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Vol. 2 | Issue 2 | Summer 2010

A newsletter from www.boktowergardens.org FROM THE PRESIDENT

Visitors enjoyed our extended spring bloom this year. Many bus groups from the Northeast expressed amazement at our display of Tillandsia and other unusual plants. Our pilot project to restore the Singing Tower ended on an optimistic note. Damage caused by rust wasn’t as extensive as originally anticipated. As we look to the future of the Gardens we see many opportunities and challenges. Our board of directors approved a long range plan for the Gardens that helps visualize our direction over the next five years. Often institutions adopt plans that transform themselves into new organizations. However, we approached this plan with a sense of how we can maintain consistency in what we have done for 81 years. The planning process began by reviewing the writings of , and then our archival history of the administration, visitor and supporter comments, and general public perceptions. Through this process we were able to determine what it will take to sustain the Gardens in the coming decades. Our members and visitors have appreciated the peaceful nature of the Gardens and the fact that we have “not changed in all these years” while the outside world has changed so much and so fast. Our visitors tell us that they yearn for consistency in this fast-paced world. We re-crafted our mission statement, not to alter our mission, but to better convey its relevance to those who visit and support the Gardens. In support of our mission, we strive to be family friendly by providing offerings for both children and adults. Other goals are to increase access to all, enrich our programs, preserve and enhance the quality of our garden displays, carillon and our conservation programs.

Growing our attendance and financial support is to maintaining the Gardens Photos by Marc Martin Publishing and meeting these goals. (Albert Barg / Jeff Weisberg)

David Price, President

The cover photo is of Charley, one of our resident swans who survived Hurricane Charley. Photo by Eric Farewell. The

David Price President

Cassie Jacoby Editor

Martin Corbin Graphic Design David Price with WEDU CEO Richard Lobo Editorial Contributors

David Price presents to the U.S. Travel Nick Baker Association’s International Pow Wow Jennifer Beam Marjola Burdeshaw Robert V. Burt Cindy Campbell Megan Chambers William De Turk Sandra Dent Christine Foley Steve Jolley Patricia Jones IN THE MEDIA Christopher Lutton Katrina Noland Special thanks to AAA’s Going Places magazine summer issue for featuring us in a Show Your Cheryl Peterson Card and Save promotion distributed to 1.8 million households in . We’re also included David Price in AAA’s Worth the Drive publication produced with Visit Florida with a combined annual Pirjo Restina circulation of two million that promotes drive trips around Florida! We were featured nationally Joan Thomas as one of the South’s best gardens in Country Living and Southern Living magazines. Bok Tower Gardens received two nominations in the WEDU Be More Awards, known as the “Academy Awards for Nonprofits.” After nearly 50 of WEDU’s Broadcaster’s Circle major Mission donors enjoyed a VIP tour in March, we promoted the Gardens on-air by volunteering to answer To share Edward Bok’s gift of a beautiful and phones during WEDU’s spring membership pledge drive. In April, we hosted WEDU’s Star serene garden with music, Gaze supplying telescopes to view the night sky and showed a preview of the PBS documentary, architecture and nature, so “400 Years of the Telescope.” that all who visit will be Journalists from 11 countries attending the U.S. Travel Association’s International Pow Wow inspired by his vision: in Orlando enjoyed a behind-the-scenes tour in May. Visiting from , , , “Make you the world a bit , The , Panama, , Romania, , and Thailand, the group better or more beautiful because you have lived in it.” included managing editors of publications, journalists and travel writers. One of the tourism industry’s most celebrated events, Pow Wow provides an opportunity for tourism businesses Bok Tower Gardens, a nonprofit 501()(3) and agencies from across the U.S. to sell travel to the world. Nearly 5,000 attended the event that organization, is supported by tax-exempt gifts and contributions and is sponsored in featured foreign travel companies and tour operators from 90 countries. part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, Florida Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. MM/5.5M/0610 4 | The Garden Path | Summer 2010

Our new membership cart built by long- time volunteer Duane Hull and hand- painted by Lisa Moore of La Moore Visions.

Nearly 50 of WEDU’s Broadcaster’s Circle major donors enjoyed a VIP tour in March.

David Price leads one of our Founder’s Room Tours this past season.

