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Anderson Japanese Gardens is a beautiful, outdoor setting that inspires the mind and energizes the soul. Our twelve-acre landscape of streams, waterfalls, winding pathways, and koi-filled ponds has been rated one of North America’s highest quality Japanese gardens for more than a decade.
Anderson Japanese Gardens is located in Rockford, Illinois, immediately east of the Rock River and just north of downtown. The Garden is easily accessible from I-90 and I-39, making it an easy destination from the Chicago, Bloomington, Madison and Milwaukee areas.
Gardens. Closed now. 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Write a review. About. Anderson Japanese Gardens is proud of its longstanding reputation as one of the highest quality Japanese gardens in North America. Our passion, however, is how the Garden positively impacts individuals and the communities where they live.
Simply click the button below, choose your date and you are all set! Admission may still be purchased in person. Advance tickets are good only for the day they are purchased. Visitors are able to enter the Garden at any point during that date and are welcome to stay for any duration they choose.
The "Garden of Reflection" is a contemporary Japanese-inspired garden, with bronze angel sculptures by Carl Milles. Plantings include Japanese maples, cloud pines, azaleas, magnolias, and rhododendrons . The gardens are home to many species of colorful fish, minks, and ducks.
Anderson Japanese Gardens has been named the highest quality Japanese garden in North America by Sukiya Living Magazine since 2004. Inspired by calm and tranquility, this 12 acre award winning landscape is comprised of exquisite design, winding paths, gentle streams, plunging waterfalls, raked gravel gardens, beautifully trained pines, and more.
- 318 Spring Creek Rd Rockford, IL 61107
Jul 29, 2021 · The Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, Illinois, provide both an oasis of peace and a connection to Japanese heritage. Started in 1978 on John R. Anderson’s residential property, the story ...
