Horticulture is the production of edible vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, and ornamental plants. These crops play an important role in maintaining a balanced diet and community well-being. By cultivating horticultural crops and heritage varieties in particular, producers preserve variety diversity, ecological biodiversity and cultural heritage. 

Horticultural crops often have high and/or special production requirements; like nutrition and water demands, pest and disease susceptibilities and geo-climatic conditions. Additionally, these crops are often cultivated under temporally and spatially intensified systems, meaning an increased risk of pest and disease infestation and potential nutrient deficiencies. Subsequent problems can be avoided through careful and crop-specific planning and farm system management, as well as the adoption of agro-ecological practices such as flower strips.

Therefore, horticulturists need to understand crop-specific needs for success. This page is organised according to specific horticultural crops, offering a way to view a range of topics according to the horticultural crop in question.