PRINT | E-MAIL. In September of 1942, Lt. Col. William L. Plummer, with a handful of officers and enlisted men, made his way through the long pines and palmetto scrub of rural South Dade County to assume control of an isolated airstrip located about a mile inland from the shore of Biscayne Bay.
gardener. 1  a person who likes or is skilled at working in a garden. 2  a person whose occupation is making and tending gardens.
Horticulture [Latin: hortus (garden) + cultura (culture)] is defined as the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts and ornamental plants (trees, shrubs, flowering plants and turf). The separation of horticulture from agriculture as a distinct activity is usually dated from the Middle Ages in Europe.