MEMBERSHIP Joan Thomas, Director of Development & Membership

Membership Information Cart Membership is now 4,000 members strong! It is great to see you all in the Gardens and participating in our Garden Campus programs. Members: E-Mail Us! Help us encourage others to become members by volunteering a few hours of your time this coming year at our new membership We are gathering e-mail addresses from all of our cart in the Visitor C enter. Contact Lisa Allen at 863.734-1211 or members to help us better communicate with you [email protected]. about matters pertaining to your membership, as well as upcoming member events and news. This also helps us cut down on printing and postage Founder’s Room Tour costs, ensuring more of your membership dues Nearly 800 members at Sustainer level and above enjoyed a breakfast are being spent in maintaining the Gardens. and Founder’s Room tour of the Tower this past season. The popular Since we only have e-mails on record for a third benefit of membership is offered only a few times a year. Watch of our members, it’s important we hear from you for a postcard invitation coming soon for the last two tour dates of as soon as possible! 2010: Saturday, November 20 and Saturday, December 18. If you’re not a Sustainer level or above member, consider upgrading your Please send a quick e-mail to [email protected] and include your name membership and get a special look inside the Singing Tower. Contact and member number for reference. Thank you Marjola Burdeshaw, development and membership manager, at for helping us “go green!” 863.734.1213 or [email protected]. Summer 2010 | The Garden Path | 5

Knoll Restoration Progress Katrina Noland, Land Steward

Thanks to plenty of rain and supplemental irrigation, the project to restore the Knoll along our entrance drive to its ancient sandhill roots is off to a successful start. After seeding a mixture of native upland species on the north 15 acres in BEFORE AFTER January, tiny seedlings of wiregrass, lovegrass, silkgrass, lupine and blazing-star started to Tower Restoration Update emerge in mid-March. These hardy species were Christopher Lutton, Director of Facilities & Operations positively identified by crawling on hands and A six-month pilot project to restore the Singing Tower found less knees in the sand with eyes nearly level to the corrosion than expected. Protected by masonry, most of the steel was in ground. They’re expected to grow and flower in good shape and will not require significant repairs. More than a third of several years. the entire project to restore two of the eight grille faces on the northeast Supplemental irrigation was turned on as and east sides involved the replacement of steel surrounding the marble needed so the Knoll received water every other parapet panels on the roof. A mix of steel with a protective coating and day. It takes three people about 20 minutes to stainless steel is expected to give us 100 years of serviceable life. The two- move all six sprinklers by hand twice every day part epoxy paint system called Tnemec, cement spelled backwards, may the irrigation is turned on. The wet winter was a prevent future rust when the top coat is replaced every 10 years. Another blessing; however, the germination took longer method to help delay oxidation in the steel was implemented using zinc than anticipated because of extremely cold anodes for cathodic protection that reverses the flow of electrons from the temperatures. steel. Since the 1990s, there have been four phases of restoration. Repairs The south 12 acres will be restored next year. during this phase were underwritten by a $350,000 grant from Florida’s Future plans include planting endangered Bureau of Historic Preservation that was matched by private funds. species such as the Florida Jujube (Ziziphus celata) which was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered over a decade ago. INSPIRED VISITOR The 27-acre tract of land was a sandhill forest for thousands of years and a citrus grove

Bok Tower Gardens’ member until the hard freeze of 1989. One of the most Joseph Carani shared photos endangered ecosystems in the world, a sandhill of his twins whose Lake Wales habitat has an open canopy of widely spaced High School graduation was longleaf pine and a few sparse turkey oaks with held at the Gardens. Joseph a dense carpet of wiregrass, other native grasses Carani III, major, and and wildflowers. Elizabeth Carani, head dancer, The area is being restored to its native state for the Lake Wales Highlander through funding from a $44,000 grant from the Band are pictured here at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service through the Partners Gardens in their full uniforms. for Fish & Wildlife program, and a $15,000 grant from the Elizabeth Ordway Dunn Foundation. 6 | The Garden Path | Summer 2010

Bok Academy students work on artwork displayed in the Visitor Center at Bok Tower Gardens.

During the day’s celebrations the orchestra performed in front of parents and visitors.

One of the pieces of student artwork on display in the Visitor Center.

Students played the steel outside the Café terrace.

