Objective(s):
The objective of this workshop is to introduce some sustainable horticultural practices that are popularly used in Asian countries to ASHS members.

Asian countries have a long history of horticultural production, have explored and accumulated many unique and sustainable horticultural practices. With limited land and high population, most of those cultural practices are labor intensive like fruit bagging which greatly reduces pesticide application and improve fruit quality. The low-tech Chinese greenhouse and high tunnels are also very popular in China for vegetables, fruit and cut-flower production. Aquaponics has long been practiced in China and Thailand. The four topics covered in this workshop would introduce ASHS members to popular sustainable horticultural practices in Asian countries and some of them are also popular in the U.S. or can be adopted by U.S. growers or home gardeners.