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Australia:
  • Toowoomba, Queensland
    Toowoomba, Queensland
    Toowoomba is a city in South East Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an urban population of 95,265...

    , nicknamed "Garden City"
  • Garden City, a locality within Port Melbourne, Victoria
    Port Melbourne, Victoria
    Port Melbourne is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Port Phillip and Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, Port Melbourne had a population of 13,293.The suburb is bordered by the shore of...

  • Westfield Garden City
    Westfield Garden City
    Westfield Garden City, better known as Garden City, is one of Brisbane's major shopping centres, located in the suburb of Upper Mount Gravatt. The centre is operated by Westfield, and previously operated by AMP Limited before the takeover in 2003...

    , a Westfield shopping centre in Upper Mt Gravatt, Brisbane
  • Garden City, Booragoon
    Garden City, Booragoon
    AMP Garden City Shopping Centre, usually known simply as Garden City or "Garbo" by locals, is a major regional shopping centre in the city of Perth, Western Australia, located at the corner of Marmion Street and Riseley Street in the southern suburb of Booragoon...

    , a shopping centre in Perth


Cape Town, South Africa:
  • Pinelands
    Pinelands
    Pinelands can refer to the following things:* Pine Barrens * New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve* Pinelands, Cape Town, a suburb in South Africa...

  • Meadowridge
    Meadowridge
    Meadowridge is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa. It is the second Garden City in Cape Town and was officially opened on 23 March 1955.Local shopping centres are Meadowridge Park 'n Shop and Meadowridge Shopping Centre . Nearby schools are Bergvliet Primary School, Sweet Valley Primary School and...



United States:
  • Garden City, Alabama
    Garden City, Alabama
    Garden City is a town in Blount and Cullman Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2000 census the population was 564. In spite of its name, Garden City is not a city , but merely a village...

  • Garden City, Colorado
    Garden City, Colorado
    The Town of Garden City is a Statutory Town located in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 357 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Garden City is located at ....

  • Garden City, Georgia
    Garden City, Georgia
    Garden City is a city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 9,477, according to a 2006 estimate by the US Census Bureau. It is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area.Garden City is home to industry in Chatham County...

  • Garden City, Idaho
    Garden City, Idaho
    Garden City is a city in Ada County, Idaho, United States. The population was 10,624 at the 2000 census. Garden City is nearly surrounded by Boise but retains a separate municipal government....

  • Garden City, Indiana
    Garden City, Indiana
    Garden City is an unincorporated town in Columbus Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana....

  • Garden City, Iowa
    Garden City, Iowa
    Garden City is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Iowa, United States....

  • Garden City, Kansas
    Garden City, Kansas
    Garden City is a city in Finney County, Kansas, United States. The population was 28,451 as of the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Finney County, and provides the campus of Garden City Community College. It is home to Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological facility in western Kansas...

  • Garden City, Michigan
    Garden City, Michigan
    Garden City is a city in Wayne County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 30,047. The city is part of the Metro Detroit region.- History :...

  • Garden City, Missouri
    Garden City, Missouri
    Garden City is a city in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,500 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Garden City is located at ....

  • Garden City, New York
    Garden City, New York
    Garden City is a village in the Town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is located on Long Island, to the east of New York City, from mid-town Manhattan, and just south of the Town of...

    • Garden City Hotel
      Garden City Hotel
      The Garden City Hotel is a four-star hotel in Garden City, New York, the only four-star hotel on Long Island. The first incarnation was built in 1874 by A.T. Stewart and the current fourth incarnation was built in 1983 by the late Myron Nelkin. It is famous for having hosted many world leaders and...

  • Garden City, South Carolina
    Garden City, South Carolina
    Garden City, sometimes known as Garden City Beach, is a census-designated place in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 9,357 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Garden City is located at ....

  • Garden City, South Dakota
    Garden City, South Dakota
    Garden City is a town in Clark County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 72 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Garden City is located at ....

  • Garden City, Texas
    Garden City, Texas
    Garden City is an unincorporated town in Glasscock County, Texas, United States. It lies near the center of the county, approximately 27 miles south of Big Spring. Garden City serves as the Glasscock County seat, and at the 2000 Census, had a population of 293...

