There are hundreds of garden villages and garden cities in the Netherlands. They are based on the garden city idea. There are many pearls of garden villages and garden cities. The (Dutch language) book Het Paradijs van de Arbeider. Tuindorpen en Tuinsteden (The Worker's Paradise. Garden villages and garden cities) covers many of these pearls.
Garden villages and garden cities can be found all over the world. At the end of the nineteenth century, they came into being as a reaction to polluted and overcrowded cities. Since then, they have been an important model for public housing and urban planning. With its ideals of green surroundings, good housing and a sense of community, the garden city idea is more topical than ever. Not only for preserving the heritage of garden villages and garden cities, but also for future urban planning and public housing. This book describes the development of the garden city idea; from the first utopians in the early nineteenth century to Ebenezer Howard's garden cities and the construction of post-war New Towns.
Ton Heijdra en Alice Roegholt, Het Paradijs van de Arbeider. Tuindorpen en Tuinsteden (Museum Het Schip, 2024)
