The Next 100 Years – Stay Involved
If you’ve enjoyed finding out more about our town’s history and are keen to stay involved in its future, you might like to read more about these proactive groups in Welwyn Garden City.
7th May 2021
WGC100
Great Centenary Chase – Winners
Thank you everyone who took part in the Great Centenary Chase competition. We’re delighted to announce our winners!
29th April 2021
Woodland Garden – Planting Tips
The wood is a place of wonderment and learning; teaming with life and yet when we have those challenging, dry but shady sites within our own garden space, we tend to panic. Read some top tips from our Centenary Woodland Garden Designer Gianna Utilini.
28th April 2021
Walk, cycle, run, explore & have fun outdoors in WGC!
Two new activity maps were launched yesterday as part of the Welwyn Garden City Centenary Foundation’s Sport for All project.
28th April 2021
Collecting the Centenary
Welwyn Hatfield Museum Service and the Centenary Foundation have been working to record the Centenary year of Welwyn Garden City and the impact the pandemic has had on the planned celebrations.
26th April 2021
Magnificent new statue of Ebenezer Howard on Howardsgate
The magnificent statue of Ebenezer Howard created by talented sculptor Ben Twiston-Davies has now been unveiled on Howardsgate. Creating a new commemorative sculpture to the town’s founder was one of the most popular requests from the community for the town’s centenary celebrations, and we ensured we found the right sculptor to do justice to the visionary founder of our town.
17th April 2021
Celebrating 100 years of Music & Performing Arts in Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City has a long and proud history of amateur music and theatre groups since construction of the town began in 1920. The original founders of the town were passionate about music, theatre and sport which formed a vital part of Ebenezer Howard’s vision of building a town and community for healthy living.
9th April 2021
Ebenezer Howard memorial makes way for new sculpture of our town’s founder
Eagle eyed residents may have noticed that the Ebenezer Howard memorial roundel has been lifted from its home on Howardsgate – a herculean task which took three hours!
26th February 2021
Goodbye 2020, hello 2021
What a year 2020 was. Welwyn Harmony started the year on a high having just won the “Most Improved Chorus” award at a national ladies’ singing competition.
25th February 2021
EBENEZER HOWARD: A Birthday Tribute.
Sir Ebenezer Howard OBE was born 171 years ago on 29 January 1850. This tribute outlines his life and how he founded Welwyn Garden City.
29th January 2021
