Today (May 9) in honor of our heritage as a bird sanctuary, we celebrate World Migratory Bird Day and spotlight a magnificent migratory raptor – the Swallow-tailed Kite. WMBD is an awareness-raising campaign highlighting the … Read More
Let’s Get Peachy!
Prunus persica var. persica ‘Tropicsweet’ Peach When looking into the background of edible plants that have been cultivated for many decades we can see a very common theme emerge. They have often been in production … Read More
A Bird’s Eye View of a Controlled Burn
Being good stewards means returning fire to the land. Soaring above the Gardens, you see a patchwork of lands: the geometric lines of the orange groves, a shimmering blue lake, lush green vegetation and a … Read More
A Colorful Controversy
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New Nesting Boxes Prove To Be Quite Popular
Signs of new wildlife continue to delight this spring, as kestrels and screech owls have inhabited the new nesting boxes located on the Knoll and in the Wild Garden behind Windows on the Pond. [flickr_set … Read More
Giant Victoria Water Lilies are Back!
It’s summertime, which means the giant water lilies have returned to the Reflection Pool. Our Victoria Longwood Hybrid Lilies (Victoria x ‘Longwood Hybrid’) are planted every spring, late April to early May, in large submerged containers in … Read More
New Bromeliad Christmas Tree at Bok Tower Gardens
This new 15-foot-tall Christmas tree was created with nearly 400 bromeliads and can be seen in the Visitor Center during the Christmas at Bok Tower Gardens celebration now through January 4, 2015. Pictures don’t do … Read More
Holiday Home Tour Reaches 20-Year Milestone
Twenty years ago, Bok Tower Gardens was still discovering the possibilities of Pinewood Estate, the 1932 Mediterranean-style mansion on Gardens property, built as a winter retreat by Bethlehem Steel Vice President Charles Austin Buck. After … Read More
Singing Tower Construction Crew
One of the most frequent requests we get from visitors is help in finding photos or documentation regarding their ancestors who worked on the Singing Tower. We thought we’d share this group photo of the … Read More