Bok Tower wins 2025 Water Lily Weigh-Off Challenge with help of Monticello native

Kathy Egan ECB Publishing, Inc. The Water Lily Weigh-off is an annual worldwide competition. It was initiated by Denver Botanic Gardens and is taking place for the third time this year. The winner of this year's challenge is none other than Florida's Bok Tower Gardens, with the winning competitive team led by Miles Bilinski, a Monticello native and employee of Bok Tower. How does the challenge work? Public zoos and gardens all over the world compete to see which one can cultivate the stro