Photos ť October 19, 2002 ť Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago ť Zoo ť

Photos ť Zoo ť Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago ť October 19, 2002

One of Chicago's oldest existing gardens. Lincoln Park's Formal Garden was designed and planted in the late 1870s. It was one of several landscape improvements made when the park was expanded from its original sixty acres to new boundaries between Diversey Pkwy and North Ave (Today, the park stretches from Ardmore St. to Ohio St). The garden originally surrounded the park's first greenhouse which dated to the same period. Flowers propagated in the greenhouse were planted in the garden. The formal design of this 'French Style' garden was considered especially appropriate as the setting of a horticultural facitly. The garden remained after the greenhouse was demolished in 1890 and replaced with the impressive Victorian conservatory which still stands today.