Stephen Bending is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Women, Gardens and Eighteenth-Century Culture, and co-editor of Writing Rural England 1500-1800.

• Introduction1. Design, Timothy Mowl, University of Bristol, UK2. Types of Gardens, Michael Charlesworth, University of Texas at Austin, USA3. Plantings, Michael Symes, independent scholar4. Use and Reception, David Lambert, independent scholar5. Meaning, Patrick Eyres, independent scholar6. Verbal Representations, Rachel Crawford, University of San Francisco, USA7. Visual Representations, Annie Richardson, University of Lincoln, UK8. Gardens and the Larger Landscape, Sarah Spooner, University of East Anglia, UK, and Tom Williamson, University of East Anglia, UK

Stephen Bending is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Women, Gardens and Eighteenth-Century Culture, and co-editor of Writing Rural England 1500-1800.

• Introduction1. Design, Timothy Mowl, University of Bristol, UK2. Types of Gardens, Michael Charlesworth, University of Texas at Austin, USA3. Plantings, Michael Symes, independent scholar4. Use and Reception, David Lambert, independent scholar5. Meaning, Patrick Eyres, independent scholar6. Verbal Representations, Rachel Crawford, University of San Francisco, USA7. Visual Representations, Annie Richardson, University of Lincoln, UK8. Gardens and the Larger Landscape, Sarah Spooner, University of East Anglia, UK, and Tom Williamson, University of East Anglia, UK

Stephen Bending is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Women, Gardens and Eighteenth-Century Culture, and co-editor of Writing Rural England 1500-1800.

• Introduction1. Design, Timothy Mowl, University of Bristol, UK2. Types of Gardens, Michael Charlesworth, University of Texas at Austin, USA3. Plantings, Michael Symes, independent scholar4. Use and Reception, David Lambert, independent scholar5. Meaning, Patrick Eyres, independent scholar6. Verbal Representations, Rachel Crawford, University of San Francisco, USA7. Visual Representations, Annie Richardson, University of Lincoln, UK8. Gardens and the Larger Landscape, Sarah Spooner, University of East Anglia, UK, and Tom Williamson, University of East Anglia, UK