Bok Tower Gardens is known for the beauty of its picturesque landscapes, majestic architecture and enchanting carillon music. An annual rite of passage, Bok in Bloom is the most colorful time of the year as thousands of azaleas, camellias, and annuals signal a new season. This trip includes a self-guided tour of the beautiful gardens, along with a pre-selected lunch, tour of the Pinewood Estate and a 30-minute live carillon concert featuring world class carillonneurs as they play the 60 bell Singing Tower carillon. You will also have time to visit the garden gift shop.

8:00 am - Depart Lake Sumter Landing (1045 Old Mill Run)

8:20 am- Depart Brownwood- behind the Brownwood Hotel and The Center for Advanced Healthcare (click here for map)

10:30 am - Garden Tour (self-guided) & Pinewood Estates Tour

11:45 am- Lunch (Included)

1:00 pm- Carillon concert

Free time

5:30 pm- Approximate arrival time at Lake Sumter Landing

*This is a walking tour, comfortable shoes are recommended.

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*Lunch options are choice of chicken blueberry salad, a turkey and smoked Gouda sandwich, vegetarian wrap or chicken salad croissant.

The Chicken Blueberry Salad is a scoop of homemade chicken salad on mixed greens, with fresh blueberries, feta cheese, candied pecans and strawberries; served with a blueberry pomegranate dressing.

The Turkey and Gouda sandwich is deli sliced, sweet and tangy mayo, lettuce and tomato on multi-grain bread with a bag of chips.

The vegetarian wrap is provolone, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, hummus, and green olives in a tomato-basil wrap served with chipotle ranch dressing and a bag of chips.

The Chicken Salad Croissant is a generous scoop of homemade chicken salad, lettuce, and tomato served on soft buttery croissant, served with a bag of chips.

All selections include a fresh baked cookie, coffee, iced tea, or soft drink and free refills.

Please write in your lunch selection at check out. 1 lunch selection per person.

Price includes transportation, admission, lunch, bus driver tip, and a bottle of water. Host gratuity is not included and while it is not expected, it is always appreciated.

Day Trip purchase is non-refundable but is transferable to another person.