Horticulture from an Ecological Perspective
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2025 | Viewed by 706
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant conservation; plant biodiversity; horticulture; native plants
Interests: plant conservation; seed banks; horticulture; native plants
2. School for Viticulture and Enology, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Interests: vegetation; ecology; floristics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Horticulture is one of the important disciplines that allows for humans to survive and connect with nature in big cities. COVID-19 has particularly shown how people absolutely need plants for their survival; they need that captured corner of nature as close to them as possible. The Kunming Declaration also speaks about the importance of nature and human coexistence with it. However, today, we are not aware of how important plants are for human psychological survival in the face of increasing daily stress. For this reason, urban green areas with a large diversity of plant species are particularly important. Plants can survive in very extreme conditions, and their survival is now increasingly affected by climate change. In light of climate change, natural species are increasingly used in horticulture today. New findings on the use of natural species and their cultivation will effectively help in planning horticultural plantings in various environments around the world, especially in sunny, drought-exposed environments in cities. The correct selection of plants will satisfy ecological requirements, aesthetic aspects, and will be sustainable at the same time.
Dr. Jože Bavcon
Dr. Blanka Ravnjak
Dr. Andraž Čarni
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban green areas
- native plants
- green infrastructure
- ecology of plants
- dry-resistant plants
- plant adaptation
- sustainable horticulture
- climate change
- nature in cites
- people and plants
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