Understanding The Understanding The Horticulture Industry Horticulture Industry PLSCPLSC

Unit Essential QuestionUnit Essential Question

Why is the Horticulture industry so Why is the Horticulture industry so important?important?

Daily Essential QuestionDaily Essential Question

Why is the horticulture industry Why is the horticulture industry popular?popular?

Warm-UpWarm-Up

Each table has a grocery store Each table has a grocery store advertisement.advertisement.

Make a list of fruit and vegetables Make a list of fruit and vegetables that you see in the advertisement that you see in the advertisement

Objectives Objectives

Describe the popularity of Describe the popularity of horticulture.horticulture.

Explain the importance of the Explain the importance of the ornamental horticulture industry.ornamental horticulture industry.

Explain the importance of the Explain the importance of the olericulture industry.olericulture industry.

Explain the importance of the Explain the importance of the pomology industry.pomology industry.

What is Horticulture?What is Horticulture? Break down: Comes from the combination of Break down: Comes from the combination of horti horti

meaning grass, and meaning grass, and cultureculture Definition:Definition:

Industry and science dealing with the cultivation of plantsIndustry and science dealing with the cultivation of plants What is cultivation?What is cultivation?

Growing of plants and crops Growing of plants and crops

Why Horticulture?Why Horticulture?

Why Horticulture?Why Horticulture?

Food!Food! BerriesBerries CornCorn NutsNuts VegetablesVegetables

LandscapeLandscape TreesTrees Shrubs Shrubs

Where did it all start?Where did it all start?

Remember history class?Remember history class? Humans started as hunter-gatherers Humans started as hunter-gatherers

Constantly on the move!Constantly on the move!

Started small scale horticultureStarted small scale horticulture Planted variety of crops in small areaPlanted variety of crops in small area

DIFFERS FROM AGRICULTURE DIFFERS FROM AGRICULTURE ! Large scale ! Large scale Single crop Single crop

Some cultures these crops were only Some cultures these crops were only tended by women tended by women

How did it get here? How did it get here?

All crops were “moved” by humans All crops were “moved” by humans Majority of crops started in the Majority of crops started in the

CENTERS OF ORIGIN CENTERS OF ORIGIN area around the area around the world world

What happened next?What happened next?

Communities increased Communities increased Required more FOODRequired more FOOD

Larger crops needed!Larger crops needed! Industrial AgeIndustrial Age

Machinery, large scale crop production Machinery, large scale crop production

Where does it stand Where does it stand today?today?

Crop Acres harvested(million acres)

$ earned(billions)

Corn 72.7 15.1

Soybeans 72.7 12.5

Hay 59.9 3.4

Wheat 53 5.5

Cotton 13.1 4.6

Rice 3 1.2

What do you think this means for Horticulture Production ? What might

influence these numbers?

So what’s the Big deal?So what’s the Big deal?

Advantages in horticulture Advantages in horticulture Increase in foodIncrease in food Increase in JobsIncrease in Jobs Increase in aesthetic pleasureIncrease in aesthetic pleasure

How far can you go in How far can you go in horticulture?horticulture?

Possible DegreesPossible Degrees Associate’sAssociate’s Bachelor’s Bachelor’s Master’sMaster’s Doctoral Doctoral

A few areas in the Ornamental A few areas in the Ornamental Horticulture industryHorticulture industry

FloricultureFloriculture Multibillion dollar industryMultibillion dollar industry $4 billion market$4 billion market California and Florida are top producersCalifornia and Florida are top producers

Landscape HorticultureLandscape Horticulture over $40 billion spent on landscape and over $40 billion spent on landscape and

gardening products in 1994gardening products in 1994 over $13 billion spent on professional over $13 billion spent on professional

landscape and lawn services in 1994 landscape and lawn services in 1994

Olericulture Olericulture production of vegetable food production of vegetable food

crops worth crops worth over $14 billion of the U.S. farm over $14 billion of the U.S. farm

receiptsreceipts California leads in both fresh and California leads in both fresh and

processed vegetable production processed vegetable production grown on 1 percent of the U.S. grown on 1 percent of the U.S.

croplandcropland Fruit utilizes land that cannot Fruit utilizes land that cannot

normally be used normally be used

Pomology Pomology

production of fruit and nut cropsproduction of fruit and nut crops 3.5 million acres of the U.S. are used 3.5 million acres of the U.S. are used

to raise fruits and nutsto raise fruits and nuts the U.S. is one of the world’s top the U.S. is one of the world’s top

producers of fruits and nutsproducers of fruits and nuts

Class Activities Class Activities

Side 1 of your worksheet will be Side 1 of your worksheet will be completed individually completed individually

Side 2 of your worksheet can be Side 2 of your worksheet can be worked on as a group. worked on as a group.

