers require, what are their tastes and preferences, what is available in market in abundance and what struggles scarcity. It is professional horticulture.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Areas of Study in Horticulture</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">1. Floriculture &#8211; dedicated to Flowers</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A discipline of horticulture that is concerned with floral crops, is floriculture. It is about growing and selling flowers. Usually these flower-plants are herbacious and are planted in pots, trays, or hanging baskets. Flower-harvest is often seasonal, and the plants should properly be watered and prunned to bear the flowers. Some post-harvest treatments such as chemical treatments, storage, preservation and packaging, also be taken care of.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">2. Olericulture &#8211; dedicated to Vegetables</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is a field of horticulture relevant to vegetables of all kinds. Some vegetables are eatable freshly cut, while others need to be cooked. Olericulture takes care of these all about vegetables.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">3. Pomology &#8211; dedicated to Fruits</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Latin word pomum, is an origin of the term pomology, which is branch of horticulture pertinent to all sorts of fruits.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">4. Landscape horticulture &#8211; dedicated to Landscape Plants</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Landscape plants, such as trees, plants, shrubs, turfs, herbaceous perennials etc. are studied under this category of horticulture.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">5. Post-harvest physiology &#8211; dedicated to Post-harvest Jobs</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Crops often ask for a special post-harvest attention, especially when not to be used immediately but to be preserved. The said field of horticulture is relevant to crops reaping, maintaining their quality, reducing spoilage etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Get all of the latest in horticulture know how from the one and only true gardening resource at http://www.flowergardensadvice.com Be sure to check out our horticulture pages on our web site.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every time you walk outside you do not have a choice but to come in contact with horticulture. Horticulture is the science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. Plants make the world a very beautiful place to live, and they also give many things that are needed for life. Plants produce [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Every time you walk outside you do not have a choice but to come in contact with horticulture. Horticulture is the science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. Plants make the world a very beautiful place to live, and they also give many things that are needed for life. Plants produce fruits and vegetables that allow us to get the vitamins and minerals that we need to survive. They also produce oxygen which is vital to us being able to live on Earth. Horticulture is a very large science that allows people to get into many different fields related to plants. Horticulture is usually divided into five major classifications which are floriculture, landscape horticulture, olericulture, pomology, and postharvest physiology. Each of these areas of horticulture provides many different job opportunities which can be very rewarding, inspirationally and monetarily.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Floriculture deals with the production and marketing of floral crops. Some job opportunities that are available in this area of horticulture include a florist, pollination expert, and flower distribution manager. Landscape horticulture deals with the production, marketing, and maintenance of landscape plants. A few of the jobs available in this area include landscaper, landscape architect, and also landscape designer. Olericulture is the area of horticulture that includes the production and marketing of vegetables. A few of the job opportunities that are available in this area are field representatives, farm consultants, and food processors. Another area of horticulture is pomology, which deals with the production and marketing of fruits. The same careers that are available in olericulture are also available in pomology, but they are geared more towards the fruit spectrum of horticulture. The final area of horticulture is postharvest physiology, which involves maintaining quality and preventing spoilage of horticultural crops. Most of the jobs available in this field include the storage and preservation of fruits and vegetables. If you really like to do research or work with plants, then the horticultural field could be the correct career path for you.</p>
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