Urban horticulture

Urban horticulture is the science and study of the growing plants in an urban environment. It focuses on the functional use of horticulture so as to maintain and improve the surrounding urban area.[1][2] Urban horticulture has seen an increase in attention with the global trend of urbanization and works to study the harvest, aesthetic, architectural, recreational and psychological purposes and effects of plants in urban environments.

Salad lettuce cultivation at the Growing Communities' urban plot, in Springfield Park, Clapton, North London
Small radish grown on a balcony in Barcelona city
A variety of flowers and vegetables grown under metal halide lamps
  1. ^ Relf, Diane. "Human Issues In Horticulture". Virginia Tech. Department of Horticulture. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. ^ Tukey, HB Jr. (1983). "Urban horticulture: horticulture for populated areas". HortScience. 18: 11–13. doi:10.21273/HORTSCI.18.1.11. S2CID 252705764.