Closing Closing

Word Wall Word Wall Olericulture, PomologyOlericulture, Pomology

Exit QuestionExit Question What is the environment and what are What is the environment and what are

issues related to the environment?issues related to the environment? Next Class Next Class

Impact of Horticulture on the Impact of Horticulture on the environment environment

@ Home Research @ Home Research Project Project

Produce a 1 page double spaced Produce a 1 page double spaced summary about the origin of a crop. summary about the origin of a crop. Cite Sources in APA style format. Cite Sources in APA style format.

Pick one of the following crops (No Pick one of the following crops (No repeats please!)repeats please!) Corn (maize), Soybean, Cucumbers, Corn (maize), Soybean, Cucumbers,

Onions, Tomatoes, Ginseng, Rice, Onions, Tomatoes, Ginseng, Rice, Eggplant, Sesame, Sugar Cane, Eggplant, Sesame, Sugar Cane, Bamboo, Nutmeg, Carrots, Celery, Bamboo, Nutmeg, Carrots, Celery, Peppermint, Lima bean, Peanut Peppermint, Lima bean, Peanut

Horticulture Industry Horticulture Industry Impact Impact

Essential QuestionEssential Question

How is horticulture beneficial to the How is horticulture beneficial to the environment?environment?

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Define the term Define the term Environment Environment

Describe your surrounding Describe your surrounding environment environment

Objectives Objectives 1. Explain environment and issues related to 1. Explain environment and issues related to

the environment.the environment. 2. Explain how horticulture is beneficial to the 2. Explain how horticulture is beneficial to the

environment.environment. 3. Explain how horticulture can damage the 3. Explain how horticulture can damage the

environment.environment. 4. Identify how natural resources can be 4. Identify how natural resources can be

affected by horticultural practices.affected by horticultural practices. 5. Identify how chemicals used in horticulture 5. Identify how chemicals used in horticulture

can affect the environment.can affect the environment.

What is an environment?What is an environment?

Definition: the air, water, minerals, Definition: the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a factors surrounding and affecting a given organism at any time.given organism at any time.

Consists of:Consists of: Biotic – living Biotic – living Abiotic- nonliving Abiotic- nonliving

Environment ContinuedEnvironment Continued

Horticulture can control and effect Horticulture can control and effect the:the: Macroenvironment - is the large Macroenvironment - is the large

atmosphere around a plantatmosphere around a plant Microenvironment- is the area Microenvironment- is the area

immediately surrounding a plant.immediately surrounding a plant.

Public Demand Public Demand

How do your produce high quality at How do your produce high quality at low cost?low cost? Intensive land use Intensive land use IPM practices IPM practices Biotech and Genetic EngineeringBiotech and Genetic Engineering

Horticultural Benefits Horticultural Benefits

Recreational settingRecreational setting Golf coursesGolf courses

Biological Biological Prevent erosion, slow water runoff, Prevent erosion, slow water runoff,

absorb pollutants, control dustabsorb pollutants, control dust LandscapingLandscaping

Improves $ value of housing Improves $ value of housing

Horticulture Impacts Horticulture Impacts

PollutionPollution —harm caused to the —harm caused to the environment by improperly applied environment by improperly applied chemicalschemicals

Point source pollution Point source pollution —pollution —pollution from easily identifiable sourcesfrom easily identifiable sources

Nonpoint source pollution Nonpoint source pollution ——pollution from few to many sources, pollution from few to many sources, it is not easily identifiableit is not easily identifiable

The Hydrologic Cycle The Hydrologic Cycle

How does the Hydrologic How does the Hydrologic Cycle cause pollution?Cycle cause pollution?

