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Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida
Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida
Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida
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Bok Tower Gardens 2011
Bok Tower Gardens 2011
New footage of the incredible Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida during the spring bloom. All footage was shot on the Panasonic AG-HMC40. This footage features the use of the GlideTrack HD.
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Carillon and museum at Bok Tower Gardens
Carillon and museum at Bok Tower Gardens
This is a video of the carillon museum and the 60 bell singing tower at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Whales, FL. It's 205 ft tall, contains a 60 bell carillon manufactured by John Taylor Bellfounders, Ltd. in Loughboro, England. The bell weights vary from 16 pounds to 11 tons (1 ton=2000 lbs) for a total weight of 63 tons. The tower itself is built on land that was owned by Edward Bok who commissioned the building of the tower and surrounding gardens. The tower was built from 1927-28 and was dedicated by President Calvin Coolidge in 1929. The tower was designed by Milton B Medary and the metal work was done by renowned metalworker Samuel Yellin. The hourly chimes tolled 13 at 2pm on this day only to remember the original thirteen colonies as this day is the 4th of July, our Independence Day. The piece that followed is Habanera by Georges Bizet. The scaled down display version of the door tells of the creation of the earth all the way down to the bottom of the door where it shows the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Edward Bok's grave is located on the north side of the Bok Singing Tower, right in front of the large brass door.
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Tillandsia Display at Bok Tower Gardens
Tillandsia Display at Bok Tower Gardens
Nick Baker, director of horticulture at Bok Tower Gardens shows of our new display of Tillandsia in the River of Stone at the Visitor Center!
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Bok Tower
Bok Tower
Travel with John Journey to beautiful Bok Tower in Lake Wales, Florida. Bok Tower Gardens (also known as Bok Mountain Lake Sanctuary and Singing Tower) is a botanical garden and bird sanctuary, located north of Lake Wales, Florida, United States. It consists of a 250-acre garden, the 205-foot tall Singing Tower with its carillon bells, Pine Ridge Trail, Pinewood Estate, and a visitor center. The tower is built upon Iron Mountain, one of the highest points of peninsular Florida, estimated to be 295 feet above sea level.It is a National Historic Landmark that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The gardens began in 1921 when Edward W. Bok, editor of the popular women's magazine Ladies Home Journal and his wife, Mary Louise Curtis Bok, who would found the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in 1924, were spending the winter beside Florida's Lake Wales Ridge and decided to create a bird sanctuary on its highest hill (298 feet above sea level). Bok commissioned noted landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. to transform what then was an arid sand hill into "a spot of beauty second to none in the country". The first year was spent digging trenches and laying pipes for irrigation, after which soil was brought to the site by thousands of truck loads and plantings began. The Olmsted plan included the planting of 1000 large live oaks, 10000 azaleas, 100 sabal palms, 300 magnolias, and 500 gordonias, as well as hundreds of fruit shrubs including <b>...</b>
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Bok Tower, Central Florida - Unravel Travel TV
Bok Tower, Central Florida - Unravel Travel TV
The renowned Bok Tower Gardens is one of Floridas original tourism venues. Located on the one of the highest points on the Florida peninsula, Bok Tower Sanctuary is a national landmark. There are 128 acres of gardens designed by Frederick Law Olmstead Jr. and a bell tower housing one of the worlds great carillons. Edward Bok never forgot the words of his grandmother Make the world a bit better or more beautiful because you have lived in it. Bok indeed left his mark on the world with his magnificent singing tower. When designing the tower, inspiration was drawn from the Gothic towers and churches of Europe, but it was Edward Boks love of nature that inspired the towers decorative motifs. Although it was constructed to house the Carillon, it is the centerpiece for the beautiful gardens also. In modern day Florida Bok Tower Gardens draws thousands of nature, historic and music enthusiasts. There are also many family-friendly garden areas which give children the chance to learn about the gardens while playing in a vine-covered arbor or observing butterflies. www.boktowergardens.org Unravel Travel TV http
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Lee Cobb at Bok Tower
Lee Cobb at Bok Tower
Lee Cobb performs the Hymn "Maitland" by George N. Allen on the 60 bell Taylor carillon at Bok Tower in South Central Florida
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Bok Tower Gardens 2010
Bok Tower Gardens 2010
Bok Tower Gardens is an attraction in Lake Wales Florida that features a 205 ft marble carillon tower surrounded by acres of lush, tropical gardens. This video was shot over a period of two days with the Panasonic AG-HMC40 and includes shots from a tripod, a small camera crane and a Steadicam Merlin.
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Frank Steijns plays Bok Tower Carillon, Lake Wales Florida
Frank Steijns plays Bok Tower Carillon, Lake Wales Florida
Carillonneur Frank Steijns, on tour in Florida with the orchestra of Andre Rieu, visits the carillon of Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida December 2010 (c) www.andrerieu.com
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The 2011 Holiday Home Tour at Bok Tower Gardens
The 2011 Holiday Home Tour at Bok Tower Gardens
With this year's theme, "Picture Perfect," Central Florida designers and volunteers will have starring roles as they bring award-winning films to life with a diversity of creative themes in the 20-room mansion. Built in the early 1930s with Olmsted-designed gardens, the Mediterranean-style winter retreat is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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A Look Inside Bok Tower
A Look Inside Bok Tower
I got a chance to go inside Bok Tower! This is one of my favorite places to visit, and any time I'm passing through Lake Wales I stop in to see what's going on. Visit www.boktowergardens.org for more information.
