horticulturist

noun

hor·ti·cul·tur·ist ˌhȯr-tə-ˈkəl-chə-rist

variants or less commonly horticulturalist

ˌhȯr-tə-ˈkəl-ch(ə-)rə-list

plural horticulturists also horticulturalists

: a person whose work involves growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants

As the city horticulturist for the past six years, Burton has made the parks and city areas of O'Fallon bloom.—

Lynn Venhaus

The finest hot chili pepper in Peter's test garden is 'Riot', which does double duty as an ornamental and in salads; it is a graduate of horticulturist Jim Baggett's breeding program at Oregon State University.—

Jim McCausland

I prefer buying plants from a nursery to buying at a garden center, and both are vastly preferable to the garden section of a discount store. Plant quality and accuracy of labeling are usually best at a nursery, where the staff is most likely to include professional horticulturists.—

Jeff Whitehead

De Witt Clinton was a man of parts—a patron of schools, charities, and the arts, a founder of the New York Historical Society, an amateur scientist and horticulturalist.—

James MacGregor Burns

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This summer, The Pig hotels will reopen Barnsley House in the Cotswolds (the former home of one of the 20th century's most celebrated horticulturists, Rosemary Verey), where the topiary and box-edged beds should remain intact – alongside, no doubt, a fabulous potager garden. —

Delilah Khomo, theweek, 10 Oct. 2024 Fall is an important time to provide forage and nectar plants with fall blooms, along with berrying shrubs and trees for wildlife. — Mary Phillips, NWF Garden for Wildlife Program Sylvia Schmeichel, lead horticulturist with Smithsonian Gardens agrees. —

Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2024 Matthew Fleming is the lead horticulturist for tropical plants at the Smithsonian Gardens in Suitland, Maryland. —

Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024 Justin Hancock is a horticulturist for Costa Farms. —

Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for horticulturist