Urban horticulture -repairing the rift?

摘要

What is horticulture about? Its traditional responsibility has been to produce fruit and vegetables for the dinner table. Since the development of landscape gardens and civic parks, it has propagated andcultivated ornamental plants for aesthetic purposes. Indeed, it underpins the husbandry of garden plants and gardening. These roles support billion-pound industries and horticulture will continue to play an important part in human society through these aspects.