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Australia:- Toowoomba, QueenslandToowoomba, QueenslandToowoomba is a city in Southern Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an estimated district population of 128,600, Toowoomba is Australia's second largest inland city and its largest non-capital inland city...
, nicknamed "Garden City" - Garden City, a locality within Port Melbourne, VictoriaPort Melbourne, VictoriaPort Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km southwest of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government areas are the cities of Port Phillip and Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, Port Melbourne had a population of 13,293....
- Westfield Garden CityWestfield Garden CityWestfield 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 Mount Gravatt, Brisbane - Garden City, BooragoonGarden City, BooragoonGarden City Shopping Centre, usually known simply as Garden City, is a major regional shopping centre in the city of Perth, Western Australia. Garden City is 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:
- PinelandsPinelandsPinelands can refer to the following things:* Pine Barrens * New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve* Pinelands Regional School District, a school district in Tuckerton, New Jersey, USA...
- MeadowridgeMeadowridgeMeadowridge 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, AlabamaGarden City, AlabamaGarden 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, ColoradoGarden City, ColoradoThe Town of Garden City is a Statutory Town located in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 357 at the 2000 census. With a total are less than one square mile, it is literally surrounded by the cities of Greeley, Colorado and Evans, Colorado....
- Garden City, GeorgiaGarden City, GeorgiaGarden City is a city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. It lies along the Savannah River just northwest of Savannah. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 8,778...
- Garden City, IdahoGarden City, IdahoGarden City is a city in Ada County, Idaho, United States. The population was 10,972 at the 2010 census. Garden City is nearly surrounded by Boise but retains a separate municipal government....
- Garden City, IndianaGarden City, IndianaGarden City is an unincorporated town in Columbus Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana. Garden City is home of the ledgendary Garden City Raceway Park, host to the annual GCRP Smash 'Em Up Derby. Victims of the Bartholomew County Fair Demolition Derby bring their revitalized machines to the...
- Garden City, IowaGarden City, IowaGarden City is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Iowa, United States....
- Garden City, KansasGarden City, KansasGarden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 26,658. The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas.-History:In February 1878, James...
- Garden City, MichiganGarden City, MichiganGarden City is a city in Wayne County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,692. The city is part of the Metro Detroit region.- History :...
- Garden City, Minnesota
- Garden City, MissouriGarden City, MissouriGarden 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 YorkGarden City, New YorkGarden 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 HotelGarden City HotelThe 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 Hotel
- Garden City, South CarolinaGarden City, South CarolinaGarden City, sometimes known as Garden City Beach, is a census-designated place in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. While Garden City is sometimes considered to be a city it is not incorporated and does not yet have a city council or mayor. The population was 9,357 at the 2000 census...
- Garden City, South DakotaGarden City, South DakotaGarden City is a town in Clark County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 53 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Garden City is located at ....
- Garden City, TexasGarden City, TexasGarden City is a Census Designated Place 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 2010 Census, had a population of 334...
- Garden City, UtahGarden City, UtahGarden City is a town in Rich County, Utah, United States. The population was 562 at the 2010 census. Garden City sits on the shores of Bear Lake and is a popular summer resort destination town.-History:...
- Garden City, Pennsylvania
- Garden City, Roanoke, VirginiaGarden City, Roanoke, VirginiaGarden 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 IslandCranston, Rhode IslandCranston, once known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. With a population of 80,387 at the 2010 census, it is the third largest city in the state. The center of population of Rhode Island is located in Cranston...
- Garden City, nickname of Missoula, MontanaMissoula, MontanaMissoula is a city located in western Montana and is the county seat of Missoula County. The 2010 Census put the population of Missoula at 66,788 and the population of Missoula County at 109,299. Missoula is the principal city of the Missoula Metropolitan Area...
United Kingdom:
- Garden City, a small town next to Queensferry, FlintshireQueensferry, FlintshireQueensferry is a town in Flintshire, North Wales, lying on the River Dee near the border with England.Queensferry lies along the B5441 and B5129 roads, and is bypassed by the A494 dual carriageway. It is contiguous with Deeside...
- LetchworthLetchworthLetchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The town's name is taken from one of the three villages it surrounded - all of which featured in the Domesday Book. The land used was first purchased by Quakers who had intended to farm the...
, Hertfordshire - Knowle West, BristolKnowle West, BristolKnowle West is a neighbourhood situated on a low plateau in the south of Bristol, England, about from the centre of the city. Most of the area is coterminous with the Filwood ward of Bristol City Council, although a small part of the estate lies within Knowle ward to the east. To the west are...
