Anderson Japanese Gardens

TRIP TO ROCKFORD

Mary and I are taking Chloe to Pete and Sharon. We are meeting at the Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, IL.

Making a pit stop on the way to Rockford

Chloe gets a treat

Mary and Chloe

We meet with Pete and Sharon at Anderson Japanese Gardens

The transfer is accomplished

This is the entrance to the gardens

The Red Bridge

Beautiful place

Pathway

An open area in the garden

Mary in the deep woods

One of the many bridges

Mary with sculpted tree

These sculpted trees have cables that hold the branches in designed positions

One of the smaller waterfalls

Many bridges

I think this is the tea house. A neat feature is the downspout from the roof. It is a series of small open containers linked together from the edge of the roof to the ground. They gently direct the water from the roof to the ground allowing it to fall without erosion.

There were several of the trees with the peeling bark.

The bamboo pipe extended from the bush carrys water to the larger one in the foreground. When it fills sufficiently to change the center of gravity, it pivots spilling its contents into the stone bowl.

Lots of fish

This is a magnificent falls. This picture does not do justice to it

This is the ceiling of a little viewing gazebo near the falls.

The falls is a marvel. It took 3 years to construct. They used 800 tons of boulders.

I will begin to transform my backyard into something like this. (just after I clear out the warehouse)

Lots of these fish. Some of them huge.

This is a view of the falls from afar. The falls begins near the top of the picture and ends just below the people in the picture. I was waiting for the kids to leave but they were in love and could not seem to escape their embrace.