The planters filled with shrubs and trees at the edge of the sidewalk provide a sense of separation between pedestrians and the automobile traffic on the street.

The landscaping in a Garden City such as Welwyn Garden City is beautiful but somewhat expensive in terms of the extra land required.  There is a cost to creating a Garden City.

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If only every super market in the world had a flower bed similar to this in front of it, the world would be a lovelier place.

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This is the first view of Welwyn Garden City that a traveler gets when exiting the train station.

It is clear at once that this is a very untypical city.

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This is the view as the traveler walks up the median toward the circle with the fountain.

Four streets intersect at the fountain.  This street, the main commercial street, comes from the east. 

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