John Dixon Hunt is Professor of the History and Theory of Landscape, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania and Editor of the journal, Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes. He is the author of many works including The Venetian City Garden: Place, Typology and Perception, Nature Over Again: The Garde Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay and The Afterlife of Gardens.

• Introduction1. Design: On the (Continuing) Uses of the Arbitrary, Anita Berrizbeitia, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA2. Types of Garden, Peter Jacobs, University of Montreal, Canada3. Plantings, Dennis McGlade, independent scholar and Laurie Olin, University of Pennsylvania, USA4. Use and Reception, Udo Weilacher, Technical University of Munich, Germany5. Meaning, John Dixon Hunt, University of Pennsylvania, USA6. Verbal Representations, Michael Leslie, Rhodes College, USA7. Visual Representations, Michael Jakob, Grenoble University, France8. Gardens and the Larger Landscape, David Leatherbarrow, University of Pennsylvania, USA

John Dixon Hunt is Professor of the History and Theory of Landscape, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania and Editor of the journal, Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes. He is the author of many works including The Venetian City Garden: Place, Typology and Perception, Nature Over Again: The Garde Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay and The Afterlife of Gardens.

• Introduction1. Design: On the (Continuing) Uses of the Arbitrary, Anita Berrizbeitia, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA2. Types of Garden, Peter Jacobs, University of Montreal, Canada3. Plantings, Dennis McGlade, independent scholar and Laurie Olin, University of Pennsylvania, USA4. Use and Reception, Udo Weilacher, Technical University of Munich, Germany5. Meaning, John Dixon Hunt, University of Pennsylvania, USA6. Verbal Representations, Michael Leslie, Rhodes College, USA7. Visual Representations, Michael Jakob, Grenoble University, France8. Gardens and the Larger Landscape, David Leatherbarrow, University of Pennsylvania, USA

John Dixon Hunt is Professor of the History and Theory of Landscape, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania and Editor of the journal, Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes. He is the author of many works including The Venetian City Garden: Place, Typology and Perception, Nature Over Again: The Garde Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay and The Afterlife of Gardens.

• Introduction1. Design: On the (Continuing) Uses of the Arbitrary, Anita Berrizbeitia, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA2. Types of Garden, Peter Jacobs, University of Montreal, Canada3. Plantings, Dennis McGlade, independent scholar and Laurie Olin, University of Pennsylvania, USA4. Use and Reception, Udo Weilacher, Technical University of Munich, Germany5. Meaning, John Dixon Hunt, University of Pennsylvania, USA6. Verbal Representations, Michael Leslie, Rhodes College, USA7. Visual Representations, Michael Jakob, Grenoble University, France8. Gardens and the Larger Landscape, David Leatherbarrow, University of Pennsylvania, USA