Lush Tropical Growth at Pinewood Estate, Bok Tower 2
by Liesl Walsh
Title
Lush Tropical Growth at Pinewood Estate, Bok Tower 2
Artist
Liesl Walsh
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
This image is a cropped version of my other image like this. One of the most beautiful historic Mediterranean style homes I have seen is Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida. It's tucked away in a quiet, peaceful, solitary place next to the woods surrounding Bok Tower. It has beautiful tropical gardens surrounding the home with a fountain, stone walls, fruit trees, patterned tiles on stairs, and an expansive green lawn in the back cascading down to a pond. Every Christmas the mansion is decorated beautifully inside and out. Pinewood Estate was built between 1930-1932 as a winter home for C. Austin Buck, Vice President of Bethlehem Steel Co. in Pennsylvania. Up the hill and through the woods is Bok Tower, 295 feet tall, built in 1929 with 250 acres of gardens. The tower sings songs with a 60 bell carillon. The tower sits on one of the highest points of Florida. The contemplative garden is a very peaceful place where one can hear the tower music, see the image of the tower in the long reflection pool, and sit under many live oak trees looking from the high hill down to orange groves below, smelling the orange blossoms in the winter. It is a magical place to visit.
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Travel Art 12-23-2017
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December 16th, 2017
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Rainbow Artist Orlando L
This image is so beautiful and enchanting Liesl!! the plants provided such a sensational frame for this charming building. wonderful colous and light and a very romantic mood. i love it!! Sharing!! L/F/FB
Mariola Bitner
Congratulations on your outstanding artwork! It has been chosen to be FEATURED in the group “500 VIEWS.”
Sandy Gabriel
Very fantasic work, liesl. I can see fairies being hidden among leaves. Nice framing. Thank you so much. Have a wonderful weekend! l/f
Malanda Warner
The light alterations in your “Recently Added” Gallery are intoxicating and very dynamic! LF
Liesl Walsh replied:
Thank you, Malinda, I am being mentored by a pro photographer and it is making a big impact on my work. :-)
Lois Bryan
Oh my goodness ... what a breathtakingly beautiful vision!!! My parents used to drag me to Florida when I was a kiddo ... not many memories, (they all include mosquitoes) ... but also scenes like this one ... barely remembered as more than snippets in my mind ... but very vivid. Your lovely art really takes me back!!!! Beautifully seen and captured as always!!!!! l/f and t
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