Es la ciencia, la tecnología y los negocios envueltos en la producción de hortalizas con destino al consumo. La horticultura es la técnica del cultivo de plantas que se desarrollan en huertos.El término proviene etimológicamente de las palabras latinas hortus (jardín, huerta, planta) y cultura ("cultivo"), es decir «cultivo en huertas». La Real Academia Española define horticultura como el cultivo en huertos, y un huerto lo define como el terreno donde se plantan verduras, legumbres y a veces árboles frutales. De acuerdo con la Sociedad Internacional de Ciencias Hortícolas (ISHS) la horticultura incluye a la floricultura (producción de flores de corte y ornamentales), olericultura, fruticultura, especies aromáticas y medicinales.

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Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of growing plants. It includes the cultivation of medicinal plants, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and non-food crops such as grass and ornamental trees and plants. It also includes plant conservation, landscape restoration, landscape and garden design, construction, and maintenance, and arboriculture. Inside agriculture, horticulture contrasts with extensive field farming as well as animal husbandry. Horticulturists apply their knowledge, skills, and technologies used to grow intensively produced plants for human food and non-food uses and for personal or social needs. Their work involves plant propagation and cultivation with the aim of improving plant growth, yields, quality, nutritional value, and resistance to insects, diseases, and environmental stresses. They work as gardeners, growers, therapists, designers, and technical advisors in the food and non-food sectors of horticulture. Horticulture even refers to the growing of plants in a field or garden.

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