Description<p>The <strong>Horticulture</strong> category focuses on businesses engaged in the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, turf grass, and ornamental plants. Generally production involves relatively small acreage and more intensive methods as compared to that of field crops, although this distinction is not always precise. Businesses in this sector may be described as:</p> <ul> <li><b>Nurseries</b>, including trees, shrubs, exotics, perennials, bedding plants, and bulbs,</li> <li><b>Market Gardeners</b> or <strong>Produce Growers</strong>,</li> <li><b>Greenhouses</b>,</li> <li><b>Orchards</b>,</li> <li><b>Christmas tree farms</b>,</li> <li><b>Seed companies</b>,</li> <li><strong>Turf farms</strong>, or</li> <li><strong>Floral companies</strong>.</li> </ul>
<p>Companies offering materials and supplies specifically designed for horticultural producers are also found here, as well as sites related to the import and export of horticultural products. </p> <p>Industries included are those who typically supply wholesalers, retailers, landscapers, other growers, supermarkets, and occasionally home consumers.</p> <P> <b>Sites <u>not listed</u> in this category include:</b>
<ul> <li>Sites providing information about <strong>home or hobby</strong> aspects of horticulture are listed under <a href="/Home/Gardening/">Home: Gardening</a>.</li> <li>Industries involved primarily in the <strong>processing, packing, and delivery</strong> of produce to retailers or end users are listed under <a href="/Business/Food_and_Related_Products/Produce/">Business: Food and Related Products: Produce</a>. </li> <li><strong>Field Crops</strong> are found under <a href="/Business/Agriculture_and_Forestry/Field_Crops/">Business: Agriculture and Forestry: Field Crops</a>.</li> <li>Sites related to <strong>scientific, research and technical</strong> aspects are found under <a href="/Science/Agriculture/Horticulture/">Science: Agriculture: Horticulture</a>.</li> </ul>
- Artistic Arborist - A full service arborist, offering removal, planting, consulting, expert witness, tree care supplies, and online shopping. 4519 N. 7, th, Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85013 (Dr. Andrew Backhaus, Artistic Arborist, Inc)
Address relevance: 59.88% source more addresses from this site...
- Bascom Maple Farms - Provides equipment and supplies for the extraction of maple syrup. 56 Sugar House Road, Alstead, NH 03602
Address relevance: 54.88% source
- Bill Moore & Company - Broker of young plants and other starter materials including seedlings, cuttings, offsets, liners, tissue-cultured, and air-layered plants. Ornamental plants include cut flowers, flowering pot plants, holiday pots, annuals, perennials, tropical flowering, landscape, bulbs, and baskets. PO Box 1587, Brandon, FL 33509 (Bill Moore & Co., Inc)
Address relevance: 71.14% source more addresses from this site...
- Blackmore Company - Greenhouse equipment including automated seeders (seed sowing equipment), flat fillers, plug transplanters, taggers. Greenhouse supplies include a full line of plug trays, and growing flats and pots. Belleville, Michigan. 10800 Blackmore Avenue, Belleville, MI 48111 (The Blackmore Company)
Address relevance: 85.37% source more addresses from this site...
- Floriculture Worldwide Network - Industry news, conference schedules, and books on bedding plants, pot plants, and cut flowers from Ball Publishing's magazines GrowerTalks, Green Profit, FloraCulture International and Seed Trade News. 335 N. River St, PO Box 9, Batavia, IL 60510-0009 (Ball Publishing)
Address relevance: 61.56% source more addresses from this site...
- Growit.com - Resource for the wholesale nursery industry, including plant finder, pests and diseases reference, and rooting database. 505 Brooklets Avenue, PO Box 2026, Easton, MD 21601-2026 (The Mid-Atlantic Grower)
Address relevance: 46.86% source more addresses from this site...
- Hendry County Horticulture - Southwest Florida vegetable pest and disease hotline, vegetables newsletter, and links. Crops covered include watermelon, tomato, pepper. Actively changing content covers pesticides, biocontrol, and the FQPA (Food Quality Protection Act.) University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service, LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida. Extension Service. Direct your horticulture questions to PO Box 68, LaBelle, FL 33975 (Hendry County)
Address relevance: 65.42% source more addresses from this site...
- Horticopia - Software references featuring plant pictures and data designed for landscapers, nursery, garden center, and education. Plant tag software. Includes product and ordering information, extensive plant list, and company information. PO Box 1200, Purcellville, VA 20134-1200 (Horticopia, Inc)
Address relevance: 69.87% source more addresses from this site...
- Landscape Link - Information and links to various aspects of the landscape industry. 3197 S. Chicago St., Joliet, IL 60436 (Landscape Link, Inc)
Address relevance: 56.54% source more addresses from this site...
- Mailorder Gardening Association - Includes members, membership information, and consumer information. 5836 Rockburn Woods Way, Elkridge, MD 21075 (MGA National Office)
Address relevance: 78.65% source more addresses from this site...
- Nevada Landscape Association - Promoting professionalism and integrity within the green industry through education, high standards and community involvement. Information about member benefits and events. PO Box 7431 Reno, NV 89510-7431 (Nevada Landscape Association)
Address relevance: 95.12% source more addresses from this site...
- Pacific Coast Nurseryman - PCN serves the Green Industry wholesale/retail nurseries and landscapers in Western USA. PO Box 1477, Glendora, CA 91740 (Pacific Coast Nurseryman)
Address relevance: 57.11% source more addresses from this site...
- Southeast Greenhouse Conference and Trade Show - Annual event for product promotion and education aimed at the greenhouse and floriculture industry in the Southeastern US. Information for attendees and exhibitors. PO Box 2945, LaGrange, GA 30241 (Southeast Greenhouse Conference)
Address relevance: 60.71% source more addresses from this site...
- USDA - Fruit and Vegetable Market Programs - Part of the Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA. Describes scope, services, committees, and has a selection of links. 3077- S. Stop 0201, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0201 (R. Charles Martin, Deputy Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Room)
Address relevance: 56.92% source more addresses from this site...
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