as in gardening
the science of growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers
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Recent Examples of horticulture
Tim Johnson is senior director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
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Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
Anthony Reardon is a horticulture agent with Kansas State University Research and Extension.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
And the stakes involved in weeding out bad health information and helping good advice flourish are far higher than in horticulture.
—Michael L. Millenson, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Programs will feature various forms of therapy, such as art, horticulture, music, recreational, exercise and animal therapy.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 16 Apr. 2025
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Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
Anthony Reardon is a horticulture agent with Kansas State University Research and Extension.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
And the stakes involved in weeding out bad health information and helping good advice flourish are far higher than in horticulture.
—Michael L. Millenson, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Programs will feature various forms of therapy, such as art, horticulture, music, recreational, exercise and animal therapy.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horticulture
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Here's a simple way to dry flowers, according to the Royal Horticultural Society, a U.K. gardening charity.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Some of which have led to fascinating hobbies, including art, gardening and travel.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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In fields as varied as biomedicine, agriculture, and climate science, incremental refinement has yielded results of transformative impact.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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But similar declines in relative importance are true for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and mining.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
25 May 2025
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The garden also showcases sculptures by Pat Austen and celebrates the legacy of rose cultivation.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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While its cultivation and use date back thousands of years, modern Turkish law maintains a strict stance against recreational cannabis, with limited exceptions for medical and industrial purposes.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Mercury News,
16 May 2025
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While the Trump administration cut an Agriculture Department program supporting cover crops and no-till farming, Ms. Phillips said there was still funding for those practices through the current farm bill.—
Nick Oxford,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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This would be significant for high-consuming cannabis farming.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes.com,
21 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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That includes vice president for the board of directors at Arthur Cos., a grain and agronomy business, and managing partner for Arthur Ventures.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
16 May 2025
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Raised in Greensboro, her dad was a professor of agriculture and agronomy at North Carolina A & T University while her mom was an elementary school teacher.—
Lisa Vernon Sparks,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Horticulture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horticulture. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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