David K. Stabler Collection
A new collection of materials has been added to Bok Tower Gardens’ Digital Collections website! David K. Stabler Collection David K. Stabler (1901-1987) graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a …
Preservation Week 2020
This week is Preservation Week! A time to celebrate and bring awareness to the work that libraries, archives, and museums to do preserve the billions of objects held in repositories …
Revisiting the 1931 Concert for the Birds
Today is Earth Day 2020 and we are celebrating with a special concert performed by our Carillonneur Geert D’hollander. This concert is a re-creation of the 1931 Festival for the …
Unrolling History
A few months ago, Bok Tower Gardens’ Chao Research Center Archives received an exciting donation – a photograph of the choir that performed at the Dedication on February 1, 1929. …
Virtual Wine Walk
Wine Stops and information Terrace Garden: It’s A Family Affair Wine Specialist: Danny Israoui from Scotto Cellars Chardonnay, A+D, Scotto Cellars, North Coast, California Complex citrus fruit flavors and aromas …
The Muller Scrapbook
Remy A. Muller (1894-1978) was a World War I Army Veteran and employee at the John Wanamaker Store (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States). In 1931, he was accepted to the Curtis …
Keeping up with the Bucks
Over the course of this Holiday Home Tour season there will be one name that you’ll see one name on everything in the Pinewood Estate and that name is that …
Love is in the air
In Florida, there are four seasons. We have hot and humid, slightly less hot and humid, three days of winter, and finally, love bug season. And before the colder weather …
The Masters of Web Design
During your time in the Gardens this summer you may have noticed two distinct spiders setting up some impressive homes. These spiders would be none other than the Golden Silk …
Introduced vs Invasive
(pictured Tegu Lizard Left, Azalea Right) You may have heard the terms introduced and invasive species used in similar circumstance and may not necessarily know the difference between the two. …