Nancy Olson Childrens Garden in Rockford, Winnebago County, United States | Botanical Gardens | Childrens Garden

Welcome to Nancy Olson Childrens Garden in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Turn down the winding path leading to the Nancy Olson Childrens Garden and enjoy the sights, sounds and scents of nature. As you stroll across the bridge to the entrance of the garden, enjoy the sounds of two waterfalls and watch the fish swimming in the pool. You have just entered a garden designed for a child's view. Come out and play with us at Nancy Olson Childrens Garden in Rockford, Illinois.
Or visit the The Prehistoric Garden showing examples of plants that thrived in the Jurassic Period, before flowering plants had yet evolved, which have now been planted in this garden. A sampling of the plants are dawn redwood, baldcypress, ginkgo, bristlecone pine, ferns, club mosses, horsetails, mosses, and liverworts.