Rock Home Gardens

With that in mind they purchased this 208 acre farm five miles west of arcola.
Rock home gardens. Love the shop with the foods near the road planned to come visit rockome on our honeymoon two months ago but got sidetracked so we visited this weekend. Rockome gardens was built starting in 1937 by arthur and elizabeth martin and by 1958 it had been sold to the yoder family who started charging admission. Rockome was founded by arthur and elizabeth martin on a sizeable property in douglas county.
The amish buggy ride is a must. Rockome gardens was built in 1937 and is operated by members of the nearby old order amish community. The martins started off with a dream to have the largest flower garden in douglas county.
Along with the pop bottle houses there are a lot of cement crosses and hearts with various items stuck into them. The property encompasses 200 acres with 20 acres of rock gardens and 15 or so buildings. History of rockome gardens.
We try and strive to provide a pleasant and memorable time for everyone. They decided to devote 7 acres of the farm to flower gardens rock formations and their summer cottage. Though the development of the gardens has been ongoing for 80 years ownership of rockome has.
Rockhome part of the name probably came from the various fences and small buildings that were enhanced with small rocks cemented as decorations. The park featured colorful flower gardens surrounded by rock walls and fences and low key entertainments such as a horse drawn carriage rides and demonstrations of farming tasks using antique. Rockome gardens bottle house.
We are constantly renovating and doing more to bring back the life to rockome gardens. Rockome gardens is a great attraction. Rockome gardens has an interesting history detailed on its website and in a number of other places.