Abstract

We may have good reason to believe that gardens cannot move, that they are locked in their geographical locations for the duration of their existences. Yet we have many examples of objects that seem to meet the definitional conditions for a garden yet are mobile—terraria, bonsai, penjing, trough gardens, potted gardens, truck gardens, ship gardens, and orangeries. In this paper, I explore the reasons for the claim that gardens cannot move and attempt to come to some conclusion about the examples we have of mobile gardens.