A Celebration of the Arts at the Gardens More than a thousand visitors enjoyed our Celebration of the Arts how to behave in a manner that shows respect for the learning in May that showcased students from Edward W. Bok Academy. environment and others. A steel drum band and other musical performances were featured In addition to establishing a farm on campus to teach about along with a display of student artwork. agriculture, the Collins Peace Garden is being designed with help Sharing Mr. Bok’s mission to “make the world a bit better or more from David Price and others. From laptop computers to control- beautiful,” the Lake Wales charter middle school with 540 students operated robotics, mountain bicycles for bike trips to Bok Tower is designed to educate Renaissance thinkers for the digital age, Gardens and other locations, the opportunity to use kayaks, take embracing the concept that all learning is viewed through the lens dance and karate as electives all combine to make the learning of architecture and design. Students learn the “Bok Way of Life,” experience truly unique.

ART EXHIBIT

Wish You Were Here! Antique Postcard Exhibit May 29 – September 30 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Stop by the Visitor Center this summer to see an eclectic collection of old postcards depicting the Singing Tower, Lake Wales area and other tourist destinations in Florida dating back to the early 1930s. The collection is on loan from member Kenny Endline. Summer 2010 | The Garden Path | 7

CONSERVATION Brooksville Bellflower’s Botanical Mystery Cheryl Peterson, Conservation Manager

Piecing together clues to a puzzling botanical mystery could save one of the world’s rarest plants from extinction. The Brooksville Bellflower, Campanula robinsiae, is a tiny, easily overlooked plant with delicate leaves and blue, -shaped flowers. They only grow along pastureland pond margins and within wet prairies from January to early April. With seeds roughly the size of ground pepper, the smallest of any North American bellflower, the plant is around two inches tall. The inconspicuous ground cover plant was first discovered in 1924. It was found in three locations on the Brooksville Ridge in Hernando County in 1983. One of those locations no longer exists. In 2006, a new population was discovered in Hillsborough County’s Hillsborough River State Park, far from its previously known range. How did the bellflower make its way from Brooksville to Thonotosassa without growing anywhere in between? Funded by a grant from the state of Florida, Division of Plant Industry, our Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) is working to solve that mystery and others by monitoring all the known populations in collaboration with park biologists and volunteers. During the seasonal winter rains, the amount of water in ponds and wetland depressions rises. Seeds, dormant during the summer and fall in the soil around the ponds, become saturated. By early March, when the pond water levels begin to decrease, seeds germinate in the exposed wet muck. The plants grow rapidly, forming flowers and dropping ripe seeds by the end of March, senescing at the end of their life-cycle by early April. Spring 2010 was a favorable year for the Brooksville Bellflower. After disappearing for two years due to drought conditions, more than 2,300 were counted. The RPCP is storing seeds to protect the species from both natural weather events and development. Future plans include population introductions onto protected lands. Surveys will be conducted in Hernando, Pasco and Hillsborough Counties to locate previously unknown populations. 8 | The Garden Path | Summer 2010

“It must sing of music, sculpture, color, architecture, landscape design and the arts of the workers in brass and iron, ceramics, and marble and stone, each a part of the chorus, each adding beauty to the others.” - Milton Medary

500 Years of the Carillon William De Turk, Carillonneur are ringing throughout the world in celebration of the 500th anniversary of the first carillon. The year was 1510 when, in an imposing city hall in Oudenaarde, , Jan van Spiere installed a simple keyboard with a mechanism attached to the bells. The carillon was born. But, the story behind the evolution of this unusual Photo © Digital Cordon Bleu Cordon © Digital Photo instrument is much older. From earliest times, bells have played an important role in the life of people. Church services use bells for calling to service, for the entrance of priests into the sanctuary and for various parts of the ritual of the Mass. Bells accompanied funeral processions from the church to the cemetery to ward off evil spirits. It was believed that bells had magical sacred powers because they continued to ring. Bells also played an important role in the secular life of people. In the Middle Ages, the walled cities in the , The Netherlands, Belgium and Northern , would include a tall tower where bells were rung for the opening and closing of the main gate; the lighting and extinguishing of fires; warning of The home of the first carillon is the Oudenaarde approaching storms or armies; the outbreak of a fire and its location and tolling for Town Hall in Oudenaarde, Belgium. a death, denoting the age, sex and location of the deceased. Summer 2010 | The Garden Path | 9

Edward Bok’s Singing Tower: A Grand Carillon in

An engraving above the fireplace in the With 60 bells, our carillon is one of only a Founder’s Room of the Singing Tower dozen grand in North America and represents bell ringers who were replaced by automation. considered to be one of the world’s finest.