EutrophicationEutrophication is an overabundance of nutrients in is an overabundance of nutrients in

lakes or streams, it is caused by lakes or streams, it is caused by excessive fertilizer running off of excessive fertilizer running off of nearby fields.nearby fields.

Most fertilizers are high in nitrogen Most fertilizers are high in nitrogen

The Nitrogen Cycle The Nitrogen Cycle

Nitrogen Cycle and Nitrogen Cycle and HorticultureHorticulture

When excess nitrogen is introduced When excess nitrogen is introduced to the nitrogen cycle and mixed with to the nitrogen cycle and mixed with nitrates found in the soil, the result nitrates found in the soil, the result could be an increase in nitrates could be an increase in nitrates found in groundwater.found in groundwater.

Causes Causes Human health concerns ! Human health concerns !

Pesticides: The main Pesticides: The main concern concern

What are they? What are they? Chemicals used to kill plant and animal Chemicals used to kill plant and animal

pestspests Pesticide residue has been proven to:Pesticide residue has been proven to:

cause problems such as water cause problems such as water contamination, emergence of resistant contamination, emergence of resistant pest populations, and decline in certain pest populations, and decline in certain bird populations.bird populations.

DDT DDT

How do we fix this?How do we fix this?

Reduce the need for pesticidesReduce the need for pesticides Healthy plants do not need pesticides!Healthy plants do not need pesticides!

Pesticides enter the environment in Pesticides enter the environment in many ways many ways Using pesticides properly can prevent Using pesticides properly can prevent

leaching and surface runoff leaching and surface runoff Plant buffer zones for filtrationPlant buffer zones for filtration Protect areas around water sources from Protect areas around water sources from

erosion erosion

Class Activities Class Activities

Work Independently on side 1 of Work Independently on side 1 of your worksheet. your worksheet.

Side 2 of your worksheet is due Side 2 of your worksheet is due Friday. Friday. CITE YOUR SOURCES CITE YOUR SOURCES

Review Quiz! Review Quiz!

You can use your notes. You can use your notes.

NOT YOUR NEIGHBOR NOT YOUR NEIGHBOR

Closing Closing

Word Wall Word Wall Eutrophication, Abiotic, Biotic, Eutrophication, Abiotic, Biotic,

Pollution, Non Point, Point Source Pollution, Non Point, Point Source Exit QuestionExit Question

What are skills you should possess to What are skills you should possess to be successful in a horticulture career?be successful in a horticulture career?

Concept Map!

Vocab: Olericulture, Olericulture, Pomology, Pomology,

Eutrophication, Eutrophication, Abiotic, Biotic, Abiotic, Biotic, Pollution, Non Pollution, Non

Point, Point Point, Point SourceSource

Horticulture Careers Horticulture Careers

Essential Question Essential Question

What are skills you should possess What are skills you should possess to be successful in a horticulture to be successful in a horticulture career?career?

Warm- Up Warm- Up

Look at the classified on the website Look at the classified on the website provided . Answer the following provided . Answer the following questionsquestions What types of job do you see? What types of job do you see? What do you think are some What do you think are some

requirements for ONE of these jobs?requirements for ONE of these jobs?

Objectives Objectives

1. List skills you should have to 1. List skills you should have to ensure success in a horticulture ensure success in a horticulture career.career.

2. Explain how to prepare for a 2. Explain how to prepare for a horticulture career.horticulture career.

3. List examples of horticulture jobs 3. List examples of horticulture jobs and careers.and careers.

Horticulture Careers Horticulture Careers

Require Require Understanding of both science and Understanding of both science and

businessbusiness Mechanical skillsMechanical skills Marketing skillsMarketing skills Administrative skillsAdministrative skills Knowledge of legal aspects of businessKnowledge of legal aspects of business

Why do you think all of these are Why do you think all of these are important?important?

What is a career?What is a career?

Definition: is the direction a Definition: is the direction a person’s life takes as related to their person’s life takes as related to their choice of work.choice of work.

A A jobjob is the work a person performs is the work a person performs for a salary and benefits.for a salary and benefits.

An An occupationoccupation is work that has a is work that has a title and specified duties.title and specified duties.

