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Strolling Through History: The Great Garden

Marta Leshyk Student Contributor, DePaul University
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A statue of Friedrich Schiller, a German philosopher, playwright, poet, and historian, overlooks the Lincoln Park Conservatory’s Great Garden. The Great Garden is one of the oldest public gardens in the city of Chicago and predates the conservatory by about two decades.   

Marta Leshyk

DePaul '20

Aspiring high school English teacher who hopes to help students learn to love and value themselves the way an old friend once helped her. Loves cats immensely, and enjoys iced coffee in the dead of winter. Is the proud daughter of immigrants, and learned English from Elmo, the ultimate PBS scholar.Â