Bok Tower Gardens, Botanical garden in Lake Wales, United States

Bok Tower Gardens is a 250-acre garden and bird sanctuary on Iron Mountain north of Lake Wales, Florida. At its center stands the 205-foot Singing Tower, built of pink Etowah marble, gray Creole marble and coquina stone, with tall tracery windows and a crenellated roofline above them. A 15-foot moat around its base now holds koi, and a reflecting pool south of the tower mirrors its full image.

Edward Bok commissioned a landscape architect after the First World War to transform a bare sand hill into a planted site with a central bell tower. The president of the United States opened the site in the late nineteen twenties.

The 60 bells were cast by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough, England, and hang stationary in the tower's eighth-floor chamber; only their clappers move. Carillon recitals are given daily, played on a clavier in the room just below the bells. Edward Bok is buried before the tower's Great Brass Door, which carries 30 scenes from the Book of Genesis.

Entry is available daily and the site opens in the morning and closes in the evening, allowing visitors to spend several hours among the grounds. Paths cover different elevations, so comfortable footwear is recommended for longer walks.

The site sits at a point that ranks among the highest in the entire Florida peninsula, offering a wide view over the surrounding plains. This geographic advantage was one of the reasons the location was chosen for the grounds.