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Commercial Horticulture 

COMMERCIAL HORTICULTURE

Greenhouses have recently become popular for growing your own plants and plants for others.  If you are interested in starting your own greenhouse business, you may want to check out the Purdue University Guide to Starting a Greenhouse Business. This guide has all the information you'll want for getting your business started from the ground up!

Purdue Extension suggests the following links for information regarding Commercial Horticulture:

Commercial Floriculture Extension - Production information, Extension bulletins, research articles, newsletters and programs for commercial greenhouse growers.

Green Industry Resources - Information on sustainable production of nursery, floriculture, arboriculture, and turf crops and landscape management.

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Connection - Information on production of major fruit and vegetable crops, events calendar, newsletters, and publications.

Horticultural Marketing - Resources for direct marketing, farmers’ markets and risk management.

Purdue Plant & Pest Diagnostic Laboratory - Information on plant diseases and insect pests. Commonly asked questions, picture of the week, featured articles, etc.

New Crops - Resources on a wide range of new crops.