- NunsthorpeNunsthorpeNunsthorpe is a suburb and housing estate in the western part of Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England...
, a suburb of Grimsby, England - Welwyn Garden CityWelwyn Garden City-Economy:Ever since its inception as garden city, Welwyn Garden City has attracted a strong commercial base with several designated employment areas. Among the companies trading in the town are:*Air Link Systems*Baxter*British Lead Mills*Carl Zeiss...
, England - WythenshaweWythenshaweWythenshawe is a district in the south of the city of Manchester, England.Formerly part of the administrative county of Cheshire, in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a massive housing estate there in the 1920s to resolve the problem of its inner...
, a district of Manchester, England
Elsewhere:
- Gartenstadt (Garden City), a district of KrefeldKrefeldKrefeld , also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine...
, Germany - Garden City, WinnipegGarden City, WinnipegGarden 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 CollegiateGarden City CollegiateGarden 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 boroughBromma boroughBromma 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 ÄngbySödra ÄngbySödra Ängby is a residential area blending functionalism with garden city ideals, located in western Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the Bromma borough....
- Södra Ängby
- Garden City (Cairo)Garden City (Cairo)Garden City is an affluent district on the eastern Nile shore in Cairo, Egypt. It is between the Nile and Downtown Cairo, just south of Tahrir Square off Qasr al-Ayn Street....
, an affluent neighbourhood - Ciudad Jardín Lomas del PalomarCiudad Jardín Lomas del PalomarCiudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar is a planned community, part of the partido Tres de Febrero in Greater Buenos Aires and located adjacent to the city of El Palomar...
, Buenos Aires, Argentina - a nickname of
- BangaloreBangaloreBengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, India - St. Catharines, OntarioSt. Catharines, OntarioSt. 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 - SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
- ChristchurchChristchurchChristchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, New Zealand - MaracayMaracayMaracay is a city in north-central Venezuela, near the Caribbean coast, and is the capital and most important city of the state of Aragua. Most of it falls under the jurisdiction of the Girardot Municipality. The population as per the 2001 census was 750,000...
, Venezuela (Ciudad Jardín) - Viña del MarViña del MarViña del Mar , is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Its long stretches of white sandy beaches are a major attraction for national and international tourists. The city is Chile's main tourist attraction. Known as "La Ciudad Jardín" , Viña del Mar is a Chilean Municipality located...
, Chile - Victoria, British ColumbiaVictoria, British ColumbiaVictoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
- Bangalore
- a shopping district in SuvaSuvaSuva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...
, Fiji
Design and planning
- Garden Cities (disambiguation), a town planning term sometimes considered synonymous with "ecocity"
- Garden city movementGarden city movementThe garden city movement is a method of urban planning that was initiated in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom. Garden cities were intended to be planned, self-contained communities surrounded by "greenbelts" , containing proportionate areas of residences, industry and...
, an urban planning movement- Town and Country Planning AssociationTown and Country Planning AssociationThe Town and Country Planning Association is England's oldest environmental charity. It was founded as the Garden Cities Association in 1899 by Ebenezer Howard, initially to promote the development of Garden Cities...
, originally known as the Garden City Association - Garden cities designed by Ebenezer HowardEbenezer HowardSir Ebenezer Howard is known for his publication Garden Cities of To-morrow , the description of a utopian city in which people live harmoniously together with nature. The publication resulted in the founding of the garden city movement, that realized several Garden Cities in Great Britain at the...
, originator of the movement:- Welwyn Garden CityWelwyn Garden City-Economy:Ever since its inception as garden city, Welwyn Garden City has attracted a strong commercial base with several designated employment areas. Among the companies trading in the town are:*Air Link Systems*Baxter*British Lead Mills*Carl Zeiss...
- Letchworth Garden City
- Welwyn Garden City
- Garden suburbs, smaller developments without the commercial and industrial components
- Hampstead Garden SuburbHampstead Garden Suburb-Notable Residents :*Theo Adams*Martin Bell*Sir Victor Blank*Katie Boyle*Constantine, the last King of Greece*Greg Davies*Richard & Judy Finnigan*David Matthews*Michael Ridpath*Claudia Roden*Jonathan Ross*Sir Donald Sinden*Marc Sinden...
- Humberstone Garden Suburb
- Hampstead Garden Suburb
- Town and Country Planning Association