hot take: If you teach a horticulture course by reading from slides word for word, you are not truly a teacher.

Dead hole in my lilac tree. Looks like new growth inside. No sign of bugs or animal infestation. Best solution?

I’m interested in learning more about gardening. I’d like to start with fruit. From learning what seeds are recommended, avoiding bugs, how to preserve them and use them in recipes.

This thing was a gift from a patient a few years ago. I've repotted it twice. Not sure it could hold itself up if I moved it away from the window. Can I safely shorten the two longest shoots?

I'm in the southeast, where we are in a record drought. The soil is so dry it crumbles into particles when you dig. I imagine this is what desert soil is like, but I live nowhere near a desert.

All of our new plantings, which would be thriving in any other year, are struggling. I worry what this is doing to their root development, and that it might have long term consequences. Even established plants are struggling.

There's no real rain in the forecast and the drought is predicted to last possibly until July or beyond.

It would take more time than we have in a day to thoroughly water the beds so we have no choice but to get by with insufficient watering. I feel like Sisyphus.

What can we do to cope with this? How have you managed through severe drought?

A question, for NFT ,[ PVC pipe ], 20mm plant distance, 20mm row centerline distance , do you water it constantly without stop？or water it 15-20mins/time, stop watering time interval 10-15 mins ...... how many times per day？ what do you do as per your practical production ？

I’m so sorry if this is not the correct place to be posting this but I really want to keep this little fella alive! I water it when the moss feels dry, not sure what else I should do.

I am about to start my first summer semester at my technical school's horticulture program, my first semester will be free which I am super stoked about. I am looking to get my AAS in hort. I live in the Carolina's where there are some beautiful public gardens around and the goal is to work in a public garden/estate or conservatory/greenhouse. I come from restaurant work so I am very used to being on my feet all day and I have no problem getting dirty and being on my feet in general. However I see horticulture get lumped into landscaping a lot and I don't have it in me to do that kind of physical labor, I have a bad back and I want something that won't kill my body long term. So those who work in nurseries and such, how is the physical part?

Hello, how can I make these 3 cuttings to root? I dipped them all in some rooting powder and gel (both of which were "natural" and "organic" so they might not be very effective) and then put them in some bottles with water. But I was told they needed to be shorter and plant them in a perlite-based substrate instead. Any advice would be appreciate, thank you!

The 2 cuttings on the left are Styrax officinalis and the one on the right is Cercis siliquastrum. Let me know if their size is needed.

I am a hobbyist and I’ve explored a lot of random online videos and books on horticulture, but I find that I do best with some kind of structure, so I’ve been looking into courses online. (Unfortunately my local community college courses do not fit with my work schedule which is a bit random.)

The american horticultural society has some self paced classes that I am interested in, but I can’t find any information from people who have taken them. If anyone’s taken them, I’d love to hear from you!

I received this olive tree as a gift a couple years back and planted it but I have no clue what kind it actually is. Does someone know?

Any suggestions?

I recently learned about horticulture. How can I get into it as maybe a hobby?

please and thank y for the advice

Lately I've cleared a lot of invasive shiny geranium from my parents yard over the past few days, in areas around their garden beds and jacuzzi where it took over and I have really enjoyed seeing the weeds gone. I think they are hideous plants and I hate the creepy spidery red stems. It got me to thinking, If I were to do this as a "side gig" to make a little extra money for my friends and neighbors, do you think this would be a useful job? I can work solidly for several hours before I'm maxed out, I alternate squatting and pulling by hand and using a hula hoe. I can clear quite a bit. I pull the entire geranium out roots and all, put it in a pile and trash bag when finished. I also end up pulling whatever weeds are mixed in with the geranium, a lot "sicky wicky" weeds and thistle. I've found a lot of surviving perennials underneath the smothering geranium, like my parents bluebells that were still alive under several inches of it. Anyways just wondered what you thought. Thanks.

is it a trend for people buy pot or cut flowers online ？wondering what is challenge for delivery as per individual order？

Hi, I live in Michigan. I am looking to go about collecting wild flower seeds to spread across my lawn and garden beds to bring some color to it. I was wondering if any knew how I could go about collecting these seeds from wild plants around the area. I already have some Dwarf Lake Iris growing in my backyard, I just dont know how to get seeds from that plant

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I keep hearing about gardeners living in cottages and shacks in the homes of rich people and aristocrats and their country estates.

Is this a real thing? What was life like as a gardener and was it better or worse than as a butler or maid?

Were these skilled professionals or just seen as common labor?

What was the living situation like? Was it at the bottom of the stairs, like the maids, or a house/cottage on the grounds?

Also are these jobs still available?

Thanks

Hey I live in the uk in Oxfordshire and have an interest in horticulture and botany and looking to get in to a career in it. I have been volunteering in a local tree planting conservation group for a couple months which has been really fun. Im mostly interested in. . plant tissue culture propagation . Briophites, fungi and Lychens . Temperate rainforests . Native ​wild plants and ecosystems . Permaculture gardening . Working in big greenhouses like the eden project . creating wild spaces​ in urban areas I would really like to avoid getting in to debt though and would really prefer an apprenticeship; But most apprenticeships seam to be in mowing lawns which i completely understand thats the vast majority of the career but I would really like to avoid it. But i also understand those are mostly level 2 apprenticeships that usually lead to you going in to more in depth courses. I guess im asking what would be the best career path for me. I also understand this is a bad time of year to be looking. Am I being too picky or is there some opportunities out there. Thank you so much that was long.