as in gardening
the science of growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers
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Recent Examples of horticulture
In-person and virtual judges included scientific research partners from NASA, two representatives from Blue Origin, local horticulture experts and 16 NASA scientists.
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Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2025
Aaron Steil is a consumer horticulture extension specialist with Iowa State University.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2025
The club has awarded over $1 million in grants to support local horticulture projects in San Diego County.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
The Nakai family brings a century of knowledge and skill to its horticulture work, said Russell Akiyama, a third- generation owner of the nearby Sunflower Farms Nursery in Torrance.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2025
Aaron Steil is a consumer horticulture extension specialist with Iowa State University.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2025
The club has awarded over $1 million in grants to support local horticulture projects in San Diego County.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
The Nakai family brings a century of knowledge and skill to its horticulture work, said Russell Akiyama, a third- generation owner of the nearby Sunflower Farms Nursery in Torrance.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horticulture
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University of Maryland Extension’s Home and Garden Information Center offers free gardening and pest information at extension.umd.edu/hgic.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2025
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Some of the Mother's Day activities on this list involve the outdoors (like gardening), others take place inside the house (such as looking through old photo albums), and a few might require a little trip around town.—
Laura Broadwell,
Parents,
1 May 2025
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The plant had last been spotted decades earlier, growing by a highway in the town of Corrigin in Western Australia’s wheat belt, where most land has been cleared for agriculture.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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Cristina LaRue covers agriculture for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
2 May 2025
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While there, the militia restored some of the damage done to the earthworks by cultivation and modernization.—
Kevin Williams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 May 2025
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But the sources of silk, the silkworm cocoons and the silkworms themselves, have remained incredibly consistent — a result of many millennia of B. mori cultivation.—
Amy Paturel,
Discover Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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In the event of a catastrophic event like a nuclear attack or solar storm, an average-sized city’s (surviving) population doesn’t necessarily require a huge amount of nearby farming space to sustain itself.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
7 May 2025
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Livia, 55, opened up to Hello magazine about her life running a sustainable farming business with her brothers in Italy's Umbria region, recent battle with breast cancer and the demise of her fashion brand Eco-Age in an article published Monday, May 5.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
7 May 2025
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Avoid tillage entirely to preserve soil microbiota.—
Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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But tillage can also release carbon dioxide stored in the soil and harm overall soil health, so regenerative farmers swear against it.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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The pilot spanned three-years and was developed with local partners in India, where field executives (often agronomy graduates from local universities) worked with farmers throughout the cotton growing season.—
Brooke Roberts-Islam,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The filing also details the acquisition of West Central Ag Services, expanding CHS's grain and agronomy platforms in west-central Minnesota and eastern North Dakota.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Horticulture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horticulture. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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