Rockford Garden Destinations

Great Gardens
Anderson
Japanese Gardens
Ro ck f ord
Spring Creek Rd
318 Spring Creek Rd, Rockford
815-229-9390
andersongardens.org
Gardens open May 1–Oct 31
Restaurant & gift shop open all year
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Heritage Gardens at
Midway Village Museum
6799 Guilford Rd, Rockford
815-367-9112
midwayvillage.com
Gardens open seasonally
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Klehm Arboretum
& Botanic Garden
2715 S Main St, Rockford
815-965-8146
klehm.org
Open all year
(closed on major holidays)
La Paloma Gardens
3622 Brookview Rd, Rockford
815-399-0324
lapalomagardens.com
Open May–Sept
(by appointment only)
Sinnissippi Gardens
Rockford Park District
1354 N Second St, Rockford
815-987-8812
rockfordparkdistrict.org
Open all year
Anderson
Japanese Gardens
Heritage Gardens
at Midway Village Museum
Klehm Arboretum
& Botanic Garden
La Paloma Gardens
Sinnissippi Gardens
Rockford Park District
Tinker Swiss Cottage
Museum & Gardens
Tinker Swiss Cottage
Museum & Gardens
411 Kent St, Rockford
815-964-2424
tinkercottage.org
Open all year
(closed on major holidays)
Rockford,
Illinois
Explore these
“Great Garden” destinations
in Rockford, Illinois!
Anderson
Japanese Gardens
Heritage Gardens
at Midway Village Museum
Klehm Arboretum
& Botanic Garden
supported in part by
La Paloma Gardens
Sinnissippi Gardens
Rockford Park District
Tinker Swiss Cottage
Museum & Gardens
Anderson Japanese Gardens
Heritage Gardens at Midway Village Museum
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Winding streams, waterfalls, and traditional architecture set
in an authentic 16th century Japanese landscape capture
your imagination as you enjoy nature’s rhythms in a tranquil
and healing respite that will touch your soul and awaken your
senses. Rated the highest quality Japanese garden in North
America, we welcome you to find peace and beauty around
every bend.
Visit the picturesque Heritage Gardens at Midway Village
Museum depicting 1900 America and discover plant varieties
seldom seen today. Enjoy the beauty and fragrance of
heirloom flowers, unique vegetables, and native plants that tell
the story of early life in the “prairie state.” The gardens are
just part of the 137-acre open air museum campus featuring
a Victorian-era village showcasing 26 historical buildings filled
with artifacts.
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden is a 155-acre “living
museum” filled with spectacular gardens and rare trees.
There’s beauty in every season, from fragrant magnolia trees
in spring and a butterfly garden in summer to the brilliant
colors of fall and snow-capped evergreens in winter. A paved
path of 1.8 miles and numerous secondary chipped trails
make the beauty of Klehm accessible to all ages and needs.
Great Gardens Rockford Attracting visitors from around the globe
La Paloma Gardens
Sinnissippi Gardens
Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum & Gardens
Award-winning La Paloma Gardens is a combination
of unfolding outdoor spaces that coax the visitor to stroll
leisurely, take a moment to sit and pause while anticipating
the next vista. La Paloma is totally handicap accessible
with wide paved pathways that lead the visitor through
unfolding vantage points of garden delights.
Located along the Rock River, Sinnissippi Gardens
features an All-American Rose Selection (AARS-accredited)
rose garden with approximately 2,000 rose plants and 62
varieties, including the year’s newest award winners. The
gardens also include a 32 ft. floral clock colorfully planted
with thousands of annuals, and a peaceful shaded perennial
garden. Adjacent to the gardens is the future home of the
Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens (opening in 2011), a yearround exhibition of beautiful tropical trees, plants, flowers,
and changing floral displays.
Using photographs and Robert Tinker’s journal entries, the
Victorian Rose Garden, originally created in 1890, was
restored in 1998, and contains 23 varieties of antique roses
and plantings historically correct to the 1890–1915 period.
Other gardens on the property include the Railroad Garden
located between the suspension bridge and the railroad
tracks (restoration began in 2007), and the Vegetable Garden
which contains heirloom vegetables and others historically
appropriate for the period of 1870–1915.