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Modern buildings, themed gardens and groves accessed by miles of paved and chip paths, workshops, special events, an art gallery and gift shop make this 150-acre premier garden, with plantings dating back to 1910, a pleasure to visit.

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Coronado Theatre

The Coronado Theatre is a fantastically ornate movie palace and Vaudeville hall built in 1927 and restored in 2000. The Coronado hosted legends of show business, the Marx Brothers and Milton Berle. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Coronado showed its first "talkie,"

Rockford, IL Historic Theatres

Burpee Museum of Natural History

Burpee Museum is a natural history museum specializing in paleontology, geology, biology, and Native American life with three floors of exhibits. After four years of preparation, Jane is now on display as the centerpiece of a new exhibit at Burpee Museum - Jane: Diary of a Dinosaur

Rockford, IL Museums

Circle G Farm & Feed Lots, Inc.

This company started as a family farm 45 years ago and now produces 3,000 cattle, 1 million bushels of corn and soybeans, and 3 million pounds of beef annually. Contact John Groh at Rockford Area Convention &

Rockford, IL Tours

Ethnic Heritage Museum

The Ethnic Heritage Museum is an 1850's house dedicated to depicting the roles six ethnic groups played in area history:

Rockford, IL Ethnic Heritage


Things to do near Rockford, IL

Dixon Country Club

Course Access: PrivateHoles: 18Reserve Advance Tee Times: Yes...

Wagner's Memorial Museum

Local history of Sandwich, Plano, and Somonauk area. Sandwich fair, barbed wire, cast iron, Indian artifacts, and machinery. ...

Sycamore Family Sports Center

Enjoy family fun at the Sports Center with a golf driving range, an 18-hole mini golf course, six batting cages from little l...

Sycamore Golf Club

Course Access: PublicHoles: 18Reserve Advance Tee Times: 7 days...

Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum

An example of exotic Victorian architecture, Robert Tinker's 1865 Swiss "cottage" has ornate woodwork, sculptures and family ...