Horticulture

Horticulture is the science and art of growing ornamental plants, flowers, as well as fruits, vegetables, and other economically valuable crops or trees on a controlled scale.

The UK's leading gardening charity, established as the Horticultural Society of London on 7 March 1804.

Niels Ebbesen Hansen (January 4, 1866, October 5, 1950) was a Danish-American horticulturist, botanist, and agricultural explorer for the United States Department of Agriculture and the state of South Dakota.

Liberty Hyde Bailey (March 15, 1858, December 25, 1954) was an American horticulturist and advocate for rural reform in the United States. He was cofounder of the American Society for Horticultural Science.

Robert Flint Chandler Jr. (June 22, 1907 - March 23, 1999) was an American horticulturalist, and founding director of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Later, he was appointed as the first director-general of the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), which became the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg).

Brahma Singh is an Indian horticultural scientist, known for his expertise on protected cultivation and his efforts in developing agro-technologies for the high altitude areas

Iqrar Ahmad Khan (born 8 December 1950) is a Pakistani agricultural scientist and a professor of Horticulture at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad in Pakistan.

Albert Franklin Yeager (1892, November 4, 1961) was an American horticulturalist.

Peter Hardwick (born 1958) is an Australian food horticulturist and environmentalist, recognized as an early pioneer of the Australian bushfood industry.

Anthony Preston Smith (1812-1877), known as A.P. Smith, was a prominent horticulturalist best known for establishing Smith's Pomological Gardens and Nursery (commonly Smith's Gardens) in Sacramento, California.

Léopold Guillaume Gillekens (11 October 1833, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, 2 October 1905, Vilvoorde) was a Belgian horticulturalist.

Franz Goeschke (German spelling, Göschke); (1844-1912) was a German horticulturist who was director of horticulture and head of the Royal Prussian Pomological Institute in Proskau.

Fabián García (January 20, 1871, August 6, 1948) was a Mexican-American horticulturist who has been described as "the father of the New Mexican food industry".

Palemon Howard Dorsett (1862-1943) was an American horticulturalist employed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

William Dollente Dar (born April 10, 1953) is a Filipino horticulturist and civil servant who served as the Secretary of Agriculture under the Duterte administration.

In permaculture, sheet mulching is an agricultural no-dig gardening technique that attempts to mimic the natural soil-building process in forests.