Repopulate TextArea

[eluser]RobbieL[/eluser]
I'm having a bit of trouble with textareas in my forms not repopulating. The $field for them is there in my controller. All text inputs in the form work fine, just not textareas.

Here the code in my view;

Code:

<textarea name="description" "value="<?=$this->validation->description;?>"></textarea><?=$this->validation->description_error; ?>

Looked through the CI's userguide on Validation, and can't spot anything about textareas. Anyone got anyideas on what's going on?