Another defining event in Winter Haven was the opening of Cypress Gardens in 1936 by Dick Pope, Sr. He and his wife, Julie Pope, first got the idea for the park from a gardening magazine they were reading.
Another defining event in Winter Haven was the opening of Cypress Gardens in 1936 by Dick Pope, Sr. and his wife, Julie Pope. They first got the idea for the park from a Good Housekeeping magazine that they were reading.