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This winter, we spent an incredible day exploring Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida. What an amazing property! Bok Tower sits atop the highest point in Central Florida. The property encompasses 250 acres that includes hiking trails, a massive botanical garden, El Retiro Mansion, a museum, shopping, dining & so much more. If you find yourself anywhere near Central Florida we highly recommend a visit to Bok Tower Gardens! boktowergardens.org  We entered Bok Tower Gardens main gate and made our way up the winding road through acres & acres of orange groves. Bok Tower, the cherry on top, beckons from multiple points along the way. Adult admission is $20 and fur babies are welcome! Bok Tower Gardens "One man's vision and his gift to the American People"  Bok Tower Gardens is the vision of Edward William Bok. The editor for The Ladies' Home Journal for 30 years, Bok was a Dutch-American immigrant, entrepreneur, Pulitzer Prize winning author, and conservationist.  Bok poured his heart & soul into this property. He died within sight of his tower on January 9th, 1930. His grave rests in the lawn in front of the Great Brass Door.   Bok Tower's stunning architecture is full of symbolism that depicts nature & honors conservation. The tower also houses a Carillon, a set of bells sounded by hammers that are controlled through a keyboard. The views from the grounds surrounding Bok Tower were so beautiful.
And the bell chimes rung through the air almost non-stop. (Make sure your volume is turned up!) Bok Tower Gardens Museum
The History The Architecture The Carillon But wait...there's more! A lot more!
Follow us as we head to Bok Tower's fabulous botanical gardens. Stay tuned!
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Greetings from Pillywiggins Garden! We hope you have a wonderful, safe & happy holiday season filled with love, laughter, friends & family! Best wishes for the new year. We look forward to visiting your gardens again next spring!   This season's holiday cards included wildflower seed paper enclosures shown below. If you would like to be added to next year's holiday greeting card list, feel free to email us at [email protected] or better yet, send us your holiday card! 2022 was a busy year. We didn't have much time for blogging but we snapped plenty of photos to share over the winter months. We also have a few exciting adventures in store. Be sure to follow our Facebook Page for more information, photos & updates!
Our Sunday Fun-Day began with a stroll through Brownwood Acres on Torch Lake Drive outside of Central Lake, Michigan. If you haven't visited Brownwood, you should! Their homemade doughnuts are so good. They remind me of the "fried cakes" Great-Grandma Webb used to make. Delicious! Torch Lake gifts, local preserves, Minnetonka Moccasins, there's a lot to discover at Brownwood. Jason can't resist the old-fashioned candy in the general store & we both love to browse the flea market vendors. You never know what you'll find!  Perhaps we'll see you next Sunday?
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