What does it take to be What does it take to be successful?successful?

ProductiveProductive Personal SkillsPersonal Skills

person’s abilities to relate to others person’s abilities to relate to others productively.productively.

RequiresRequires Setting and achieving goals Setting and achieving goals

Career goal: Career goal: level of accomplishment a level of accomplishment a person wants to attain in a career.person wants to attain in a career.

What does it take to be What does it take to be successful continued…successful continued…

EducationEducation Related to Related to

Plant and soil sciences, structures and Plant and soil sciences, structures and functionsfunctions

AVAILABLE THROUGH FFA!AVAILABLE THROUGH FFA!

TrainingTraining Can receive training in high school Can receive training in high school

Horticulture CDEs in FFAHorticulture CDEs in FFA

ForestryForestry Nursery and LandscapeNursery and Landscape FloricultureFloriculture Agronomy Agronomy Job interview Job interview

Career Areas in Career Areas in HorticultureHorticulture

Nursery production: involves growing Nursery production: involves growing plants in containers or fields.plants in containers or fields. Jobs include: Jobs include: propagator, inventory manager, field propagator, inventory manager, field

supervisor, manager, salesperson, sales manager, supervisor, manager, salesperson, sales manager, and shipping supervisor.and shipping supervisor.

Landscape Industry: prepares sites for Landscape Industry: prepares sites for landscaping and purchases the items landscaping and purchases the items needed for a landscape design.needed for a landscape design. Jobs include: construction supervisor, Jobs include: construction supervisor,

designer, and salesperson.designer, and salesperson.

Career Areas Continued… Career Areas Continued…

Landscape Maintenance: involves Landscape Maintenance: involves caring for already established caring for already established landscapes.landscapes. Jobs include: crew supervisor, Jobs include: crew supervisor,

superintendent of operations, salesperson, superintendent of operations, salesperson, and manager.and manager.

Seed ProductionSeed Production Jobs include:Jobs include: plant breeder, propagator, plant breeder, propagator,

independent grower, sales manager, and independent grower, sales manager, and salesperson. salesperson.

Career Areas continued … Career Areas continued …

Garden Center: offer consumers Garden Center: offer consumers plant materials and supplies needed plant materials and supplies needed to maintain a garden or landscape.to maintain a garden or landscape. Jobs include: Jobs include: buyer, landscape designer, buyer, landscape designer,

plant technician, and manager. plant technician, and manager.

Other areas for careers Other areas for careers

Arboretum: is a natural setting of trees, Arboretum: is a natural setting of trees, shrubs, and vinesshrubs, and vines

Botanical Garden: plant collection Botanical Garden: plant collection habitat.habitat.

Horticultural Garden: an arranged garden Horticultural Garden: an arranged garden that contains a variety of horticulture that contains a variety of horticulture plants.plants. Jobs include: Jobs include: writer, researcher, propagator, writer, researcher, propagator,

educational director, librarian, director, curator, and educational director, librarian, director, curator, and greenhouse manager.greenhouse manager.

Floriculture Industry Floriculture Industry CareersCareers

Floriculture ProductionFloriculture Production Wholesale FloristWholesale Florist Retail Florist Shop Retail Florist Shop

Jobs include: grower, production Jobs include: grower, production superintendent, marketing manager, superintendent, marketing manager, and inventory controller, manager, and inventory controller, manager, buyer, and Salesperson, store buyer, and Salesperson, store manager, sales clerk, and designer.manager, sales clerk, and designer.

Pomology and Pomology and Olericulture Olericulture

ProductionProduction MarketingMarketing

Jobs include: manager, field technician, Jobs include: manager, field technician, sales agent and broker.sales agent and broker.

Turf Grass Management Turf Grass Management

Sod ProductionSod Production Turfgrass establishmentTurfgrass establishment Golf course design and maintenance Golf course design and maintenance

Other Possible CareersOther Possible Careers

Horticulture therapist, cooperative Horticulture therapist, cooperative extension agent, horticultural extension agent, horticultural specialist, consultant, teacher, specialist, consultant, teacher, research scientist, and plant research scientist, and plant inspector.inspector.

