Learn about Bok Tower Gardens in Central Florida. On this episode of Expert Panel Insight, Graham McKenzie interviews Erica Smith, Director of Marketing & Public Relations in Bok Tower Gardens, Central Florida. Erica shares on the origins and history of Bok Gardens, and on the founder of Bok Gardens, Edward Bok. In 1929, Mr. Edward Bok (also known as “the original snowbird”) built a beautiful garden which today is also both a wildlife and a bird sanctuary – “smack in the middle of Florida” – for all to visit and wonder at.