A planned settlement, as conceived by Ebenezer Howard (1850–1928), with low housing densities, and many parks, open spaces, and allotments; the maximum city size to be about 30 000. The first UK garden city was Letchworth, 1903. Howard’s ideas were echoed in the construction of new towns in the UK. A garden suburb is a planned suburban development inspired by Howard’s ideas. Garden suburbs were built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, for example London’s Hampstead Garden Suburb, 1907. See P. Hall and C. Ward (1999) on Howard’s legacy.