Celebrating & Protecting the Heritage of the Finest Garden City
Welwyn Garden City (WGC), as its name suggests, is a garden city, founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the 1920s following his previous experiment in Letchworth Garden City, and designed by Louis de Soissons. Howard had called for the creation of new towns of limited size, planned in advance, and surrounded by a permanent belt of agricultural land, as a role model for lower-density urban development. Howard believed that such Garden Cities were the perfect blend of city and nature.
Second Garden City Lecture - BOOK NOW!
Booking for the Second Garden City Lecture has opened. The date for your diary is Wednesday 12th June 2013.
This year the talk is being given by Dr Mervyn Miller, a world renowned expert on garden citi...
Successful bid for a lottery grant
Many people have been wondering about the fate of a proposed project looking into the industries that helped shape the history of WGC...
"Garden Cities - Back to the Future" DVD
A further development regarding the Garden City Lecture hosted by the Trust and the WGC Society - the Welwyn Garden Heritage Trust has produced a DVD
An Official Unveiling
The two interpretation boards recently installed at Handside and Peartree, funded by a grant from County Cllr Malcolm Cowan, were officially unveiled on Monday 7th January on a cold damp afternoon.
Read more...History
Welwyn Garden City, as its name suggests, is a garden city, founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the 1920s following his previous experiment in Letchworth Garden City, and designed by Louis de Soissons. ...
Read more...Pages from a photograph album
An intriguing donation to the Trust's archive is a collection of photographs of 'Winmarleigh' Read more...
Placemaking: From Garden Cities to New Towns
'Placemaking: From Garden Cities to New Towns' is a free workshop and networking event taking place on Saturday 1st June. It runs from 10.30am - 4pm at the Fielder Centre, Hatfield Business Park,
Read more...New WGC heritage trails
Following on from the release of the film ‘Welwyn Garden City ~ A Brave Vision’ in DVD format the Welwyn Garden Heritage Trust has now issued 3 heritage trail booklets. Read more...
