Horticulture is a broad and varied field.
It applies aspects of biology, chemistry, ecology, engineering, communications, business, and education to growing, handling, marketing, and managing landscape plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables. You can design planting plans with trees, shrubs, ground covers, herbaceous ornamentals, and turf grass. You may get involved in the sales of the plants, their planting at the site, or their long-term management. Or, you might choose to be a buyer of these items for a chain store, a government or private institution, or wholesale distributor. Horticulturists seek ways to improve the yield and quality of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants, and to develop methods for handling, storing, and marketing them.