Making us “future-proof” – the evolving role of horticulture

In this feature, your facilitator returns to her roots as a plant-propagation scientist – with some thoughts about how horticulture and related fields (such as urban forestry) might evolve into the future to assist the transition to an economy without cheap oil. While this is not a scientific paper, it does examine the role of science in the context of a profound socioeconomic change now gathering momentum around us. Although the process will be slow, the change will ultimately, affect both the nature of plant propagation research and the way it is applied.

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