The symposium will discuss the long lasting history of interlinked garden traditions in the Middle East, since Roman times, and in the Islamic world up to the present. It will highlight cultural continuities, variations and differences between gardens from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian plains.

The symposium is cosponsored by Dumbarton Oaks and the Freer and Sackler Galleries. It will be held at the Meyer Auditorium.

Paid registration through Dumbarton Oaks is required. To register, visit the Dumbarton Oaks Web site at http://www.doaks.org/gal_2007_spring_symposium_synopsis.html.