Arboriculture

Arboriculture is the study of individual trees, shrubs, and other plants with wood. Arboriculture is mostly focused on woody plants one at a time. The are kept for permanent landscape purposes, usually in gardens, parks or other populated places, for the enjoyment, protection, and benefit of humans. It shows how they grow and react to their environment. Not only is it a practice of horticulture, but its also a science. It includes techniques like selection, planting, training, fertilization, pest and pathogen control, pruning, shaping, and removal. People who practice arboriculture are called arborists.