Bok Towers is hosting its Fruit Fest on Saturday, July 12 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The festival offers an opportunity to sample numerous types of fruit, learn about fruits and vegetables, buy plants and ...

Have you ever stumbled upon a place that feels like it was plucked straight from a Norman Rockwell painting, but with palm trees and a refreshing lack of tourist traps? Lake Wales, Florida might just ...

Visitors to Bok Tower Gardens may wonder, as they gaze at a gargantuan lily pad in the reflection pond, “How much weight could that thing hold?” Now we have an answer: 183 pounds. That is the ...

Can a tower actually sing? Not exactly, but the one at Bok Tower Gardens can warble melodiously, sending forth ringing music in one of Florida’s most tranquil settings. The Singing Tower, as it has ...

The scales show the strongest lily pad around grows at a public garden in Florida. The water lilies at Bok Tower Gardens hold 183 pounds, earning the 2025 Waterlily Weigh-Off award, announced Thursday ...

The pads, also known as platters, of giant waterlillies can be up to ten feet in diameter. Denver Botanic Gardens Giant waterlilies are known for their gorgeous white or pink flowers and green leaves, ...

MURRELLS INLET — Horticulturist Kevin Bendetti carefully stepped into the pool of large, green waterlilies at Brookgreen Gardens. It was time to test some plant power. Bendetti placed a protective ...

Florida has at least 11 castles and castle-like structures, with eight located in St. Augustine, the oldest continuously inhabited European-established town in the U.S. Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales ...

Bok Tower Gardens is undergoing a $3.7 million restoration project, including repairs to the moat and tower and alterations to the gardens. The moat surrounding the Singing Tower has been drained for ...