Farmers Markets near Lakeland, FL

Lakeland

Downtown Farmers' Curb Market sets up on North Kentucky Avenue in downtown Lakeland, a few blocks from Munn Park and the city's chain of interconnected lakes.

Lakeland

The Lakeland Downtown Farmers Curb Market, established in 2004, draws 3,500 to 5,500 shoppers each Saturday to N. Kentucky Avenue between Lemon and Oak Streets. Run by the Lakeland Downtown Development Authority with a roster of 230 vendors (about 120 attending each week), it offers local, handmade, and homegrown produce, plants, artisan gifts, pastries, breads, and specialty foods with live entertainment most Saturdays; open 8 a.m.–2 p.m. September through May, 8 a.m.–1 p.m. June and July, closed August.

Auburndale

Plant City Farmers Market operates on West Sam Allen Road in Plant City, the self-described Winter Strawberry Capital of the World. It's a separate, smaller market from the city's state-run wholesale farmers market across town. Specific current vendor and schedule details weren't confirmable online.

Plant City State Farmers' Market is one of Florida's state-operated wholesale markets, run by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services at 1305 West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Like its sister state markets in Pompano Beach and Palatka, its job is moving farm products from growers to buyers through wholesale facilities rather than retail stalls.

Third Street NW and Avenue G NW Winter Haven

On Magnolia Avenue in downtown Winter Haven, this Saturday market runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. year-round, with shorter summer hours from 9 to noon. Shoppers find artisan food vendors, farmers, plant sellers, meat, seafood, flowers, baked goods, and crafts, then eat at tables under the trees while live music plays.

Wesley Chapel

Tampa Bay Markets runs this market at The Shops at Wiregrass in Wesley Chapel on the first and third Saturday of each month, year-round. More than 80 vendors sell produce, handcrafted goods, and prepared food under the plaza's palm-lined streets, with live music and a kids' train ride adding to the draw. Hours run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. October through May, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in summer.

Lake Wales Downtown Farmers Market sets up at Marketplace Square, 20 N Market St, on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (8 a.m. to noon in July and August). Sponsored by Lake Wales Main Street, vendors sell non-pesticide produce and plants, cheese, honey, and BBQ sauces from independent growers. Reach organizer Lynn Greenfield at 863-676-8782 for vendor questions.

Set on USF's Tampa campus at East Fowler Avenue, this market runs weekdays during spring and fall, drawing students, faculty, and neighboring residents for fresh, locally grown produce and handmade goods.

Tampa

Sanwa Farmer's Market in Tampa is a warehouse-club-style market open to the public with no membership fees, run by Sanwa Food Group. It carries a huge selection of multicultural foods and flavors plus top national brands, sold by the piece, case, or pallet, with a multilingual staff and service seven days a week.

Tampa

Operating since 2000, the Ybor City Saturday Market is the largest continually operating outdoor market in the Tampa Bay area, set in the heart of Tampa's Historic District. Shoppers meet artists selling one-of-a-kind pieces made right in their booths alongside locally produced gourmet foods, jams, baked goods, and fresh lemonade.