Garden Cities: the phrase is redolent of Arts and Crafts values and
nineteenth-century utopianism. But despite being the culmination of
a range of influential movements, and their own influence, in fact
there were only ever two true garden cities in England - far more
numerous were garden suburbs and villages. Crystallised in England
by social visionary Ebenezer Howard and designed in many cases by
Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin, the concept arose from industrial
settlements like Port Sunlight, and also from the American City
Beautiful movement. Designed to promote healthy and comfortable
individual and community life, as well as commerce and industry,
they remain instantly recognisable. This book is a beautifully
illustrated guide to the movement and to the communities which are
its legacy. Sarah Rutherford has an MA in the conservation of
historic parks and gardens and a PhD. She was Head of the English
Heritage Historic Parks and Gardens Register and is now a freelance
consultant, creating conservation plans.
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