Eastlife Spring 2020

Beds, Bucks & Herts
100 years of
Welwyn
Garden City
It’s a special year for Welwyn Garden City as it celebrates
its centenary. There’s a year of celebrations planned to
mark the major milestone.
A huge carnival kicked off the 100 years Welwyn Garden
City celebrations in January, but there’s still over 100
planned events to be enjoyed by residents and visitors.
Sports and leisure facilities will be hosting over 50 events
such as group cycling and triathlons, and competitions
throughout the year. Local schools have taken part in
a planting scheme which will see bulbs and fruit trees
bloom during the year.
To ensure you don’t miss out on the activity, we’ve
picked key events to pop into your diary:
City of Trees
and Centenary Walk Launch
The City of Trees project celebrates the 19,000 trees
across the town and introduces four walks. View the
town from a new perspective with the help of the
Centenary Walk team. Take the 20.20km circular walk
and embrace Ebenezer Howard’s vision of ‘a marriage of
town and country’.
On Saturday 14 March, stop by The Howard Centre and
learn more about Welwyn Garden City’s green spaces
and try out one of the new walks.
www.wgc100.org/centenary-walk
In Our Garden Art Exhibition
The 100 year celebrations sees wonderful works
from local artists. From 3 April to 16 May at The New
Maynard Gallery, artists from The Forge in Digswell,
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