Bells were played by means of a large drum This architectural treasure was with moveable pegs like a giant version of a constructed between 1927 and 1929. Edward music box mechanism. Bok’s only instruction to Philidelphia The clock mechanism would release the large architect Milton Medary was to make it as weights via ropes in the tall towers. As the weights descended, the drum turned, the pegs beautiful as possible and to create a design tripped levers which caused small hammers to be lifted and then dropped on the outside of that would “pay tribute to its ancestry and the bells. the spirit of the arts which had been born under the blue skies and sparkling sunshine of other parts of the world: the colored In the 14th century, clocks in towers did not have the power to ring a large bell marbles of ; the contrasts of stately for everyone to hear. When the small clock struck 10 times, the bell ringer struck mass and sculptured frieze of ; the the largest bell 10 times for everyone to hear. Since the usual noise of everyday plant and animal motifs of Persia and India, life – the blacksmith hammering away, mothers shouting to their kids, the busy and the porcelain temples of .” market square – often made it difficult to hear the first strike of the hour, the hour In his book America’s Taj Mahal, Bok strikes were repeated after a pause for those who did not count them the first describes his motivation for creating the time. Singing Tower. “The purpose of it all? The ingenious Netherlandic people solved the problem by devising a system to Simply to preach the gospel and influence of announce the hour strike. A set of bells was installed which allowed a musician beauty reaching out to visitors through tree, to set short musical tunes which would play before the hour strike. This was shrub, flowers, birds, superb architecture, called voorslag, the strike before the hour. The tunes caught the attention of the the music of bells and the sylvan setting.” people, and they stopped their work to hear the hour strike. In the same book, Medary details the Then came the desire to know the divisions of the hour, and thus a few motivation behind his architectural design. bells would ring at half past the hour, and eventually every quarter hour. The “It must sing of music, sculpture, color, Westminster Quarters heard in London is the most famous example. Its largest architecture, landscape design and the arts bell, weighing 14 tons, is affectionately called . When automation arrived, of the workers in brass and iron, ceramics, the bell ringer was replaced with figurines on display, called Jack o’ the clock or and marble and stone, each a part of the Jacquemart in French, pretending to strike the bells on the hour. As cities became chorus, each adding beauty to the others.” more prosperous and competitive, more bells were added and clock faces and figurines appeared, adorned in gold leaf. 10 | The Garden Path | Summer 2010

Nick Baker, Nick’s Picks: Bok in Bloom Director of Horticulture

Coral Bean Mussaenda Erythrina herbacea Mussaenda frondosa

The Coral Bean is a flowering shrub native to Florida that blooms Mussaenda frondosa is one of showiest summer shrubs. The true bright red tubular flowers from long, leafless spikes. Its foliage flowers are small and orange. The larger showy white “petals” is also beautiful with bright green leaves that have a unique are actually a type of leaf called a bract. This is similar to what arrowhead shape. After it blooms in the spring and summer you find with poinsettias although they are not in the same months the Coral Bean then produces bean-like pods that split family of plants. Some species of Mussaenda, including this one, open to reveal bright red seeds. In areas that are frost-free, this can be difficult to propagate from cuttings. We are using a type shrub can grow up to 20 feet tall, but in areas such as ours it of hydroponics known as aeroponics where the cuttings are typically grows to be about eight feet tall. rooted in an oxygen rich fog rather than in soil. This has greatly increased our success rate. Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora

Native to the southeastern , the Southern Magnolia Our Plant Shop behind the Tower & is a large evergreen tree that grows up to 90 feet tall. The tree’s Garden Gift Shop sells many plants that flowers are white saucer-shaped citronella-scented blossoms that can be found in the Gardens. Stop by bloom in the late spring and into the summer. The scientific name, during your next visit to take home a piece Magnolia grandiflora, is an apt description as it is among the largest of one of America’s finest gardens! flowers native to North America. Summer 2010 | The Garden Path | 11

BRAVO!