  • Garden City, Utah
    Garden City, Utah
    Garden City is a town in Rich County, Utah, United States. The population was 357 at the 2000 census. Garden City sits on the shores of Bear Lake and is a popular summer resort town.-Geography:Garden City is located at ....

  • Garden City, Pennsylvania
  • Garden City, Roanoke, Virginia
    Garden City, Roanoke, Virginia
    Garden City is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located far southeast Roanoke, abutting Mill Mountain. It borders the neighborhoods of Morningside and Riverdale on the north, and both Mill Mountain and Southern Hills to the west. The eastern border is shared with Roanoke County. As of the 2000 U.S...

  • Garden City, a village within Cranston, Rhode Island
    Cranston, Rhode Island
    Cranston, once known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. With a population of 79,269 at the 2000 census, it is the third largest city in the state. The center of population of Rhode Island is located in Cranston...



Elsewhere:
  • Krefeld Gartenstadt (Garden City), Germany
  • Garden City, Winnipeg
    Garden City, Winnipeg
    Garden City is a neighbourhood in the northern part of the city of Winnipeg, in Manitoba, Canada. It has a land area of 2.32 square kilometres, and a population of 5,650 ....

    , Canada
  • Garden City Collegiate
    Garden City Collegiate
    Garden City Collegiate is a high school in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is part of the Seven Oaks School Division, and houses grades 9-12. The Garden City motto is "Participation and Excellence."...

    , a high school in Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Bromma borough
    Bromma borough
    Bromma is a so called borough in the western part of Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the Stockholm Municipality. Bromma is primarily made up of the parish with the same name, and the parish of Västerled...

    , Stockholm, Sweden
    • Södra Ängby
      Södra Ängby
      Södra Ängby is a residential area blending functionalism with garden city ideals, located in western Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the Bromma borough....

  • Garden City, an affluent neighbourhood of Cairo, Egypt
  • a nickname of
    • Bangalore
      Bangalore
      Bangalore , also known as Bengaḷūru , is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and fifth-most populous urban agglomeration.Though historical references to the city predate 900...

      , India
    • St. Catharines, Ontario
      St. Catharines, Ontario
      St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres of land...

      , Canada
    • Singapore
      Singapore
      Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, lying north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At , Singapore is a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast...

    • Christchurch, New Zealand
    • Maracay
      Maracay
      Maracay is a city in central Venezuela and is the capital and most important city of the Aragua State. Most of it falls under the jurisdiction of the Girardot Municipality. The population as per the 2001 census was 750.000...

      , Venezuela (Ciudad Jardín)
    • the Nunsthorpe
      Nunsthorpe
      Nunsthorpe is a suburb and housing estate in the western part of Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England...

       estate in Grimsby, England
    • Viña del Mar
      Viña del Mar
      Viña del Mar , also known locally as La Ciudad Jardín , is a Chilean commune and coastal city in Valparaíso Province, Valparaíso Region. With a population of 286,931 , it is Chile's fourth largest city. It is also part of the Greater Valparaíso area, the country's third largest conurbation Viña del...

      , Chile
  • a shopping district in Suva
    Suva
    Suva is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in the Central Division, Rewa Province, of which it is the administrative centre. In 1877, it was decided to make Suva the capital of Fiji when the geography of former main European...

    , Fiji
  • Ciudad Jardin, El Palomar, Buenos Aires
    El Palomar, Buenos Aires
    El Palomar is a district of Greater Buenos Aires in Argentina at 20 km north-west of the Capital city, at approximate coordinates ....

    , Argentina

Design and planning

  • Garden Cities (disambiguation), a town planning term sometimes considered synonymous with "ecocity"
  • Garden city movement
    Garden city movement
    The Garden city movement is an approach to urban planning that was founded in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom. Garden cities were intended to be planned, self-contained, communities surrounded by greenbelts, containing carefully balanced areas of residences, industry, and...

    , originated by English urban planner Ebenezer Howard
    Ebenezer Howard
    Sir Ebenezer Howard is known for his publication Garden Cities of To-morrow , the description of a utopian city in which man lives harmoniously together with the rest of nature...

    , who was responsible for:
    • Welwyn Garden City
      Welwyn Garden City
      Welwyn Garden City is a town in Hertfordshire, England, the second garden city in England and one of the first new towns ....

    • Letchworth Garden City