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04/07/2026

Today was prescribed burn day for our natural areas on South Bend Road. Our thanks to Jensen Ecology for helping native plants thrive.

03/27/2026

There’s still time to register for Gary Anderson’s talk on Wednesday, April 15 at noon. Bring your brown bag and join us for the lunch hour at Veterans Memorial Hall. Registration will be open through Monday, April 13.

11/21/2025

Holiday tours begin the day after Thanksgiving. Book your tour today. https://www.estabarrett.com/events/

10/22/2025

The manor will be decked for the holidays and open for guided tours the day after Thanksgiving and the following week. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

If you prefer to wander the house with friends for a self-guided visit, book our holiday reception on Saturday, Dec. 13. Either way, the holidays are beckoning. Visit estabarrett.com/events to book your experience.

09/17/2025

We enjoyed having Rock Valley College's Center for Learning in Retirement class onsite yesterday. About 20 students came for a two-hour program that included a self-guided tour of the 1917 manor, a 45-minute program on the history of the Barrett estate and their architect, Charles W. Bradley, and landscape gardener, O. C. Simonds, and then a guided walk through the sunken garden.

This program can be booked as a special tour for groups of ten or more by contacting Brian at 815-964-6464.

08/15/2025

The wild senna (Senna hebecarpa) is beginning to bloom in beautiful shades of yellow and gold. These flowers should keep our hummingbirds and butterflies busy throughout August.

Wild senna will develop seed pods in the fall, making the plant attractive to the flock of wild turkeys that patrol our grounds year-round.

07/24/2025

This swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) near the manor driveway is teeming with activity. Although there is only one monarch caterpillar pictured in this detail image, there were four on the plant and hundreds of little yellow aphids.

To learn more about the fairly benign aphids, visit https://purduelandscapereport.org/article/milkweed-aphids-are-out-in-force-this-year-should-you-try-to-manage-them/

06/16/2025

Book a tour of the Manor & Gardens. Each tour is approximately 60 minutes long and covers two levels of the manor, continuing outside to the sunken garden.
Public tours are on Fridays at 11 am and 2 pm and the fourth Saturday of the month. Tickets must be purchased in advance at EstaBarrett.com. Special group tours can be made by appointment.

04/15/2025

The woods are beginning to bloom!
Please book your tickets for our May 10 wildflower hike.
As of April 15, there are some nice patches of Bloodroot on display.

Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis

https://www.estabarrett.com/event/may-10-wildflower-hike-at-the-manor/

Address

6901 Kishwaukee Road
Rockford, IL
61109

Telephone

+18159646464

Website

http://estabarrett.com/

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