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Gardner, officially the City of Gardner, is a city in Worcester County in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The population was 21,287 in the 2020 United States Census.^[4] Gardner is home of such sites as the Blue Moon Diner, Dunn State Park, Gardner Heritage State Park, and Mount Wachusett Community College.

Named in honor of Thomas Gardner, the land was first settled by Europeans in 1764 and was officially incorporated as a town in 1785, after receiving land grants from the surrounding towns of Ashburnham, Templeton, Westminster, and Winchendon.^[5][6]: 2 In circa 1805, Gardner became a center for lumber and furniture industries, and is now known as “The Chair City” and “The Furniture Capital of New England”, due to its long history of production in that industry.^[7] By 1910, there were twenty chair factories, which produced four million chairs per year. It was also noted for silversmithing. The Gardner State Hospital pioneered the use of cottage residences.

In 1922, the seal of Gardner was designed by the native-born illustrator Harrison Cady. According to city code, the seal portrays Thomas Gardner standing in front of Crystal Lake with Mount Monadnock in the distance. Within five smaller circles there is a chair, representing the importance of the furniture industry to city economy, as well as the letters W, W, A, and T, representing the surrounding towns of Westminster, Winchendon, Ashburnham, and Templeton, which all contributed land to the city at its founding.^[8][9] Gardner was incorporated as a city in 1923.