Bok Tower Gardens Singing Tower Wins Wins Silver ADDY Award of Excellence Award The Singing Tower received an Award of Excellence for Historic Structures from the International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) for the Our website is a winner of the prestigious Impressed Current Cathodic Protection system installed on 11 horizontal Silver ADDY Award, the world’s largest and beam levels. The 11 zones push a DC current of 12 volts at 100-200 toughest advertising competition. Cassie milliamps through the cathodes installed into the brick to reverse the ion Jacoby and Martin Corbin received the flow of the iron to stop the creation of rust. award along with Clark/Nikdel/ Powell, Inc. of Winter Haven for the boktowergardens.org design. The ADDY Hospitality Awards represent the true spirit of creative Service excellence by recognizing all forms Award of advertising from media of all Rita Horton has received the types. Conducted by the American 2010 Polk County Tourism Advertising Federation, it is one of Hospitality Award. As our the key creative awards program wedding and facility rental administered by the advertising coordinator, Rita manages industry for the industry. site tours, wedding ceremonies and receptions as well as corporate groups with a positive attitude and outstanding customer service to

Special thank you to the following donors of assure the best quality experience for our visitors. Rita’s office is covered Florida native plants and property owners with thank you notes and wedding pictures, a true testament to her work. who allowed Bok Tower Gardens to collect Her success also has allowed the Gardens to expand the wedding and and/or survey for native plants January through March 2010. rental offerings, and through her customer service strategy changes, there has been more repeat business and an increase in revenue over the past Mary Young, Fort Pierce, FL year. Rita has been a positive, hardworking and dedicated employee at Tom & Tammy Nguyen, Lake Wales, FL Bok Tower Gardens for 12 years. Congratulations Rita! Harbor Branch Oceanographic Inst. Foundation, Inc., Fort Pierce, FL Sam Coleman, USDA Sub-Tropical Agricultural Research Station, Brooksville, FL Assistant Tower Terry Hintgen, Hillsborough River State Park, Thonotosassa, FL Curator Retires Benjamin Castalda, Apopka, FL Dewey Fowler spent approximately 1,928 Upco, Inc., Lake Wales, FL hours polishing The Great Brass Door of the Pam Leasure, Pinellas County Dept of Tower along with a host of other tasks such Environmental Mgmt, St. Petersburg, FL as maintaining the wrought-iron gates and the carillon, and hosting numerous Tower tours. He retired in June, after 20 years with the Gardens. Dewey, you will be missed! 12 | The Garden Path | Summer 2010

Memories of summer camp are the kind that can last a lifetime and, as Summer Edward Bok described the Singing Tower, can be “the stuff of which dreams are made.” Imaginations run wild as children experience the joy of being able to play outside and the thrill of discovering nature while making new Fun at the friends. From climbing one of our tall live oak trees to preparing a fairy feast, painting watercolor butterflies, exploring secret gardens and more, our Gardens! two new summer camps will be available for children who have completed kindergarten through 5th grades.

Summer Discovery Days Activities vary each Wednesday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. during seven weeks June 23 through August 4. The cost for members is $4 per class or $25 for all classes with non- members paying $5 per class or $32 for all classes.

Nature Quest Summer Camp Presented by Pathfinder Outdoor Education, our week-long “Nature Quest Summer Camp” will be held July 19 through 23 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with before and after care available for an additional cost. Nature and art activities range from animal discovery and photo exploration to papermaking, tree climbing and more. In addition to discovering nature, daily courses will focus on the power of fun and shared challenge while bonding and building trust. All materials, supplies, camp t-shirts and two snacks will be provided. Bring a lunch or order from the Blue Palmetto Café. Members: $250; non- members: $295.

Contact [email protected] or 863.734.1222 for more information and registration. Register online at boktowergardens.org/education.

