Topics to be explored include the acquisition, categorization, and use of plants; the training and careers of both professional and amateur gardeners; gardening in domestic and public contexts; and the intersection of gardening with social categories such as gender and class.

Programme and registration information are available on: http://www.history.arts.gla.ac.uk/seeds/events.htm

The Gardening conference is part of the project 'Seed Money,' funded jointly by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council through the research programme on Cultures of Consumption.