Class ActivityClass Activity

What career is right for you?What career is right for you?

http://www.ffa.org/index.cfm?method=c_job.CareerSearch

Review Quiz! Review Quiz!

You may use your notesYou may use your notes

NOT YOUR NEIGHBOR! NOT YOUR NEIGHBOR!

Closing Closing

Word Wall Word Wall Career, Career Goal, Personal Skills Career, Career Goal, Personal Skills

Exit QuestionExit Question Why is safety important in horticulture?Why is safety important in horticulture?

Next ClassNext Class Safety in Horticulture Safety in Horticulture

Safety in Horticulture Safety in Horticulture

Essential QuestionEssential Question

What is personal protective What is personal protective equipment?equipment?

Warm-UpWarm-Up

What type of safety equipment does What type of safety equipment does a football player wear?a football player wear?

What type of safety equipment does What type of safety equipment does a scientist wear?a scientist wear?

Objectives Objectives

1. Explain the importance of safety 1. Explain the importance of safety in horticulture.in horticulture.

2. Define personal protective 2. Define personal protective equipment and give examples.equipment and give examples.

3. Identify safety precautions 3. Identify safety precautions necessary when handling, applying, necessary when handling, applying, and storing chemicals.and storing chemicals.

Importance of Safety in Importance of Safety in Horticulture Horticulture

How would you define being How would you define being safesafe?? How would you define How would you define safetysafety??

Safety in Horticulture includes safe Safety in Horticulture includes safe practices to prevent injury and losspractices to prevent injury and loss

What do you think is meant by loss? What do you think is meant by loss?

What could go wrong?What could go wrong?

Accidents are what?Accidents are what? Unpredictable, UnintentionalUnpredictable, Unintentional More likely in Hazardous situationsMore likely in Hazardous situations

Hazards is defined asHazards is defined as Dangers where risks are present Dangers where risks are present

Accidents= leading cause of death Accidents= leading cause of death More than 900,000 / year More than 900,000 / year

Areas of Concerns in Areas of Concerns in HorticultureHorticulture

Pest ControlPest Control Safety with machinery Safety with machinery Safety with tractors and large Safety with tractors and large

equipmentequipment

What could prevent accidents ? What could prevent accidents ?

PPEPPE Personal Protective Personal Protective

Equipment Equipment Worn to help protect people from Worn to help protect people from

injuryinjury

1. Eyes1. Eyes Eyes protection can vary Eyes protection can vary

with the type of job being with the type of job being performed. performed.

What type of eye What type of eye protection is available on protection is available on school grounds? school grounds?

2. Ears2. Ears

Protects earsProtects ears Especially around loud Especially around loud

machinery !machinery !

3. Lungs 3. Lungs To protect To protect

lungs and lungs and respiratory respiratory pathways pathways

When would When would you use you use respiration respiration equipment in equipment in horticulture?horticulture?

4. Skin and Body 4. Skin and Body Worn to protect skin, body, and clothes Worn to protect skin, body, and clothes When would we use skin and body PPE?When would we use skin and body PPE?

Symbols to Know!Symbols to Know!

When to know safety in When to know safety in horticulture?horticulture?

Before handling Before handling READ THE LABEL!READ THE LABEL! All the information you need to know is All the information you need to know is

there!there! When applying chemicalsWhen applying chemicals

READ THE LABELREAD THE LABEL

WHY!?WHY!?

To protect the health of humans and To protect the health of humans and animals and help protect the animals and help protect the environment, it is important to store environment, it is important to store chemicals properly.chemicals properly.

Keep chemicals in well ventilated Keep chemicals in well ventilated area, properly lighted, away from area, properly lighted, away from temperature extremes temperature extremes

All you need to know, is All you need to know, is on the label!on the label!

Review Quiz! Review Quiz!

You may use your notesYou may use your notes

NOT YOUR NEIGHBOR! NOT YOUR NEIGHBOR!

ClosingClosing

Word WallWord Wall PPEPPE

Exit QuestionExit Question How will you protect yourself in the How will you protect yourself in the

classroom when using horticulture classroom when using horticulture products?products?

Review Review

Concepts Horticulture is important to health

and the economy Horticulture careers require

knowledge of science and buisness Safety is everyone’s concern