Sponsor Thank-You’s We also formed hotel partnerships with four local properties who are offering special Bok room rates, so please mention Our support from the local corporate community is growing! these partners if you have out-of-towners coming in who need Two Founder’s Room tours this spring were sponsored by overnight accommodations: Best Western Admiral’s Inn, Chalet Holiday Inn Express of Lake Wales and Florida’s Natural Suzanne, Hampton Inn of Lake Wales and Holiday Inn Express Growers. The Gordon Bok Live at the Gardens attracted of Lake Wales. newcomer Water’s Edge of Lake Wales. Concert Under the Stars We are still seeking sponsors for Live at the Gardens! Summer on May 1 saw the return of sponsors GrayRobinson, P.A. and Music series, the Boktoberfest Plant Sale on October 16 and new sponsors Bunting, Tripp & Ingley LLC and CenterState Christmas at Pinewood. Call 863.734.1213 if you would like to Bank with media partners Tampa Bay Magazine, The Ledger know how you or your company can sponsor one of these events. Media Group, MAX 98.3 FM and WUSF. LIVE AT THE GARDENS CALENDAR OF EVENTS a Summer Music Series! Nature Quest Summer Bok Tower Gardens Visitor Center Camp presented by $20 General Public Pathfinder Outdoor Members receive 10% discount Education Concert at 7:30 p.m. July 19 – 23 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Limited seating. Discover animals at Window by the Pond, make a pinhole camera and develop handmade photos, tie dye t-shirts, make JUNE 26 nature art, climb a tree and take home a book The Porchdogs of art from the week. Limited to children who have completed K - 5th grade. JULY 24 Tammerlin $250 Members. $295 Non-Members. Extended care: $50/week from 8 - 9 a.m. AUGUST 21-22 and 5 - 6 p.m. The Repeatles SEPTEMBER 18 Summer Discovery Days: Broadway & Jazz Exploring Castles, Forests, Butterflies and Fairies Pre-paid dinner at 5:45 p.m. Wednesdays, June 23 – August 4 $16.50 Members from 10 – 11:30 a.m.

$18 Non-Members $4 per child or $25 for all 7 classes Members. $5 per child or $32 for all 7 classes Purchase your tickets online at Non-Members.

boktowergardens.org For more information visit us online at boktowergardens.org/education SAVE THE DATE

Boktoberfest Plant Sale Sunset & Symphony Gala Benefit October 16 from 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. November 6 at 6 p.m. December 4

Celebrate the start of the fall gardening Bring your family for picnic and enjoy The lush grounds of Pinewood Estate season with free admission and fun for our outdoor concert featuring the will take on a Cuban vibe offering the whole family. Education sessions, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and guests a cultural feast of flavor, German food, beer and live music the Singing Tower carillon as the sun music and entertainment. This year’s throughout the day. sets atop Iron Mountain. fundraiser will showcase some exciting new plans underway for the Gardens! 2010 PARTNER PROFILE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIR William G. Burns Lake Wales, FL

VICE CHAIR Robin Gibson, Senior Partner Gibson & Valenti PA – Lake Wales, FL Florida’s nationally renowned community radio station, WMNF 88.5 FM in TREASURER Hon. Patricia C. Fawsett, Chief Judge Emeritus Tampa, is partnering with us to provide outreach to its nearly 10,000 member- U.S. District Court – Orlando, FL sponsors and 100,000-plus weekly listeners throughout West Central Florida. SECRETARY Frank M. Hunt II, Chairman of the Board Sharing Edward Bok’s dream for world peace, WMNF will name one of its Hunt Bros. Cooperative – Lake Wales, FL 2010 Peace Awards in his honor!

BOARD MEMBERS Dedicated to “celebrating cultural diversity and a commitment to equality, peace, economic justice, human rights and environmentalism,” the non- Louise B. Adams Lake Wales, FL commercial, listener-supported station first went on the air in 1979 and has

Cindy Alexander, Community Volunteer grown to become one of the most successful community radio stations in the Lake Wales, FL country. Michael Aloian, President WMNF and Gardens’ staff will introduce the “Edward Bok Youth Peace Charlotte State Bank Trust Department – Tampa, FL Award” at the station’s 2nd Annual Tomas J. Bok, Ph.D. GMO LLC – Somerville, MA Peace Awards in Morsani Hall of the WMNF will introduce the Straz Center for the Performing Arts J. F. Bryan IV “Edward Bok Youth Peace The Bryan Group – Jacksonville, FL in downtown Tampa on August 28. Award” at the station’s 2nd Nancy J. Davis, President and CEO The WMNF Peace Awards McArthur Management Company – Miami, FL Annual Peace Awards on recognize people working to Derek Dunn-Rankin, President August 28, 2010! Sun Coast Media Group, Inc. – Charlotte Harbor, FL advance the causes of peace, freedom for others, human rights, Senator Bob Graham United States Senator – Miami, FL social and economic justice, the environment, non-violence and those who

