Hyde Park's Local Gardens
Gardening
is a popular avocation for many Hyde Parkers.
Here are some of the local garden projects.
Although the Park District takes care of the big public gardens, many small private and neighborhood gardens exist to delight the eye, cared for by local gardeners. |
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Garden Fair Annuals |
Hyde Park Garden Fair |
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Gerda Schild originated the Cornell Oasis, beside |
Triangle Garden at 48th & East End |
Ruth and Larry Bloom look after the Triangle Garden |
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Ray School perennial garden at 56th and Kenwood |
Garden along 56th |
Ray School perennial garden at 56th and Kenwood |
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57 and Dorchester |
Ray School garden |
56th and Blackstone |
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Kimbark and 54th--SW corner |
57th near Harper |
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U of C cares for the Midway Garden--opposite Harper Library |
Bergen Garden at Regent's Park |
Readers' Garden, a U of C project on the Midway |
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Lutheran School of Theology berm on 55th and University |
Bergen Garden atop Regent's Park is my favorite hidden garden in Hyde Park |
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