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If you're a curious gardener, you may want just want to know more about common - and not-so-common - cultivated plants.

The Cornell Garden-Based Learning Program put together this site of digital images and plant profiles to satisfy those needs. These can be used to prepare NYS youth for the statewide event or the annual National Junior Horticulture Association (NJHA) conference, as well as serve as an electronic resource for other audiences.

There are four categories of images: vegetables, flowers and indoor plants, fruits and nuts, and ornamentals (mostly woody vines, shrubs and trees).

Cornell's Horticulture for Youth website

National Junior Horticultural Association

Horticulture is different things to different people. It is a science on the cutting edge of biotechnology, an art, profession, business, industry, hobby, way-of-life, and therapy for millions of people. Each of us comes in contact with horticultural products and professions every day of our lives. Horticulture feeds us, improves our environment, and, through science, is helping find answers to tomorrow's problems.

The National Junior Horticultural Association (NJHA) was founded in 1934 and was the first organization in the world dedicated solely to youth and horticulture. NJHA programs are designed to help young people obtain a basic understanding of, and develop skills in the ever expanding art and science of horticulture. These programs help the horticultural industry by training and recruiting youth in many specialized fields of horticulture. NJHA also develops citizen appreciation for the understanding of the industry by placing emphasis on positive programs for building producer-consumer understanding.

Age eligibility for participation in NJHA projects and activities is for youth 22 years of age and under. Not all projects are open to all age levels. Specific ages are specified in the requirements for each activity. Grouping by ages allows youth to compete against other youth with similar abilities. Group projects are to be entered in the age division in accordance with the age of the oldest individual in the group. (NOTE: eligibility is based on an individual's age as of December 31 of the year of project participation.)

NJHA is organized in the United States around a network of state leaders. Project participation from outside the USA is encouraged. If any of these activities are of interest, you should get in touch with the national program chairperson or vice program chairperson. Project reports should be submitted in English.

NEWSLETTER

Going and Growing, a newsletter published several times each year, is available free to youth and leaders who attend a convention or upon request from other interested youth and leaders. Requests to be put on the newsletter mailing list should be made to the executive secretary or your state leader.

NJHA GOALS

To promote and sponsor educational programs for youth through a variety of projects and activities that foster a better understanding of horticulture.

To develop good citizens with a basic understanding of nature and an acceptance of responsibility for the environment in which we live.

To acquaint youth with the many and varied career opportunities, both vocational and professional, available in the horticultural industry.

To provide young people and their adult leaders with new experiences in group participation, cooperation and leadership at the national level.

NJHA

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