L. Evans Hubbard, Chairman of the Board foster peace and understanding through the media. A. Friends’ Foundation Trust – Orlando, FL America’s top national progressive talk radio show host Thom Hartmann Arva Moore Parks, President is scheduled to emcee with lauded singer-songwriter and peace activist Eliza Arva Parks & Company – Miami, FL Gilkyson to perform. Tickets for the fundraiser are available at www.wmnf.org A. Bronson Thayer, Chairman of the Board Bay Cities Bank – Tampa, FL or by calling 813.238.8001. Dick Wood, President Helping to promote awareness of the Gardens, the partnership includes the Mountain Lake Corporation – Lake Wales, FL station’s sponsorship of our activities, and events. Our Friendship EMERITUS MEMBERS Passes are being shared as premiums during WMNF programs, fundraising and membership drives. J. Shepard Bryan Jr., Attorney Holland & Knight LLP – Atlantic Beach, FL On October 16, WMNF’s popular Sunday Polka Party Express hosts Mr. & M. Lewis Hall Jr., Partner/Attorney Mrs. Wackie Jackie Z will emcee and provide entertainment during our 2nd Hall & Hedrick – Coral Gables, FL Annual Boktoberfest Plant Sale. John , Attorney Holland & Knight LLP – Tampa, FL With our shared goals of peace, environmental education and community- Joan Wellhouse Newton, Chairman Emeritus building, we look forward to a long and rewarding partnership with WMNF Regency Centers Corporation – Jacksonville, FL and its devoted community of listeners. Summer 2010 | The Garden Path | 15

WHAT’S NEW

Bok planned it.” September There’s a beauty so uniquely different about Shopping the Gardens that Eric appreciates every time he Spree visits. He has a sense of passionate responsibility to promote the Gardens to others, which comes across in his work. This passion is what led him to volunteer his time to work with staff to update images in the Bok Tower Gardens’ photo library. He has a unique style and eye for beauty that you Photography can see throughout various Bok Tower Gardens in the Gardens publications and at boktowergardens.org. Eric Farewell photographs at locations all Eric and his wife were married in the Moon around the world, but his love and passion for Gate Garden at Pinewood Estate last year. “There the Gardens makes this one of his favorite sites. is something truly magical about being married During the month of Growing up at historic Chalet Suzanne here in at the Gardens,” Eric noted. “Weddings are the September, all members Lake Wales, Eric has been a regular visitor to the beginning of two people’s lives together and what will receive a one-time-only Gardens for as long as he can remember. The better location than Bok Tower Gardens is there to 20 percent discount off personal connection he feels to the Gardens goes begin that journey.” That’s why Eric got married purchases in the Tower & back to his childhood memories of feeding the here, and why he enjoys photographing other Garden Gift Shop and a free squirrels and swans as well as holiday family people’s weddings here. freshly baked cookie or soft outings. However, what inspires Eric to return drink with the purchase of time and again to the Gardens goes much deeper Eric owns Farewell Photography and has been shooting professionally for six lunch at the Blue Palmetto than that. For Eric, it’s about “the rare opportunity years. www.farewellphotography.com Café. to experience an exact vision of beauty, the way

2009 Annual Report Online Gift Shop Cultivating our Launches Garden: The Next 80 We’re excited to announce the launch Years of our online Tower & Garden Gift Shop! We’ll be offering select merchandise for In an effort to minimize environmental impact, purchase online including our Singing we offer our 2009 Annual Report as an electronic Tower replica, unique garden themed version to view online or download in PDF jewelry and tickets to special events like format. If you do not have Internet access or prefer our Live at the Gardens! Summer Music to receive a printed version of this report, please series. Don’t forget to get your 10 percent call 863.734.1226 and we will be happy to mail a discount by entering your member copy to you. number at checkout! View the report online at boktowergardens.org/annualreport shop.boktowergardens.org 1151 Tower Boulevard Lake Wales, FL 33853

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1 David Price, Gardens’ president and featured artist, speaks with Arabella Decker during our opening night art exhibit reception in the Visitor Center.

2 A beautiful mist hung in the air while more than 2,300 visitors enjoyed the 84th Annual Easter Sunrise Service at Bok Tower Gardens.

3 A couple participates in our annual picnic 3 4 contest during Concert Under the Stars with a beautifully themed picnic.

4 Tierra Negra and Muriel Anderson filled the Visitor Center with flamenco music during a Live at the Gardens concert.

5 Visitors took part in a three-day tour of the Everglades during a Wildlife Safari put on by Bok Tower Gardens’ curator of education.

6 A visitor reads Finding Yourself: A Spiritual Journey through a Florida Garden while taking part in a “sensory experience” during a book-signing by the author Bill Maxwell and 5 6 photographer John Moran.

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