Experience The Gardens in a New Light
Illuminated is Anderson Gardens’ wintertime lights experience, featuring dramatic up-lighting and thousands of white string lights woven throughout the landscape and canopy of the Garden.
New this year – Made-to-order Woodfire Pizza and a rotating Schedule of food trucks each night. Dine in our Visitor Center with a view of the Illuminated Lights.
2022 Schedule
Hot Chocolate Served Nightly! Inside the Visitor Center served by Fresco in the Garden. In the Garden Pavilion served by Rockford Roasting Company. Made-to-order Woodfire Pizza available every night! Order at Admission Counter when entering. Hot pizza ready for pickup inside the Visitor Center.
NEW THIS YEAR: Rotating schedule of local Food Truck favorites! Indoor dining in Fresco’s beautiful
timberformed overlooking the illuminated Garden below.
| Dec 1 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Jollywows BBQ |
| Dec 2 | 6:00 Rockford Christian 7:00 Spring Creek Elem. Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Jollywows BBQ |
| Dec 3 | 6:00 XXXXX 7:00 Guilford HS Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Olive Branch |
| Dec 4 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Jollywows BBQ |
| Dec 8 | 6:00 Marshall Elementary 7:00 Lincoln MS Choir 7:30 Lincoln MS Band Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Olive Branch |
| Dec 9 | 6:00 Voices of Harlem 7:00 Voices of Harlem 7:30 East HS Choir Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Olive Branch |
| Dec 10 | 6:00 Belvidere North HS 7:00 Belvidere North HS Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: The Vice Food Truck |
| Dec 11 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Jollywows BBQ |
| Dec 15 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Jollywows BBQ |
| Dec 16 | 6:00 Kinnikinnick Chorus 7:00 RPS 205 Choir Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Sizz & Fizz |
| Dec 17 | 6:00 East HS Band 7:00 East HS Band Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Sizz & Fizz |
| Dec 18 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Jollywows BBQ |
| Dec 19 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Olive Branch |
| Dec 20 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Saucy Cat |
| Dec 21 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: The Nenas |
| Dec 22 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Jollywows BBQ |
| Dec 23 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Olive Branch |
| Dec 26 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Olive Branch |
| Dec 27 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Fancy Franks |
| Dec 28 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: DJ Real Jerk Caribbean |
| Dec 29 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Saucy Cat |
| Dec 30 | Woodfire Pizza Foodtruck: Olive Branch |
