Fruit and horticultural association

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Fruit and horticultural associations (OGV) are mostly local associations in towns and villages, whose members mainly deal with the topics of fruit growing , horticulture and landscape maintenance.

history

Already under Charlemagne (around 800) there were precise regulations on horticulture and arboriculture for the royal estates. From the Middle Ages to modern times, the governments or higher authorities have repeatedly given instructions and impulses for private garden use. The establishment of industrial gardens around 1790 , which were called school gardens in the 19th century and in which the teachers gave the children practical lessons in horticulture, is significant .

The importance of the fruit and horticultural associations or the local fruit and vegetable cultivation was often important for the nutrition of the population. Vegetables were not grown for fun, but simply out of hunger.

Club goals (selection)

In the local clubs, the individual club goals can be different:

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The origin of the fruit and horticultural associations in Bavaria ( Memento from February 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) - (Joseph Hager, Geisenhausen)
  2. ↑ From the over 100-year history of our organization - (Bavarian State Association for Horticulture and Land Care)
  3. ↑ Vegetables from your own garden ( Memento from April 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) - (Oberpfälzer Wochenzeitung from April 24, 2012)

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