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The bells of Bok Tower have been filling Polk County’s air with their gloriously distinctive melodies since 1929, but their provenance dates to the 1600s when carillons first appeared in the ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — “People find a lot of peace and tranquility just to be able to look out over the countryside,” said David Price, president of Bok Tower Gardens. Bok Tower Gardens is a ...

Bok Tower Gardens, a historic attraction in Polk County, will livestream a concert featuring carillonneur Geert D’hollander on Thursday. The performance — dubbed “Koncert for the Koi” — is scheduled ...

Visitors to Bok Tower Gardens may wonder, as they gaze at a gargantuan lily pad in the reflection pond, “How much weight could that thing hold?” Now we have an answer: 183 pounds. That is the ...

Bok Tower Gardens is anything but your typical Florida tourist attraction. Sitting atop 295-foot Iron Mountain about 90 minutes northeast of Sarasota off U.S. 27 in Polk County, the 205-foot tower and ...