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Bok Tower Gardens' Century Plant in Bloom
Bok Tower Gardens' Century Plant in Bloom
Nick Baker, Director of Horticulture, at Bok Tower Gardens shows us the massive Century plant in bloom! For more information visit our website: www.boktowergardens.org
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Bok Tower Gardens
Bok Tower Gardens
These image were taken over a 7 year span and are all the property of Suzanne Williams Photography. Bok Tower is a carillon (bell) tower in Lake Wales, Florida. It holds the world's largest library of carillon music. The Tower was built from 1927-1929, when it was dedicated by President Calvin Coolidge. It was built at the behest of Edward Bok and his wife, Mary. Edward Bok was a philanthropist and his wife the editor of Ladies' Home Journal. The tower stands 205 feet tall and is built of Etowah marble from Georgia and Coquina stone from the Florida coast. It sits on the highest point in the state of Florida, Iron Mountain, at 298 feet above sea level. The gardens were begun previous to the tower and were originally 61 acres. Currently, they are over 130, much of which is nature preserve. Edward Bok died in 1930 and is buried at the base of the tower. www.nps.gov
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Day 33 - Bok Tower
Day 33 - Bok Tower
Hiram visits Edward Bok's bell tower and gardens, a national landmark in Lake Wales, and meets William De Turk, the current carillonneur. Distributed by Tubemogul.
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Peak Bloom at Bok Tower Gardens
Peak Bloom at Bok Tower Gardens
The countdown is underway for the peak bloom season at Bok Tower Gardens. It's an annual rite of spring when visitors watch more than 150 varieties of camellias and hundreds of azaleas along with nun's orchids, irises and other flowering plants create an explosion of color. Since the exact date is hard to predict, visitors are encouraged to return throughout the season to experience Mother Nature's ever-changing palette of colors.
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Bok Tower FPV Flight
Bok Tower FPV Flight
YouTube user "traderdmb", and I go for the Bok Tower in Lake Wales Florida. Unfortunately, traderdmb's video Tx was acting up, but we still had a blast! We'll go back soon, and fly it again:D Parkzone Radian (non-pro) RMRC-540 OSD Camera / 540-Line CCD (NTSC) 1.3gz Video 300mW Tx with IBcrazy V notch antenna, and IBcrazy Bi-Quad Rx antenna RMRC Pan/Tilt Module Kit with HS-65HB servos SSV4 Servo Stretcher (Double the Pan!) uThere's Ruby (Automatic Flight Controls) Futaba 10CG (non-module) 2.4Ghz FASST Dragon Link LRS Castle Phoenix 35 ESC APC 10x6 Folding Prop Max Products Folding Prop Adapter (Big Time Piece of Crap) Park BEC for power supply to Ruby Scorpion SII-3008-1220KV (V2) motor All FPV gear from Tim @ ReadyMadeRC . com & Ruby from Jim @ uThere, LLC
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Photo Finds: Bok Tower Gardens Tour - 12-26-2011
Photo Finds: Bok Tower Gardens Tour - 12-26-2011
If you're into botanical gardens, you'll definitely want to check out Bok Tower Gardens, a privately-owned parcel of land just south of Legoland that includes the "singing tower" carillon, a period mansion from the 1930s, and a grounds of botantical gardens and flowering plants. Subscribe to our channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com Visit our website: attractionsmagazine.com Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com Become a fan on Facebook: www.facebook.com
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Geert D'hollander at Bok Tower Gardens
Geert D'hollander at Bok Tower Gardens
Guest carillonneur and composer-in-residence Geert D'hollander will be performing on the Singing Tower at Bok Tower Gardens through March 31. Geert will also be a performer during our International Carillon Festival from March 3 - 11. Currently, he is the carillon composition teacher at the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen (Belgium). He was first prize winner in about 30 international competitions for carillon and/or composition. In 1997 he succeeded Ronald Barnes as University Carillonist and Professor of Carillon at the Department of Music at UC Berkeley. In 2008 he was awarded the "berkeley Medal of Honors" for "Distinguished Service to the Carillon."
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Bok Tower Gardens Carillon concert (part 1)
Bok Tower Gardens Carillon concert (part 1)
Bok Tower Gardens Carillon concert. All three videos were shot on July 4, 2009 which is our Independence Day in the United States so the tune selection is patriotic. On this video you'll first here "America, the Beautiful" by Samuel A Ward. Then three tunes from Music of the American Revolution, "Washington's March No. 1", then "The President's March", and finally "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" all in that order.
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The SInging Tower at Bok Sanctuary -Lake Wales, Florida
The SInging Tower at Bok Sanctuary -Lake Wales, Florida
This is a clip of a carillon concert at the Bok Tower in Lake Wales, Florida on a sunny Sunday afternoon in March, 2007.
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Garden Travels - Bok Tower / Ceanothusmaybe
Garden Travels - Bok Tower / Ceanothusmaybe
Go along with Dave as he visits a Garden Sanctuary for people and birds that thrive around an elegant Singing Tower: Historic Bok Sanctuary. Edward Bok had a vision to create an excellent garden to provide sanctuary from the busy daily world. Even in the late 1930's and early 1940's visitors flocked to the new garden and the shining Carillon Tower. Today, the gardens of the Historic Bok Sanctuary and Pinewood Estate are more beautiful than ever and the tower "sings" each day in live concerts performed by the Carillonuers perched high in its 280-foot- tall Art Deco spire. Then it's off to discover an American Original in Blue, Ceanothus, with David Fross. David Fross is a renowned expert on native and Mediterranean region plants and which ones are perfectly suited for American gardens. He has been observing, collecting and growing Ceanothus for years and has been instrumental in bringing these stunning blooming shrubs to gardens all across the country and the world. In this episode of Garden Travels, Dave's favorites include: Flowering Almond and Narcissus.