Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens

Step on up to the best way to grab dinner this summer and it's happening at one of my favorite spots in Rockford.

Grimace the Corpse Flower at Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens in Rockford recently bloomed, but why did it have a big hole in the side?

The big smelly day finally arrived at Rockford's Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens. 'Grimace', the corpse flower find stunk up the place.

The Savage Garden display this summer at Rockford's Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens is always worth a visit, but what's with this other stinky attraction.

If you found yourself with a little bit of cabin fever around the holidays and decided to head out and look at the light show known as the Festival of Lights going on at Sinnissippi Park, you probably noticed that you were not alone.

Rockford's Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens has (once again this year) provided a much-needed antidote to our current locked-down, stay at home mentality with another stunning lights display.

Lots of things in life have been postponed, indefinitely put on-hold, or simply cancelled. High School graduation ceremonies are one of those important things.

How do you make one of Rockford's most beautiful spots even better? That's right, add in some food trucks to the mix.

Travel and Leisure's new list of the most romantic destinations in every state gives Rockford a big thumbs-up.

You wouldn't think that people would get all fired up over a plant that smells like decaying flesh--but, you'd be quite wrong.