LANDSCAPE HORTICULTURE EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 2025
Define Horticulture - ANSWER-art and science
-growing fruit, nuts, veggies, ornamental, herbs, spices, and medicinal
- YARD CULTURE/ gardening
- fresh
-intensive culture
What is Pomology - ANSWERFruit
What is olericulture - ANSWERveggies
What does environmental Hort do? - ANSWER-enhances environment
-pushes green industry
GGIA - ANSWERGeorgia Green Industry Association
they support the landscape industry (government)
"environment is our business"
Floriculture plants tend to be... - ANSWERtender
Nursery plants tend to be.. - ANSWERhardy
What can you do as a Landscape Horticulturist? - ANSWER-contracting business
(legal)
-landscape management
-grounds maintenance
-turf. grass management
- arboriculture- trees
-urban forerter- community foresters
- landscape design
Landscape Architects - ANSWERdesign space for human use
Forestry - ANSWERproduction of timber and fiber
Job positions - ANSWER- Crew Foreman- over 2-3 people
- superintendent- over several crews
- Sales Person- doing job bidding
, - Estimator- Job site estimations
- Manager/Owner- long range planning, goals, personnel
- urban foresters
- Public gardens/estate gardens
- Teacher/Researcher
Benefits of Hort jobs - ANSWER- passionate- plants and people
- positive impact on the environment
- tangible
- growing
- work outside
- lower stress (at times)
- camaraderie
Drawbacks of Hort job - ANSWER- seasonal
- weather
- injury
- hard work
- overtime
- image
- sun time
Why people garden - ANSWERCicero - Respice - Prospice
- Adam and Eve- Paradise (enclosed space)
- Bliss and content
- complete control
- Territory
- Status, wealth, power, culture, taste
- Edu - boxwood ex.
- highest expressing of culture (get money and smell the roses)
- perfect portrait of the person inside
- the best gardens are made of memories
Running theme throughout history - ANSWERgardens represented "the good life"
roman gardens - ANSWERPompeii
seducing the gods
Islamic - ANSWERcourt of the lions, Alhambra, retreat and reflection, earthly paradise
medieval - ANSWERmonastery
Mont St. Michel
looking inwards
Walled Garden- Roman de la Rose
Villa Medici Fiesole Renaissance - ANSWERlooking outward
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 2025
Define Horticulture - ANSWER-art and science
-growing fruit, nuts, veggies, ornamental, herbs, spices, and medicinal
- YARD CULTURE/ gardening
- fresh
-intensive culture
What is Pomology - ANSWERFruit
What is olericulture - ANSWERveggies
What does environmental Hort do? - ANSWER-enhances environment
-pushes green industry
GGIA - ANSWERGeorgia Green Industry Association
they support the landscape industry (government)
"environment is our business"
Floriculture plants tend to be... - ANSWERtender
Nursery plants tend to be.. - ANSWERhardy
What can you do as a Landscape Horticulturist? - ANSWER-contracting business
(legal)
-landscape management
-grounds maintenance
-turf. grass management
- arboriculture- trees
-urban forerter- community foresters
- landscape design
Landscape Architects - ANSWERdesign space for human use
Forestry - ANSWERproduction of timber and fiber
Job positions - ANSWER- Crew Foreman- over 2-3 people
- superintendent- over several crews
- Sales Person- doing job bidding
, - Estimator- Job site estimations
- Manager/Owner- long range planning, goals, personnel
- urban foresters
- Public gardens/estate gardens
- Teacher/Researcher
Benefits of Hort jobs - ANSWER- passionate- plants and people
- positive impact on the environment
- tangible
- growing
- work outside
- lower stress (at times)
- camaraderie
Drawbacks of Hort job - ANSWER- seasonal
- weather
- injury
- hard work
- overtime
- image
- sun time
Why people garden - ANSWERCicero - Respice - Prospice
- Adam and Eve- Paradise (enclosed space)
- Bliss and content
- complete control
- Territory
- Status, wealth, power, culture, taste
- Edu - boxwood ex.
- highest expressing of culture (get money and smell the roses)
- perfect portrait of the person inside
- the best gardens are made of memories
Running theme throughout history - ANSWERgardens represented "the good life"
roman gardens - ANSWERPompeii
seducing the gods
Islamic - ANSWERcourt of the lions, Alhambra, retreat and reflection, earthly paradise
medieval - ANSWERmonastery
Mont St. Michel
looking inwards
Walled Garden- Roman de la Rose
Villa Medici Fiesole Renaissance - ANSWERlooking outward
