Floriculture

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• Floriculture
• Overview of the Industry

Original by Mark Morgan Berrien County High
School Edited by Georgia Agriculture Education
Curriculum Office July 2002
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Terms used in floriculture

• Horticulture
• Cultivation
• Processing
• Sale of fruits, nuts, vegetable, ornamental
  plants and flowers
• It contributes over 25 billion dollars to the
  U.S. economy every year.

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Terms used in floriculture

• Horticulture industry consists of four major
  divisions
• Pomology tree fruits
• Olericulture vegetables
• Floriculture flowering plants
• Landscape and nursery industry grasses, annual
  plants, perennials, shrubs, and trees in the
  landscape

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Terms used in floriculture

• Agriculture
• Production of plants and animals to meet basic
  human needs. Includes three areas of plant
  science
• Horticulture
• Agronomy
• Forestry

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Terms used in floriculture

• Ornamental horticulture
• Growing and using plants for their beauty
• Ornamental plants are used for their aesthetic
  qualities and their appeal to the human senses

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Terms used in floriculture

• Floriculture
• Production
• Transportation
• Use of flower and foliage plants

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Terms used in floriculture

• Cut flowers
• Flowers grown to be used in arrangements

• Foliage plants
• Grown and sold for their beautiful colored leaves
  and stems

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Identify the major differences in producing the
following crops

• Potted
• Cut flowers
• Plant crops
• Bedding
• Nursery crops

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Form groups of 3-4, list what floriculture crops
you know of and how they are used.

• Examples include
• Aesthetic value
• Food, etc.

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List 2 crops you would like to grow.

• List the knowledge and financial needs to produce
  the crops.

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• Identify careers within the local area.

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Education opportunities for students in
horticulture

• High School Agriculture education classes and
  student organizations - National FFA
• Community College 1 and 2 year programs
• Universities 4 year/baccalaureate degree
• Vocational Technical Schools that offer
  Horticulture Programs
• Arboreta and Public gardens Diploma programs

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Identify careers in floriculture.

• Production
• Grower
• Production superintendent
• Marketing manager
• Inventory controller

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Identify careers in floriculture.

• Wholesale Florist
• Manager
• Buyer
• Salespersons

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Identify careers in floriculture.

• Retail Florist
• Store manager
• Sales clerk
• Designer