What does gardening mean?

Answer: Intensive crops related to courtyard cultivation and their cultivation, breeding, processing and utilization technologies. It is an important part of agriculture and planting. Horticultural crops usually include fruit trees, vegetables, various ornamental plants, spices and medicinal crops. According to the use, it is divided into: fruit tree gardening and vegetable gardening, which are mainly used for eating; Ornamental flower gardening and landscape gardening; Nursery gardening, etc , mainly used to cultivate seedlings. Horticultural industry has a long history and less distribution. At first, it was only a subsidiary department of agriculture, with self-sufficient production nature. /kloc-since the second half of the 0/9th century, with the high development of agricultural productivity and the strengthening of regional division of agricultural production, horticulture has gradually become an independent planting department and developed rapidly. In addition to economically developed countries, some countries in the third world have also established plantations aimed at gardening. Since 1960s, horticulture has become an important part of export-oriented agriculture. The development of horticulture in China has the following advantages: various natural conditions are suitable for the development of various horticultural crops; With a large population and abundant labor force, agriculture has a tradition of intensive cultivation; The horticultural industry has developed for thousands of years, and with the experience and skills of horticultural production, a number of key areas for the development of horticultural industry have been formed, such as Nanfeng, Wenzhou Tangerine, Cao Zhou (Heze) Peony, Turpan Grape and Hami Melon. According to the principle of local conditions and moderate concentration, we should vigorously develop various commodity horticultural production bases in the future to meet the needs of export and domestic demand.